Tools I Use

We depend on various tools and services to be more productive and these are the tools I use regularly. While I use many different apps for many different things, the core of my productivity depends on analog tools. I take notes, draw diagrams, create and manage projects and tasks, create shopping lists, write journals with pen and paper. I basically think with pen and paper.

Feel free to suggest things or ask about details / opinions.

Hardware

2021 Macbook Pro with M1 Pro chip
2018 iPad Pro 11"
LG Ergo 27" 4K monitor
Nuphy Air 75 v3 keyboard with blush nano switches
Logitech MX Master 3S mouse
Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones
UGreen Nexode Pro 100W charger
Kobo Clara BW ebook reader
Paperora notebooks (A4 + bullet journal)
Moleskine Cahier pocket notebooks
TWSBI Eco fountain pen (EF nib) with TWSBI Blue-black ink
Rotring 600 mechanical pencil
Uni-ball Signo needle gel pens in various colors

Software

Aerospace as my tiling window manager
Raycast (no other words needed)
Mostly Neovim (Lazyvim) and sometimes Zed as my IDE
Ghostty as my terminal emulator
tmux as terminal multiplexer
zsh as my shell (MacOS default) with Oh My Zsh
Oh My Posh as my prompt engine
bat, eza, zoxide, fd, fzf, jq as most used CLI tools
Google Chrome as my browser with Vimium extension
Obsidian to store notes, collect ideas and write articles
Apple Mail, Calendar, Reminders
Claude Code, Codex CLI, Opencode
yazi as file manager (TUI)
tock as time tracker (TUI)
lazygit as UI for git commands (TUI)
1password as password manager
Posting as API client (TUI)
Karabiner Elements for keyboard management
Tailscale for personal VPN
Rustdesk for remote access
HazeOver for window focus
Loook for regular posture or hydration reminders
Calibre to manage ebooks

Services

Hetzner for VPS
Namecheap and Dynadot for domain registration
Vercel for website deployment
iCloud+ for device backups and cloud storage
Apple Music for high quality music streaming
Claude subscription for LLM use