Development software

Visual Studio Code

I’ve never loved it but it’s fine, and it’s where all the extensions are.

Tower

Makes Git a bit more approachable and I use it pretty regularly.

Terminal

When I need to run npm run dev, Terminal gets the job done. Just kidding, I also know how to run cd and ls.

Image optimization tools

Squash, JPEGmini, and ImageOptim are all useful for quickly batch optimizing images. Which I do for every web project, because performance is important.

Design software

Sketch & Figma

I’m a bit faster with Sketch but I can get by with Figma when needed.

Photoshop

Great for editing photos, and clunky as hell for everything else.

PixelSnap

Quickly measure the spacing between things, which is like 90% what design is.

svgsus

Keeps vector icon libraries at the ready, incredibly useful. I wish I had come up with that name — just so clever.

Keynote

When I have to put a presentation together, Keynote makes me hate my life the least. Good for quick animations too. I have some custom key command recommendations for it.

Essentials

Brave browser

It’s like Chrome, but faster and with built in adblocking and VPN. Kind of like Opera before it started pandering to gamers.

Calendar 366

Kind of like Fantastical, which I used previously until they were bought out and tried to get me to sign up for a subscription.

Notion

One app for all my note taking, TODO list, and project planning needs.

Spark

Spark is good enough for managing my email for now. I’ll always miss Mailbox though. 😭

Dropbox

Home for every file that doesn’t live in a git repository. It suffers from enterprise feature bloat, but still the best when it comes to simple syncing and sharing.

Handy utilities

Copy Clip

A buffer for clipboard history. 😌

BetterSnapTool

Quick window resizing behavior from Windows 7, which was the only Windows feature that I missed after switching to Mac.

Giphy Capture

The most friendly way I’ve found to capture video from part of my screen.

iBar

My favorite Bartender replacement. So many formerly good apps got greedy.

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