uses

My software, hardware and gear - all in one place. Inspired by Wes Bos' uses.tech

full disclosure, I'm including some affiliate links for the hardware list!

Setup stuff

I maintain a macOS setup cheat sheet and similar one for Windows, here.

Editor + Terminal

• VSCodium is my current editor. I made the switch to Visual Studio Code from Atom in 2018, and made the conscious choice to swap to the version with telemetry removed. Before that I used Brackets, Coda and Sublime Text. I wrote my first lines of code with Notepad++ in 2005.
• Default Dark+ theme, vs-seti icons.
• I keep my VS code extensions in a separate public gist.
• I use iTerm2 for my terminal. I change the font to Fira Code, and font-size to 14.
• I use Zsh as my shell, with the default theme.

Desktop Apps

• I am a recent Alfred convert, and paid for the powerpack.
• I use Notion for my todos, notes. I used to use iaWriter.
• I use Carbon Copy Cloner for backups and setups

Design Apps

• Designs in Sketch
• I manage SVG icons with Nucleo I use ico-moon to make icon sets.
• I compress all my images with ImageOptim. I've made Right Click >

Music Apps / Gear

• Ableton Live 10 is my DAW of choice these days. I used to rep Pro Tools 9 hard for editing and mixing.
• Loopback for more advanced audio routing
• Guitar Pro 7 for writing sheet music and sending over to band-mates, or for general archiving.

My PC

I built my own custom-made PC in 2012, and have been slowly upgrading it ever since. Now triple-booting Windows 10, macOS Catalina (10.15.2), and Ubuntu 19.xx.

Full PC specs:

• Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6GHz (8 cores/8 threads)
• ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING Motherboard
• Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4 3000 Memory
• Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card
• Corsair H100x Liquid CPU Cooler
• 2x Samsung 860 Evo SSD's (250GB)
• 1x Samsung 860 QVO SSD (1TB)
• 6TB's worth of WD-RED Hard drives for archives and backups
• be quiet! Straight Power 11 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
• NZXT H500 Mid-Tower
• Samsung C32JG5x 144Hz 2560x1440 Display

Other Hardware

• My laptop is getting old, but still going strong. Mid-2012 15" Macbook Pro i7 with 16GB of RAM and SSD upgrades.
• At home, I use the Razer DeathAdder Elite Chroma gaming mouse. For work I use an Apple Magic Mouse.
• Razer Huntsman Elite opto-mechanical keyboard (for gaming)
• Wired Apple keyboard (for coding)
• Xbox One controller
• Raspberry Pi 3b ðŸ?‡
• I use the original Ableton Push for beats and midi-controller related things. Looking to upgrade some day!