uses.md (5102B)
1 --- 2 title: Uses Page 3 menu: uses 4 description: Hardware and Softaware I often use in my life. These apps accompany my working and personal life. 5 --- 6 7 The stuffs I often use in my life. 8 Some of them accompany my coding life. 9 Some others satisfy my hobbies. 10 11 § [Hardware](#hardware) 12 » [Platforms](#platforms) 13 » [Peripherals](#peripherals) 14 § [Software](#software) 15 » [Development](#development) 16 » [Daily Applications](#daily-applications) 17 » [Working](#working) 18 » [Services](#services) 19 » [Zettelkasten](#zettelkasten) 20 » [Previous Apps](#previous-apps) 21 22 ## Hardware 23 24 ### Platforms 25 26 - **Macbook Pro 2018 13"** <small>(Office)</small> 27 - ~~Mac Mini 2018 i3 128GB <small>(Home)</small>~~ 28 - **Beelink U57** <small>(Home)</small> 29 - **Macbook White Unibody mid 2010** <small>(Experiments) [my note][mbwhite]</small> 30 - Low End PC with Manjaro Linux i3 ~~XFCE~~ <small>(Experiments)</small> 31 - **iPhone 12 Mini 128GB** 32 - ~~iPad Mini 5 WiFi 64GB~~ 33 - ~~iPhone SE (2016) 128GB~~ 34 35 ### Peripherals 36 37 - **Ducky One 2 Mini Keyboard** <small>[gif image on Twitter][ducky] 38 P/N <code>DKON1861ST</code></small> 39 - **NuPhy NuType F1 Keyboard** <small>[my review post][nuphy]</small> 40 - **Dell U2419H** <small>24" rotatable monitor</small> 41 - **Dell E2216H** <small>22" rotatable monitor</small> 42 - **Roland Electric Piano FP-30** 43 - Guitars. Many of them. 44 45 46 ## Software 47 48 ### Development 49 50 - **Neovim** <small>[init.vim][nvim]</small> 51 - **Z Shell** (zsh) <small>[.zshrc][zshrc]</small> 52 <small>now macOS use this as default shell.</small> 53 - **tmux** <small>on</small> **kitty** <small>[tmux.conf][tmux], [kitty.conf][kitty]</small> 54 - **nnn**, <small>n³ The missing terminal file manager for X.</small> 55 - **lazygit** <small>[my post about this, and related git commands][lazygit]</small> 56 - I also have license for **Sublime Text** and **Onivim 2** that I rarely use. 57 58 ### Daily Applications 59 60 - **Things** <small>task management app</small> 61 - **NetNewsWire** <small>simple and performant RSS reader for all Apple platform.</small> 62 - **DEVONthink** <small>archiving and paperless document management.</small> 63 - **Obsidian** <small>daily notes and trying to implement [zettelkasten][zettelkasten]</small> 64 - **iA Writer** <small>[my post about it][iawriter]</small> 65 <small>I write my Hugo post mostly with this app.</small> 66 - **FSNotes** <small>[screencast on Twitter][video] 67 A very good note taking app. 68 If you are familiar with nvALT, FSNotes feels much better.</small> 69 - **Ripcord** <small>chat client for Slack and Discord 70 The official **Slack** and **Discord** desktop client uses **Electron**, I don't like that. 71 [Ripcord][ripcord] is a shareware that is based on, I don't know, it looks like **GTK+**.</small> 72 73 74 ### Services 75 76 - **Fastmail** <small>For custom domain email, and I like the service in general.</small> 77 - **BitWarden** <small>Good free password manager.</small> 78 - **GitHub** <small>Learning materials, hobby projects and this site's source code is in GH.</small> 79 - **Hugo** <small>the main building block for this site.</small> 80 - **Netlify** <small>After tried DigitalOcean, ~~Zeit~~ Vercel, then Linode, I stick to easiest solution to host this site</small> 81 82 ### Previous Apps 83 84 <details><summary>Previously Used Apps Here</summary> 85 86 - **Canary mail** → Apple Mail 87 <small>lightweight email client with configurable keyboard shortcuts, and PGP encryption</small> 88 - **Reeder 4** → **NetNewsWire** 89 <small>beautiful and gesture-based RSS Reader.</small> 90 - **BusyCal** → Apple Calendar 91 - **Emacs** → **Obsidian** 92 <small>Org-roam is an awesome minor package for Org-mode. 93 Read [my post about this](/posts/2020-06-org-mode-with-org-roam/).</small> 94 - **Worldbrain's Memex 2** → **DEVONthink** 95 <small>Browser extension to bookmark, highlight and annotate any site. 96 With full text search and grouping, this is a good service for knowledge gathering.</small> 97 - **Historio.us** → **DEVONthink** 98 <small>Web archiver. It supports full text search and tagging. 99 I use this side-by-side with **Memex 2**.</small> 100 - **aText** → **BetterTouchTool** 101 <small>alternative to TextExpander that is single purchase. 102 my template to make Zettelkasten [is here](/blogging-and-noting.atext).</small> 103 104 </details> 105 106 [mbwhite]: /notes/#date-2020-05-08-0412 107 [iawriter]: /posts/2020-04-in-search-of-good-writing-app-part-2-ia-writer-vs-ivim/ 108 [lazygit]: /posts/2020-05-remove-specific-files-from-old-git-commit/#lazygit-way 109 [nuphy]: /posts/2020-04-nuphy-nutype-f1-keyboard-review/ 110 111 [ducky]: https://twitter.com/ybbond/status/1146845120618090497 112 [video]: https://twitter.com/ybbond/status/1262066984763527168 113 114 [kitty]: https://git.ybbond.id/dotfiles/file/.config/kitty/kitty.conf.html 115 [nvim]: https://git.ybbond.id/dotfiles/file/.config/nvim/init.vim.html 116 [tmux]: https://git.ybbond.id/dotfiles/file/.tmux.conf.html 117 [zshrc]: https://git.ybbond.id/dotfiles/file/.zshrc.html 118 119 [zettelkasten]: https://zettelkasten.de/ 120 121 [xit]: https://github.com/Uncommon/Xit 122 [ripcord]: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/