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

  • 16” MacBook Pro, M3 Max, 32GB RAM (2024)

    I was using an Intel-based 13” MacBook Pro prior to this since 2013 and the difference is night and day. I’ve never heard the fans turn on a single time, even under the incredibly heavy loads I put it through with the XPLANE-12 simulation.

  • Acer Predator Triton 300 intel i5 10th Gen 10300H Linux and Windows 11

    This is my second system with my all my favorite Linux Distros installed and windows 11 for MS only supported tasks like playing MSFS and so on.

  • 12th Gen Alder Lake N100 for running OPNsense as home firewall

    This is for protecting my privacy and controll all my internet traffic. Nothing comes and goes without me knowing.

  • Keychron K6 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard with Gateron Blue switch

    The one that really make my workstation noisy and enjoyable.

  • Acer Predator X34GS 1900R UW & XB323U GP WQHD Monitor

    These two monitors make me more efficient while coding and also make XPLANE-12 and MSFS more enjoyable. Both are pretty decent monitors with good picture quality.

  • Logitech MX Master 3s

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

Gaming tools

  • Sony Play Station 5

    This is a childhood dream of having PS on my own to play WWE but I love to play Grand Turismo as well.

  • TCA Boeing yoke, stick and Rudder

    For MSFS and XPLANE-12.

Development tools

  • NeoVim with LazyVim and my own Tweaks

    I don’t know if I can live without using vim and it makes me do coding super efficient and one of the only two screen you can see on my system and the other one being the browser.

  • Tmux with iTerm2(Mac) & Guake(Linux)

    Its all about ^[ ] and ^b for me.

  • Everything CLI

    I love to use anything Non-GUI. You can officially call me a super NERD.

Design

  • PhotoShop

    I started using this for creating posters, name board for my earlier startups but it become the tool i use even for resizing a photo.

  • Illustrator and Corel Draw

    For designing Vector graphics and Logos.

  • Figma

    I started using Figma as just a design tool for React projects but its much more.

Productivity

  • Noir

    Simple tool for keeping my eyes healthy enough for me to kill it more.