My Setup
Hardware
- MacBook Air M1(2021)
- My main machine
- More than enough for day-to-day work
- Value for money product
- It’s good that I didn’t wait for M2 to drop
- iPhone XR
- Primary phone
- iOS has worked its magic on me, now that I’m in the Apple ecosystem
- Works like a charm with the stuff now possible
- Wacom One Tablet
- My writing pad I got to make videos like Liveoverflow.🥲
- Use it to mostly take notes when I don’t feel like typing
- Realme Noise Cancelling Buds
- Great deal for noise canceling buds at a budget
- Xiaomi Wired Headphones
- Headphones of choice cause why not
- Great audio and mic quality for office meetings so my Bluetooth headphones don’t give up in the middle of a meeting.
- Logitech Pebble Mouse
- Great mice
- Feels odd at first but great ergonimics once you get used to it
- No noise click - helps work late in the night
- Syska LED Lamp
- Desk lamp of choice
- White LED with 3 switching modes.
- BenQ GW2270 Monitor
- Second hand monitor, got it from my friend at college
- Does the job fine
- Great for productivity and efficiency when working.
Software
OneNote
- Great tool 100% would have this over any other note-taking app.
- I can write
- Draw and take notes with my Wacom
- store files of all formats
- Save voice notes
- UI 🤌
vscode
- Mostly when looking and browsing around code for my projects and work
- Use it tweak and work on the site
- Best Code editor
Whimsical
- For Mindmaps and PM-related stuff
Draw.io
- To make diagrams for developers and wireframes
Chrome
- Came back to Chrome, was a firefox user before but FF sucks now
- Extensions
- Oslash
- Sweet product and save a lot of time when searching for links
- Oslash
- Loom
- To record screen and work async efficiently rather than hopping on a call
- Simplifies the process of sharing feedback where I just send a link with my screen and audio recording
- Grammarly
- Communication assistance tool
- Imagus
- Enable images by just hovering over them
- UBlock Origin
- Choice of AdBlocker
- SponsorBlock
- To skip sponsorships in a youtube video
Microsoft Office Suite
- Microsoft Teams
- For Office Work
- Microsoft Teams
OBS
- To record screen when making product walkthrough videos
Figma
- To design and build high-fidelity wireframes and collaborate with designers
Flux
- macOS app to enable night light
- Use it over Macs prebuilt night light as it offers features that
- allow to disable night light on full-screen apps automatically
- changes light based on solar cycle and location