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