Many people have asked me over the years what tools I use, so here’s a page with a comprehensive list.
Hardware
Everyday Carry
- 14″ MacBook Pro M3 Max (64GB RAM, 1TB storage)
- iPhone 14 Pro (256GB)
- iPad Pro M2 (12.9″)
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Keychron K3
- Elecom Deft Pro (love this! it’s a modern replacement for the Logitech Cordless Trackman)
- Aer Travel Pack 3 (small)
- Roost V3 laptop stand
Headphones
- AirPods Pro (for urban travel)
- Shokz OpenFit (for urban running)
- AirPods Max (for desk use)
Office Setup
- New monitors coming eventually (previously 43″ 4K + 3x 27″ 4K monitors)
- Windows PC (Late 2023)
- Intel Core i9-14900K w/ Noctua NH-D15 cooler
- ASUS ProArt Z790-Creator motherboard (mainly for 10GbE)
- 192GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM
- XFX Speedster MERC310 Radeon RX 7900XT Black
- Samsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe drive
- Fractal North case
- Windows 10
- TBD new dock for MacBook Pro
- Sonnet Solo 10G Thunderbolt 3 network adapter
- Glove80 keyboard
- Varidesk standing desk
- Steelcase Leap V2
- Tidbyt
Software
This is where it gets interesting… here’s all of the non-hardware tools I use everyday.
General
- macOS Sonoma
- Apple Music (previously Spotify)
- Proton Mail
- Homebrew (I use this like apt and install everything through it)
- Firefox (general)
- Google Chrome (work apps only)
- Obsidian
- 1Password
Mac Enhancements
- Aerospace (tiling window manager for the Mac, a la i3)
- Raycast
- Dato
- uBar
- iStat Menus
- Ice (similar to Bartender)
- High Contrast settings in macOS and GitHub; reduce motion
Development
- Visual Studio Code
- WebStorm
- DataGrip
- PyCharm Professional
- Docker
Design & Planning
- Figma (proud early adopter!)
- FigJam (for serious PM planning work)
- Excalidraw (for casual diagrams)
- Draw.io (for UML diagrams and serious flow charts)