The gear, software and tech I use day to day. This page is inspired by the uses.tech community.
⚙️ Hardware #
- 💻 Laptop: Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 16IAH7
- CPU: Intel Core i7-12650H
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 6 GB
- RAM: 64 GB DDR4
- SSD: 512 GB NVMe M.2
- 📱 Phone: Samsung Galaxy A55
- 📱 Tablet: Samsung Galaxy A9
- ⌚ Smartwatch: Amazfit Active 2
🖥️ Software #
👨🏻💻 Development #
- ⚙️ Operating system: Pop!_OS — an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and my daily driver for development, productivity and gaming.
- 🪟 Desktop environment: COSMIC
- ⌨️ Terminal: COSMIC Terminal
- 🐟 Shell: fish
- 🧩 Plugins: Fisher
- ✨ Prompt: Starship
- 📝 Editor: VS Code
- 🧠 Languages & scripting: C, C++, Java, Bash/Shell and Windows Batch/CMD
- 🎨 Design & editing: GIMP and Kdenlive
- 🔄 Version control: Git
- ⚡ Static site generator: Hugo and Astro
- 🚀 Hosting & deployment: Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages and DigitalOcean
- 🟢 Uptime status tracking: BetterStack
- 📊 Analytics: Umami
🤖 AI #
- 💬 Assistant: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Ollama (local)
- 🛠️ Development: Codex, Claude Code and Antigravity
📦 Applications #
- ✉️ Mail: Proton Mail
- 📅 Calendar: Proton Calendar
- 🔑 Password manager: Bitwarden and Proton Pass
- 🛡️ Authenticator: Ente Auth and Proton Authenticator
- 🌐 Browser: Firefox — I use a hardened configuration for strong privacy.
- Main extensions — for a private, safe and pleasant browsing experience:
- uBlock Origin (ad and content blocker)
- Violentmonkey (userscripts to add or change features on any website)
- Dark Reader (eye care and dark mode for any website)
- Stylus (userstyles for customizing the appearance of any website) — I use the Catppuccin Mocha (Sapphire) theme for many websites.
- Firefox Multi-Account Containers (compartmentalize browsing into separate personal, work and other containers)
- Main extensions — for a private, safe and pleasant browsing experience:
- 💬 Communication: Signal, WhatsApp, Discord and Element
- 🗝️ VPN: Cloudflare One and Proton VPN
- 📝 Notes: Obsidian and Standard Notes
- 🖼️ Photos: Ente Photos
- 💳 Wallet: Cake Wallet, Coinbase Wallet and Proton Wallet
- 🎮 Game launchers: Steam (with Proton), Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Prism Launcher
- 🔁 Windows compatibility: Bottles
- 🖥️ Remote desktop: RustDesk
- 🎛️ Digital audio workstation: Bitwig Studio
- 🔐 Encryption: Cryptomator (cloud) and VeraCrypt (disk)
- 💾 Backup: Kopia
- 📸 Screenshots: ShareX — the best screenshot tool I have ever used.
- 🎨 Themes: Catppuccin Mocha (Sapphire) — Catppuccin with the Mocha base and Sapphire accent is my favorite theme across nearly every application.
☁️ Services #
- 🔎 Search engine: DuckDuckGo, Brave Search and Startpage — I use different engines for different results, as DuckDuckGo is based on Bing, Brave Search is independent and Startpage is based on Google.
- 📁 Cloud storage: Proton Drive, Tresorit and Google Drive
- 🎵 Music streaming: Spotify and Anghami
- 📺 Video streaming: Netflix and Prime Video
🧰 Accessories #
- 🎧 Headphones: Anker soundcore Space One
- 🎧 Earphones: Anker soundcore Liberty 5 Pro
- 🔊 Portable speakers: Anker soundcore Select 4 Go
- 🔋 Chargers: Anker 336 Charger (67W), Anker 533 Power Bank (PowerCore 30W) and Anker USB-C Cables
- 🎒 Bag: SWISSGEAR ScanSmart Backpack