My toolkit, gear & tools that I use every day in my projects & life

• Emojis everywhere
• Immutable data everywhere

Development tools (IDE, Terminal, …)

• 💻 VS Code for everything. Unbeatable speed & dev bliss.
• ⚡️ Hyper as my only terminal, with some plugins.
• 💲 Bash shell (custom dotfile config)
• 📑 Used to use Dash, but recently replaced it with DevDocs which I like more.
• 🐳 Docker (for Mac & Kitematic) for most of the things I actually want to deploy or need in the background.
• 🐙 GIT IN THE SHELL LIKE A HARDCORE DEV.
• 😴 Insomnia for network requests and tinkering with HTTP.
• 🍻 Homebrew which offers everything. I'll always check homebrew-cask first before downloading an app through its website. The modularity and ease-of-use makes it so awesome.
• 🐙 I lied a bit before and sometimes use Fork when I need to do complex Git mumbo jumbo or need a project overview.
• 🤝 When reverse engineering APIs, apps, etc mitmproxy is thing I need.

Productivity apps

• 🔑 1Password, which I love to death. Seriously this app, wow, amazing
• 📒 OneNote to store every reference to an article about dev, tech, world, news & recipes. The syncing engine and mobile apps suck though.
• 📨 Airmail because I like the custom options of tags and visual language they use
• 📋 Paste, an awesome clipboard manager whice makes it really really easy to sync clips between work & home and organise snippets.
• 🎩 Alfred. Trackpads and mouses are for noobs. I'm a workflow wonderchild.
• ✅ Things. Mainly on the iPhone and the mail option/Reminders.app option for desktop since the price is a bit too steep. But this truly is the only task manager which actually helps me get things done.
• 🚀 Rocket for easy and quick typing of emojis.
• 👓 Spectacle with center, full screen and next display as the only shortcuts.
• 📅 Google Calendar as the service & app on the iPhone. Stock macOS calendar at work and home, but I really want Fantastical but why is it so expensive…
• 🗒️ Notion as my all-in-one tool for issue tracking, documentation, planning, checklists. This app will blow you away.
• 🦉 NightOwl for switching light/dark theme in sync with the sunset.

Design

• 📸 Sometimes I'll shell out my Nikon D51000. Most of the time it'll be my iPhone 8 though. When I do, I'll use Lightroom for editing.
• 🎞 Pentax P30N which I am using to learn how to shoot on 35mm film.
• 🤳🏻 iPhone 8 loaded with Halide (BUY THIS!), VSCO, Darkroom & Google Photos. Killer combo.
• 💎 Sketch mostly, like the rest of the REAL designers, but these days I tend to use Figma more since it's free and runs everywhere.

Workspace

• 🖥 HP Pavilion 23xi which is a bit outdated (though Full HD and IPS) but looks really nice design-wise
• 🖱 Apple Magic Trackpad which I got for €30!
• 🍃 Plethora of plants
• 🍒 Raspberry Pi's for as much stuff as I can. Mostly automated or always on applications.
• 🕯 Scented candles.
• An Intel NUC 6CAY as my homelab server. Big time in love with this.

At work specifics

• 🖱 Logitech MX Master. Best mouse in town.
• 🖥 Dell U2417H Ultrasharp monitor.
• 🐙 Combo of git in the shell & VS Code Git integration
• 🎒 The amazing & stylish Pinqponq Cubik Medium backpack
• 🍵 Lots and lots and lots of cups of tea. Mate, Chai and then some.
• 🥤 Club mate as my caffeine boost & most cherised soda.

Music gear

• 🔊 Libratone Loop as the wireless speaker for the living room. Exquiste design & sound, one of my favorite brands.
• 🔊 Libratone Zipp Mini on my desk which I can easily move around.
• 🎧 AIAIAI TMA-2, which is probably the best mid-range headphone ever. Current preset: S03-H05-E02-C01 (+ E05 and H03 as spare parts).
• 🎵 iTunes Match. Yes, I'm one of the only people who actually likes iTunes and utilises it 'till my fingers bleed.
• 🎛 Pioneer DJM-750 MK2 4 channel digital mixer.
• 🔈 2x KRK-RP6. These things are total vicious beasts.
• 💿 2x Pioneer PLX-500 with Ortofon Concorde MK2 Mix
• 💿 2x Pioneer XDJ-1000 which are perfect for spinning sets from USB at home.
• ⏺ The Pioneer DJM-REC app which just works with my mixer. For editing and recording records I mostly use Audition since it is A MONSTER.

Tech Stack

Wow, how do I even start? I switch stuff from time to time but things I use a lot: JS, React, React Native, Redux, Docker, Bash, Python, YAML, JSON, Contentful, Nginx, Debian, balena, Netlify, TypeScript, Caddy, Gatsby...

You know what, rather just look at my Github