MacBook Pro 13" 2020 (Big Sur 11.6)
Primary laptop for design and development work
MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015 (High Sierra 10.13.6)
Secondary laptop for personal documents and archive
Pinebook Pro (Linux Debian)
Personal tinkering and goofing around
Uses
Hardware
Dell SE2722HX (27") • Dell S2421NX (23.8")
Two screens connected to primary MacBook Pro via HDMI
ASUS VH236H (23")
Used for secondary MacBook Pro and Raspberry Pi devices.
NAS Drive (3B+ • SMB • DLNA)
Retro Gaming Module (3B+ • RetroPie • NESPi Case+ • Cooling Fan)
Photoframe • Pomodoro Timer (3B+ • Custom web app • Touch Screen)
Canon EOS 60D
Mostly using it as a webcam with a table mount arm
- Sigma 20mm Wide Angle, f/1.8
- Canon EF 24-85mm Standard Zoom, f/3.5-4.5 USM
- Canon EF 50mm Standard, f/1.8 II
- Canon EF-S 55-250mm Telephoto Zoom, f/4.0-5.6 IS II
- Rokinson 8mm Fisheye, f/3.5
- Holga 60mm Toy lens, f/8
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (24mm wide angle, f/2.0–2.8)
Leica lens with full manual control can do magic
Lomo LC-A (32mm, f/2.8)
Produces brilliant colors, but gathering dust in a drawer
Supernote A6
Neat e-ink touch device with pressure sensitivity. Lovely little device for note-taking and reading books.
Sharp E-note WG-S50
Surprisingly versatile and powerful. PIA: Japanese-only UI, unusable in underlit conditions.
Software
Visual Studio Code
- Night Owl Theme
- Fira Code font • two spaces • non-blinking block cursor
iTerm2
Fira Code Font
Dot files, configs, aliases
Chrome
Primary for browsing and DevTools. Chromium on Linux machines. Otherwise regular ol' Chrome, not Canary.
- Go Back with Backspace
- Full Page Screen Capture & ColorPick Eyedropper
- JSON Formatter
- Tabox & OneTab
- Video Speed Controller
- React Developer Tools
Firefox Developer Edition
Really neat visual DevTools
Gmail for iOS
More intuitive than native Apple Mail app
Zoho Mail
Useful when setting up email address on custom domains
JavaScript • TypeScript
- Prefer semicolon, arrow functions, and named exports
HTML • CSS
JS Frameworks
Linting & Formatting
CLI tools
Communications Design
- Adobe Creative Cloud
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Lightroom, After Effects, Media Encoder, Audition) - Logic Pro X
Product/UI/UX Design
Übersicht
To view calendar, weather, multiple timezones on desktop
Notion • Miro • Mural
For organizing thoughts, planning things out, and collaborating with others
Alfred
For improved search and automation
Obsidian
For markdown note-taking. Switched from Boostnote and Joplin.
Bitwarden
Open source password manager
Rectangle
Simple windows management. Switched from Spectacle
Rocket
Slack-like emoji typing
Kap • Maccy • Vanilla • The Unarchiver
Screen recording, clipboard, menu bar, unarchiving apps that macOS should've had
Desk Setup
Monitor stands & mounts
iVANKY MacBook Pro Docking Station
Runs two external monitors via HDMI, connects multiple USB devices, and handles SD cards simultaneously without a hitch