diff --git a/content/uses/index.md b/content/uses/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bda0a20 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/uses/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +--- +title: "Things I Use" +toc: open +--- + +## Tech + +### Hardware + +[Apple M2 MacBook Air from 2022](https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-13-and-15-m2/) +: 24 GB of RAM, 2 TB of disk space. I love this computer. It takes the crown +from my previous favorite: an 11" MacBook Air from 2012, a machine I still have +and refuse to give away. It's fast, powerful, and light, with a great display +and peripherals. + +[Apple Studio Display](https://www.apple.com/studio-display/) +: I was on the fence about a Cinema Display for a long time. I ordered and +canceled three times. Ultimately I gave in, and I'm quite happy with it. It's +mounted on a VESA arm attached to my desktop. + +### Software + +#### Development + +[Neovim](https://neovim.io/) +: I've been a `vim` user since the early '00s when I discovered Linux. +Nowadays, if I'm writing a lot of code, it's often in my second favorite editor, +but I still find myself in vim quite often. I recently set up Neovim's language +server support and it's honstly a game changer. + +[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) +: I discovered VSCode a couple years ago. Honestly the number one thing that +makes it usable for me is a really solid [Vim emulation][vscode-vim]. It has a +ton of nice features too that make it a great well-rounded development package. + +[Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) +: I spend a large portion of my engineering time in Xcode because of my work at +Apple, and the basic fact that I'm a software developer who chooses Apple +platforms. It has come a long way in the last few years. It also has a solid Vim +emulation, and its autocomplete features are indispensible when you're working +with an API surface as vast as Apple's. + +[Fork](https://fork.dev) +: A GUI client for `git`. I think Fork has totally changed how I use `git`. I +still use the command line for many things, but working through diffs, staging +changes, and even rebasing is so much easier in a GUI. + +#### Terminal + +[Terminal.app](https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/welcome/mac) +: macOS's built in terminal emulator is solid. The only thing I miss from it now +and then is "true color" support, and that's only when I try to install a new +color theme in Neovim and everything goes haywire. + +[Zsh](https://www.zsh.org) +: I've been using Zsh since before it was cool. My shell config is full of +bespoke tweaks, including a prompt theme I'm rather proud of. + +#### Hosting + +[Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com) +: DO has hosted my VPS for a number of years. I moved there from Linode because +I wanted to run FreeBSD on my server. + +[FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org) +: My server OS of choice. It's secure, simple, and resilient, and I appreciate +the less-encumbered BSD license. + +[FastMail](https://www.fastmail.com/) +: I've used FastMail for years now as my email host. Their annual fees are quite +modest and they have a great feature set including a Sieve email filter editor, +and Masked Email for genearating ad hoc email addresses. I've never had a +problem with uptime, and the few times I've contacted support, they've been +helpful. + +[Hugo](https://gohugo.io) +: This whole website is built with Hugo. + +### Mobile + +[Doppler](https://brushedtype.co/doppler/) +: File-based music player. + +[Ivory](https://tapbots.com/ivory/) +: My Mastodon client of choice for macOS and iOS. + +[Overcast](https://overcast.fm/podcasts) +: My podcast player of choice. + +[Reeder](https://www.reederapp.com) +: RSS feed organizer and reader. I'm doing a lot more RSS these days. + +[Transit](https://transitapp.com) +: Helps me stay on top of bus schedules in San Francisco. + +## Music + +[Logic Pro](https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/) +: Apple's DAW is full of features and plugins (far more than I could ever use) +and it's hard to beat the corporate discount, much as I also love Ableton. + +[Shure SM7B](https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm7b) +: The SM7 is an iconic mic, and has been the go-to for voice actors, podcasters, +and musicians for 50 years. The excellent podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz did a +great [deep dive episode][20ksm7] on its history and place in the audio +industry. I have one on my desk at home, and it makes me sound great on work +video calls, and the occasional audio recording. + +[Moog Matriarch](https://www.moogmusic.com/synthesizers?type=202) +: I'm a bit of a Moog fangirl, and this might be my favorite of their synths. +It's just hard to beat the sound of a Moog. + +[Kawaii CA-65](https://kawaius.com/product/ca65/) +: I've been playing piano since I was seven years old. A digital piano is +perfect for the small apartments I've called home. This one has a fantastic +realistic action and it sounds great. + +## Coffee + +[Baratza Encore](https://www.baratza.com/product/encoretm-zcg485) +: It's affordable and does a pretty good job. + +[Kalita Wave](https://kalitausa.com/products/kalita-wave-185-stainless-steel-coffee-dripper) +: The Kalita is probably the easist single serve pour over dripper I've used. + +[Chemex](https://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/six-cup-classic-series-coffeemaker.html) +: If I'm making coffee for more than just me, the Chemex is the biggest pour +over vessel I have. Makes yummy coffee too. + +## Gaming + +[Nintendo Switch](https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/) +: Most of my gaming happens here. I play a lot of Mario Kart online with +friends, and I'm a big fan of both of the major Legend of Zelda titles that have +come out for it: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. + +[PlayStation 5](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5/) +: I also have a PS5. I've played a ton of Horizon: Zero Dawn and the new Final +Fantasy 7 games. + +[Analogue Pocket](https://www.analogue.co/pocket) +: When I want to play my stock of Game Boy games, this thing is great. + +[vscode-vim]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vscodevim.vim +[20ksm7]: https://www.20k.org/episodes/sm7