Uses

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Hardware #

• Computer: 2018 MacBook Pro 15" - i7 (8th Gen) 16GB RAM, Radeon Pro 555X 4GB.

  Switched from Windows, to Ubuntu, to MacOS. Still Windows for gaming.

• Phone: Moto Edge 20 Fusion (6GB).
• Tablet: iPad Mini 5 (2019) 64GB.
• External Monitor: LG 32GK650F-B. 1440p, 144Hz.
• Keyboard: Ducky One 2SF, Black, Year of the Rat, with Cherry MX Speed Silver switches.
• Audio: Jabra Elite Active 65t. First go with TWS.
• Mouse: RedGear Thor, previously using RedGear Leviathon.
• Game Controller: RedGear Elite Wireless.

Software #

• Editors:
  • VSCode, as a sort of IDE.
  • Sublime Text 3 for competitive programming or small edits.
  • Vim (!) for short & sweet edits. I've dare say I've gotten better at it.
• Terminal: iTerm2 with Oh My Zsh.
• Themes: Alternating between 👇
  • Shades of Purple: VS Code | iTerm2
  • SynthWave '84: VS Code | iTerm2
  • Winter is Coming: VS Code
• Font: Fira Code with ligatures enabled, of course.
• Browsers:
  • Primary: Safari. Yes, really.
  • Secondary: Edge, Brave.
  • Testing: Chrome Dev. Firefox Dev.
• Designing: Adobe XD. A little bit of Figma just so that I can join the cool gang.
• Apps:
  • LastPass Dashlane (password manager) + Twilio Authy (2FA).
  • Google Keep & Trello for notes. Google Docs for long-form stuff. Notion is too much for me.
  • Pocket, mainly for hoarding but also occasionally reading articles.
  • Amazon Kindle, for reading novels. Also, for hoarding.
  • Procreate (iPad), for casual drawing. I'm not good at it.

Bonus: neofetch #