Uses

This is a list of tech equipment I currently use for my day-to-day work as a software engineer. With the pandemic and a shift to working fully remotely, I have upgraded a lot of my equipment in 2020 and 2021.

Computer & Hardware

• Macbook Pro 16" (M1 Max, 32 GB Ram, 2TB storage)
• Apple Magic Keyboard 2 in space grey
• Apple Magic Trackpad 2 in space grey
• LG 34WN80C-B 34" ultra-wide monitor, connected via USB-C
• Invision MX450 monitor arm
• Rain Design mStand
• iPhone 13 Pro (256 GB)
• iPad Mini
• Bose 700 headphones
• Apple AirPods Pro for on-the-go
• Nest Wifi Mesh Network
• Google Home to manage my smart home
• Tonor Q9 Condenser Microphone
• GoStand Advance S2 standing desk

Development Tools

• VS Code with the Night Owl theme and Operator Mono font
• Warp Terminal
• Sourcetree for version control beyond the command line
• Insomnia to test REST and GraphQL API's

Design Tools

• Sketch
• Figma
• Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher

Productivity Tools

• Notion for notes and to-do lists
• Jira for project management
• Slack for communication
• Google Workspace for email, calendars and Google Drive

Various other software

• Brave browser has replaced Google Chrome for me
• 1Password as my password manager
• Backblaze for constant backups of my machines
• Raycast as an all-round productivity tool