/ uses

If you’ve ever wondered what I’m using be it software, hardware, fonts, etc. then this page is dedicated for that 😉 Based on uses.tech

Hardware #

• MacBook Pro M1 (16-inch, 2021). Previously MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017)
• Logitech M585. Previously Logitech M337. I don’t need a fancy mouse as I have a keyboard centric workflow
• iPhone 11 & Samsung Galaxy S20+

Software (Desktop Apps and CLI tools) #

• (neo)vim – Currently my main $EDITOR.
• tmux – a terminal multiplexer. I use it together with (neo)vim. Makes seamless switching from one project to another.
• fish – a friendly iinteractive shell. My current $SHELL.
• ripgrep – better replacement for grep. Also written in Rust.
• fzf – an awesome fuzzy finder written in Go!
• fd – a faster alternative to find. I also use it together with fzf.
• eza – a modern (?) replacement for ls. It’s been pretty good so far
• bat – a cat clone that supports syntax highlighting. I also use it in combination with fzf.
• mise – my go to tool for managing multiple versions of languages I use.
• universal-ctags – for generating tags file when working on projects. Pretty fast
• kitty – Previously used alacritty and iTerm2
• raycast – can’t say it’s better than Alfred but it’s free and I’ve been happily using it! I also use this as a replacement for rectangle
• bitwarden – an open source password manager. I think I started using pw managers around October 2019.
• kap – a screen recorder. I usually use it for recording GIFs when reporting issues to open-source projects.
• keycastr – displays pressed keys on screen. I use it when I do live demos (which I haven’t done so far. LOL!)
• karabiner-elements – for remapping Caps Lock to Esc when pressed alone and Control when pressed with other keys. Pretty neat!
• brew – awesome package manager that I use to install for the above packages.

Others #

• I use Microsoft Edge because of the vertical tabs! Previously used Google Chrome and Firefox
• I am currently using SauceCodePro Nerd Font Mono for my font.
• My go to colorscheme is Catppuccin. Previously used kanagawa and One Dark
• For browser extensions I use:
  • uBlock Origin
  • Bitwarden
  • Grammarly
  • Vimium – for vim keybindings while browsing
  • wasavi – for converting text areas into vim
  • Visbug – pretty neat tool for frontend development

You can also check out some of my configurations (init.lua, .tmux.conf, etc.) in my dotfiles repository.