Introduction #

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 (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• Logitech M337 mouse (when I feel like I want to use a mouse)
• Redmi Note 7

Software (Desktop Apps and CLI tools) #

• (neo)vim – a fork of vim. Currently my main $EDITOR.
• tmux – a terminal multiplexer. I use it together with (neo)vim. Makes seamless switching from one project to another.
• tmuxinator – manages my tmux sessions. Kinda like workspaces
• fish – a friendly iinteractive shell. My current $SHELL (previously zsh).
• ripgrep – better replacement for grep. Also written in Rust.
• fzf – an awesome fuzzy finder written in Go!
• exa – 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.
• fd – a faster alternative to find. I also use it together with fzf.
• diff-so-fancy – provides better output when doing a git diff!
• pyenv, rbenv, goenv, nvm – for managing multiple versions of python, ruby, go, and node respectively.
• universal-ctags – for generating tags file when working on projects. Pretty fast
• grip – a GitHub markdown previewer
• alacritty – an ultra fast terminal written in Rust. My current terminal (previously iTerm2).
• alfred – a better spotlight alternative. Though I haven’t purchased the pro version yet. But I like its UI, so yeah
• 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!)
• rectangle – for organizing windows. Pretty sleek since I just need to press ⌘⌃← to move current window to the left, etc.
• joplin – for writing random thoughts. I also used it as a habit tracker.
• lulu – for blocking unknown or unwanted outgoing connections. It’s pretty helpful since it notifies me which apps needs to connect to the web.
• karabiner-elements – for remapping caps lock to Escape 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 Google Chrome as my main browser though I’m switching to Firefox from time to time.
• I am currently using FiraMono Nerd Font Mono font style.
• For chrome extensions I use:
  • uBlock Origin
  • Bitwarden Chrome Plugin
  • Grammarly
  • Surfingkeys – for vim keybindings while browsing
  • Visbug – pretty neat tool for frontend development
  • Octotree – useful when browsing files in GitHub repositories

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