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

Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Laptop

  • 13” Framework 13, AMD Ryzen 7 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics 3.30 GHz, 32GB RAM (2023)

    Framework is a cool company. They make repairable computers. If something breaks you can buy a cheap replacement part and fix it yourself. That is a noble goal. I really want this company to succeed so I bought one of their laptops. It is good. I rawdog a laptop and do not have a external monitor. My neck does not love this so will probably upgrade in the future.

Peripherals

  • Logitech MX Master 3

    I can not use any other mouse. This is simply the best.

  • Apple Magic Keyboard

    I hate this, but it is all I have right now.

Operating System

  • Windows

    I have used macOS, Linux and Windows. Windows is my favourite because it mixes working (in that it does not break randomly for me) and modern (has a nice GUI) with WSL which allows me to use Linux. The combination is great.

Development tools

  • VSCode

    I had a very extreme custom emacs setup for years. I am getting too old now and just want things to work. Emacs is a bit too convoluted, with too many quirks to keep supporting in my opinion. I like VSCode, but I do not love it. It gets the job done.

Design

  • Figma

    It is free and it is easy to use.

Productivity

  • Office 365

    The best deal in computing. Email, Calendar, Chat, Calls, 1TB Storage, Notes, Excel, Word all for ~£13. I do not see how other companies compete with this.