Uses

Here’s a curated, but non-comprehensive, non-exhaustive list of the hardware and software I use on a day-to-day basis.

Hardware

• Lenovo Thinkpad T480s – Laptop
• Logi M575 – Mouse
• Skullcandy Crusher ANC – Headphones
• Canon EOS 7D – Camera

Software

Daily Drivers

• Obsidian – Markdown Text Editor
• Visual Studio Code – Code Editor
• Raindrop – Bookmarks Manager
• Syncthing – Open source continuous file synchronization.
• Espanso – Cross-platform text expander written in Rust.

Noteworthy Visual Studio Code Extensions

• Prettier – Opinionated Code Formatter.
• Markdown All in One – Markdown Support.
• Markwhen – View/Edit Markwhen documents.
• Markmap – Preview markdown files as Markmap.
• GistPad – Edit GitHub Gists and Repositories remotely.
• Project Manager – Easily change current Project/Folder.
• shift shift – Provides shortcuts for shift + shift and ctrl + ctrl.
• CSS Peek – Introduces Go To Definition and Go To Symbol in Workspace support.

Essential Obsidian Extensions

• Contextual Typography – Allows for custom insertion of code at the block level.
• DoubleShift – Provides shortcuts for shift + shift and ctrl + ctrl.
• Editor Shortcuts – Adds shortcuts usually found in Code Editors.
• GitHub Publisher – Publish your notes to a preconfigured repository.
• Linter – Customizable Markdown Linter similar to Prettier.
• Natural Language Dates – Adds @today format to dates.
• Obsidian Git – Run Git commands from Obsidian.
• Omnisearch – Better Search Engine.

Notable Windows Programs

• EarTrumpet – Volume control, multi-channel discovery, default playback device management.
• Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly.
• Material Files – Material Design file manager for Android.
• PDFsam – Desktop application to split, merge, mix, rotate PDF files and extract pages.
• PowerToys – Windows system utilities to maximize productivity.
• QuickLook – Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows.
• TaskbarX – Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.

Tools & Technologies

• Alpine.js – A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.
• Eleventy – A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.
• Nunjucks – A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control. Made by Mozilla.
• TailwindCSS – Utility CSS framework without the predefined classes for elements.
• Vite – Next generation frontend tooling. It’s fast!