Uses
I often get the question what tools and applications I use and because the list is quite long I thought it would be good to write everything down. I try to update this whenever I change or add any new tools.
Hardware setup
- My main computer is a hackintosh dual booting both macOS (daily work) and Windows (gaming) with the following parts:
- CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K
- GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI
- SSD macOS: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB
- SSD Windows: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
- RAM: Corsair 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- WiFi/BT: fenvi T919
- AIO cooler: NZXT Kraken X62
- Chassi: NZXT H510i
- Main Display: LG 34GK950F - 34" UltraWide IPS 144hz
- Secondary Display: ViewSonic VA2719 - 27" IPS
- Mouse: Apple Magic TrackPad 2 & Zowie EC1
- Keyboard: Some custom built mechanical keyboard
- Laptop: MacBook Pro 15" 2018
- Headphones: Bose QuietComfort 35 II for music and SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless for gaming
Desktop Applications
- My daily IDE for JavaScript is WebStorm
- For casual file editing i use VSCodium, like VSCode but without all the trackers
- As a web developer I use many browsers but my main one is Firefox and occasionally Ungoogled Chromium
- I use iTerm2 as my terminal application
- I manage all my passwords with 1Password
- I'm still in search for the perfect Markdown editor but currently I'm using the clean Typora
- The few times I need to transfer files through SFTP I use Transmit
- I test my REST and GraphQL APIs with Insomnia