Uses

I am a workflow junkie, so I’m always refining what I use. This page is an outline of the hardware and software that I use on a daily basis with varying degrees of details about those choices.

Devices and Operating Systems

I’ve used MacBook Pros as my daily driver for the last decade. I like macOS. I can make it feel like Linux, but still benefit from the OS exclusive apps it has, which is especially important for my work as a web developer.

My current phone is an iPhone 13 Pro. Boring, I know.

Peripherals

Generally, I just use my MacBook’s keyboard and trackpad — so nothing special on that front.

I have an old 24-inch BenQ monitor that I use. It’s not a high DPI screen which both isn’t great for regular use, but also is good for testing some designs. One day I’ll upgrade it.

For audio, I use a first generation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 as an audio interface. I run that into a set of PreSonus Eris E4.5 studio monitors. I get the most use out of my first generation Sennheiser Momentums. I’ve replaced its cable about four times and the muffs at least once. I love them.

Software

Most of the configuration for the software that I use is store in my dotfiles repository. I wrote a piece about how I go about maintaining these dotfiles.

On macOS, I use yabai as a tiling window manager. I’ve used it for years and I don’t think I could use macOS without it.

I’ve replaced Spotlight with Raycast on macOS. I have a number of workflows that I use with this.

I use Ghostty as my terminal emulator along with tmux as my terminal multiplexer.

zsh is my shell of choice. I do tend to write all my scripts in Bash though. I use Prezto as my base configuration, but do have it stripped back a fair bit. On top of that I use Starship as my prompt.

Neovim is my general purpose text editor. I love it. Check out my dotfiles to see what plugins I have installed.

Surfin’ the Web

For browsing, I use Arc.

Reading, Writing, and Listening

I use Apple Books on mobile and desktop for eBooks. For podcasts I use Pocket Casts. I also use it for audiobooks when I have the actual files.

NetNewsWire is my RSS reader.

I use Obsidian for notetaking.

Aesthetics

I’ve used “25th Hour” as a dynamic wallpaper on macOS for the last couple of years.

Iceberg as my colour scheme for pretty much everything. Dank Mono is the font I use for code.