Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Workstation

  • Framework laptop 64GB RAM (2022)

    When I need a linux workhorse this laptop is the one. I love the project, the modularity and this is overall a pretty good laptop. I'm running Pop_os! on it.

  • Apple Macbook air M1 (2021)

    I still use a macbook air, as I still occasionnaly do IOS and MacOS Development. The battery life is amazing and it's nice to see ARM on a functionnal laptop.

Development tools

  • VS code

    The swiss knife of text editors. It's everything I need for most environments.

  • Webstorm

    When I'm doing JS/TS code exploration and debugging Webstorm is really good, I use it sometimes.

  • Iterm2

    On OSX Iterm2 is a pretty good terminal emulator, very customizable.

Design

  • Figma

    For design systems and prototyping, Figma is everything I need. I love the collaboration features.

  • Affinity designer

    This one is really good for vector work. I use it to design logos and illustrations.

  • Pixelmator Pro

    No subscription and a lot of features to work on photography, I love this software.

Productivity

  • Obsidian

    A really good note taking app. It's open source and flat files based, so it's easy to synchronize across devices.