My Current Setup

Updated: 04/30/24

As a marketer, I use a combination of the usual “office” and creative tools. Since I maintain an interest in tech and self-hosting, my list of apps is long.

Hardware

• Mac Mini (Late 2014) x2 :: Used for self-hosting applications with Docker. Ubuntu 20.04.
• MacBook Pro (2016) :: Main workhorse.
• iPad Pro 10.5" (2017) :: 50% consuming media, 50% writing. Never felt the need to upgrade since I don’t max it out at all.
• iPhone XS :: iOS 17.4.1, daily driver, loaded with apps I use everyday only.~~

Browsers

• Safari :: In combination with 1Blocker and Pi-hole

Safair Plugins

• 1Blocker :: Only decent ad and tracker blocker that works on Mac and iOS.

Command Line

• Warp :: Have tried iTerm2, Hyper, kitty, Alacritty, default Mac terminal, but this is what I’ve been using recently.
• Homebrew :: Mainly used to install and update CLI tools.

Shell

• zsh :: Just cuz it’s the default on MacOS.
• Powerline :: Replaced Powerlevel10K with this.

Editor

• Neovim :: Used for making quick text changes.
• Emacs :: Used for anything text related.

Productivity

• Org Mode :: To-do lists.
• Org-roam :: For notes and documents that don’t have/need fancy layouts.
• iWork :: When org-roam isn’t enough.
• Office 365 :: When iWork isn’t enough.
• Devonthink :: My dumping ground for links and files.

Files

• Cryptomator :: Encrypting files on local or remote.
• Cyberduck :: Tranferring files, supports Cryptomator.
• Mountain Duck :: Mounting remote files, supports Cryptomator.
• Rclone :: Backing up files to the cloud.

Development Tools

• LSP :: Used with Emacs to provide code completion and navigation.
• Insomnia :: REST client.

Selfhosted Home

Tools that don’t need to be public.

• Pi-hole :: Blocking ads and trackers on my home network.
• Seafile :: Dropbox alternative.
• bitwarden_rs :: Password manager.
• Wireguard (inbound) :: VPN in to access services listed above.
• Wireguard (outbound) :: Traffic flows through an external VPN provider.
• SingleFile :: Archive interesting websites.

Selfhosted External

Tools hosted at VPSs.

• Mailcow :: Suite of mail-related applications used for personal mail accounts.

Website

• Hugo :: Used WordPress for years, but never used any WordPress-specific funtionality, so I decided to migrate.
• Cloudflare :: Hosting; free, developer-friendly, supports Hugo and needs no maintance once set up.

Communications

While I do have accounts for Telegram and WhatsApp, I don’t actually use them.

• Messages :: Apple has me locked in here.
• Signal :: Interacting with privacy-conscious friends.

Mobile

• Halide :: Best camera app for RAW images.
• BlackSight :: Night-mode camera
• Overcast :: Podcast player with great speed functionality
• Wireguard :: Connecting to home network.
• Solitaire+ :: When I need to shut down my brain.
• SpellTower+ :: When I want my brain to use up some energy.