Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Workstation

  • MacBook Air M1 (2020)

    I was using an MacBook Air M1 (2020) prior to build my side hustle.

Development tools

  • Neovim

    I don’t care if it’s missing all of the fancy IDE features everyone else relies on, Neovim give me more focus, and less distraction.

  • Ghostty

    I’m honestly not even sure what features I get with this that aren’t just part of the macOS Terminal but it’s what I use.

  • DBeaver

    Great software for working with databases. Has saved me from building about a thousand admin interfaces for my various projects over the years.

Design

  • Figma

    We started using Figma as just a design tool but now it’s become our virtual whiteboard for the entire company. Never would have expected the collaboration features to be the real hook.

Programming Language

  • Go

    I'm using Go as my primary language for building side hustle. Using chi framework as routing management and pgx as database management

  • .NET

    Using .net in my current company

  • Zig

    I plan to learning zig