What's /uses About?
It's always interesting to see what other people are using on a daily basis within the world of tech, but also anything else that might be of interest.
This was started by Wes Bos, and you can check everyone else's /uses pages over at uses.tech. You can also clone the site down, add a JSON file, submit a pull request and get added to the site yourself.
Editor & Terminal
- WebStorm - usually use this for the main project I'm working on
- Visual Studio Code - open this up along side WebStorm to view previous projects as reference etc. as it's lighter weight
- DataGrip - for database management / visibility
- Other JetBrains products - Rider, PyCharm
- iTerm / Oh-My-Zsh
- The themes I am currently using (I like to switch these up pretty regularly):
- Fira Code Light - with ligatures enabled
- Vim - used within every IDE I download, with relative line numbers enabled
- Chrome for day to day browsing and testing
- Firefox more and more for development
Software
- Insomnia (similar to Postman)
- Toggl - for billable time tracking
- RescueTime (Free Version) - to see just how productive, or unproductive, I am from day to day
- Gmail - For both business (GSuit) and personal email
- Affinity Designer (iPad) - Great for use with Apple Pencil
- Adobe XD (Desktop) - Using this less and less
- Coming Soon? Figma - Currently looking at this for use in the future
- Slack and Discord - Community engagement and support channels
- Parallels - for if I really need to boot into Windows
- Evernote - used to note down any thoughts I have regarding tech, tools, things to blog about, or ideas that I have
- Journey - to collect more personal thoughts, journalling
- Headspace - to aid my daily meditation
Hardware
- 2017 MacBook Pro 15" 2.8Ghz i7 16GB in Space Grey
- 27" Acer 1440p IPS Monitor
- Sony WH-1000XHM Wireless Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones
- Apple Magic Keyboard
- Apple Magic Trackpad 2
- iPad Pro 11" (also used as a third monitor using SideCar)
- Apple Pencil for the iPad
Backups
- Apple iCloud
- SSD External HD