Hardware
- Matebook X Pro
- Honestly, the nicest laptop I’ve used. Beautiful screen, good keyboard, one of the best non-Macbook track pads.
- Realforce 104UG High-Profile Keyboard
- I’d had bounced around between a number of mechanical keyboards before settling down with this Topre board last year.
- OnePlus 7 Pro
- I never use the selfie camera. I’m glad I don’t need a notch / hole / bezel taking up precious screen real-estate to accommodate one.
Software
- Manjaro Linux
- With the rise of Electron and web-based apps, 2019 was the year of the Linux desktop for me. It was the first time I had used Linux as my daily driver since 2008. It’s good to be back.
- Zsh
- Played around with Fish for a while, but the incompatibilities with Bash just wasn’t worth it for me. It’s also nice being able to share configs with Zsh being the default shell in Mac OS now.
- VScode
- Fira Code with Ligatures
- sooooo good
- Cold Horizon Theme
- pairs nicely with the Arc Dark theme in Gnome
- CSS Comb
- I use plenty of other plugins, but this once is a relatively recent discovery for me. No longer must I feel guilty for horribly organized CSS. It makes it much nicer to revisit old code that I haven’t touched in a while.
- Fira Code with Ligatures
- Notion
- Everybody is using it and I can see why. I love that it works with markdown and its un-opinionated nature. It’s been nice being able to build my own little knowledgebase, reading list, and bookmark organizer just the way I want.
- Figma
- This along with VScode are what freed me from the clutches of Windows and Mac OS
This Site
- Gatsby
- Allows me to start small with some basic templates and markdown with the peace-of-mind that I can grow the project into something much bigger if I choose.
- CSS Modules
- My preferred way of handling locally-scoped CSS for basic projects that don’t dynamic styles based on props.
- Sass
- I’m actually using Sass for my CSS modules.
- Netlify
- nuff-said
Favorites
- MDX
- adds the ability to use components in Markdown
- React Spring
- Have you ever wondered why the animations on your phone just look so much better than the ones you’ve created with CSS transitions? This library sets the bar for physics-based animations on the web.
- Styled Components
- use props in your styles without needing to write gross style objects.
- Twitter Clients
- Tweetdeck
- I rarely ever look at my main twitter feed. I have columns for each of my top lists.
- Fenix
- Closest I’ve been able to get to Tweetdeck on Android
- Tweetdeck
- Discord
- Slack but better (and better communities)
- Kindle
- The latest edition with front-light has been life-changing for reading in bed.