Uses
This is a non-exhaustive list of things I use daily that keep me productive and organized.
Hardware
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 11th Gen
My primary development machine running Debian 13 and KDE Plasma 6. I cannot say enough good things about this laptop. I do wish the battery life under Linux was better though.
Macbook Air M4 13"
This is one of the best all around laptops ever. Apple seems to have gotten the message and made these more affordable too. I mostly use this for web browsing and managing my consulting business, but developing on this machine has not been unheard of.
iPhone 16 Pro
I was plenty happy with my 15 Pro but when I switched mobile providers I got a free upgrade. The integration with my Macbook Air is really amazing.
iPad Air
This is a handy companion for reading, working in NotePlan (see below), or browsing the web when I am not at my desk.
Development
Neovim
God’s own editor, new and improved.
Wezterm
Wezterm is a GPU-accelerated cross platform terminal emulator. I love Wezterm because I can have the same terminal program on every OS I use.
Firefox Developer Edition
Does Mozilla make good business decisions? No, no it doesn’t. But this is still a great browser, and can be extremely privacy friendly with the right extensions.
Gitea
Ever since GitHub started training Copilot on public repos, I have pulled my private repos into a self-hosted Gitea instance. I have zero faith they aren’t training Copilot on private repos too.
Hosting
Hetzner
With the current US government that is in place, I have no desire to host my sites in a US datacenter. Hetzner is really affordable and reliable.
Productivity
NotePlan
Markdown notes, calendar, and to-do lists all in one app. It’s amazing. Replaces 3 different apps and paid subscriptions for me.
Obsidian
Even though NotePlan is now my second brain, I still have vaults in Obsidian for specific projects I work on. It is still an awesome Markdown notes app.