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

  • 13” MacBook Air, M1, 8GB RAM SSD 256GB (2020)

    I need the power of the M1 air chip to run my development environment smoothly and the 13-inch display size to perform my front-end works comfortably and bring it anywhere.

  • Logitech G304

    Something about all the gestures makes me feel like a wizard with special powers. I really like feeling like a wizard with special powers.

Development tools

  • Visual Studio Code Editor

    I really love this text editor and it is still the best text editor ever made.

  • IntelliJ IDEA JetBrain

    Using Java or Kotlin? then use this one. It will save a lot of your time and boost your productivity.

  • DBeaver

    Great software for working with databases. Has saved me from building about a thousand admin interfaces for my various projects over the years.

Productivity

  • Google Chrome

    It’s not the newest kid on the block but it’s still the best. The most useable web browsers.

  • Samsung Notes

    always use notes to manage my knowledge base.