Uses

Last updated on 23 September 2024

A collection of "things", software and systems I use on a frequent or daily basis.

I enjoy using open source, self-hosted, and independent software where possible. I like the reliability and quality of Apple hardware, and often the combination of the two works best for me.

Hardware

• iPhone 15 Pro Max - everything
• MacBook Air 2022: M2, 24GB memory - dev work, portable work
• iPad Pro - non dev work
• Apple Watch Ultra 2 - health & fitness tracking

Development

• Vim - text editor
• tmux - terminal multiplexing (where not provided by the terminal)
• Gitea [1] - for git syncing

General

• Firefox - browser

* Container tabs (I couldn't live without this anymore)

* uBlock Origin - ads

* Privacy Badger - content blocking

* Decentraleyes - content blocking

• Apple Calendar - on Mac and iOS
• aerc - email client. Combined with:

* Khard - for contacts

* Vdirsyncer - for syncing contacts

* notmuch - for email indexing

* mbsync - for email syncing

Hosting

- Raspberry Pi - for home-based and personal services.

- Linode [2] - all my self-hosting needs. Get $100 for free with Linode using this link [3]

- Fastmail [4] - email. Get 10% off using this link [5]

- Bunny [6] - CDN and web storage for some websites/apps. You can use this referral link [7] to sign-up.

- Termius [8] - for SSH access to other hosts

Info/tainment

• Overcast [9] - podcasts on iOS

• NetNewsWire [10] - RSS feed reader, syncs with my self-hosted FreshRSS instance

• Carrot Weather [11] - for weather on iOS

• Ivory [12] - for Mastodon on iOS

Productivity

• Nextcloud [13] - Data storage

• nb [14] - Notes and todos and knowledge management

• Taskwarrior [15] - Main task management

Messaging

• Telegram

Security

• Bitwarden [16] - password management. Self-hosted using Vaultwarden [17]

• Tailscale [18] - for securely connecting all my devices and servers