Uses
Apps & Tools
These are some of the apps and tools that I use on a daily basis. They help me stay productive, organized, and entertained.
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Cloudflare DNS. Faster lookups and fewer weird ISP things.
Apple Music
I mainly use Spotify, but I still keep an eye on Apple Music.
Bentopdf
Simple PDF tools that actually work.
Bitwarden
Password manager. Self-hosted for a while, now cloud.
Brave
My main browser.
Bruno
Open-source API client. Basically my Postman replacement.
ChatGPT
Coding help, debugging, and random questions.
Claude
AI assistant I use for thinking through code and ideas.
Cloudflare
Where most of my domains live.
Dockpeek
Quick glance at how my containers are behaving.
DuckDuckGo
Mostly for the tracker blocking stuff.
Figma
For quick UI mockups and random design ideas.
Firefox
Secondary browser. Mostly for testing.
IT Tools
Developer utilities I use all the time.
Microsoft PowerToys
A bunch of Windows utilities I can’t live without.
NotebookLM
Chat with my notes.
Notion
Where I dump tasks, grad school stuff, and random notes.
Obsidian
Mostly lecture notes and knowledge dumps.
Omni Tools
Random utility tools that save time.
Paper
Clean vector design tool. Good for quick illustrations and icon work.
Portainer
UI for managing my Docker containers.
Radarr
Keeps track of movies and grabs them automatically.
Revanced
Lets me patch and customize Android apps.
Scriberr
Self-hosted transcription for lectures and recordings.
Sonarr
Same as Radarr but for TV shows.
Spotify
My main music app.
Stats.fm
Shows how unhealthy my Spotify listening habits are.
Tailscale
How I get into my home server from anywhere.
Uptime Kuma
Tells me when my stuff breaks.
Visual Studio Code
Where most of my coding happens.
Wallpaper Engine
Animated wallpapers so my desktop looks less boring.
Links
Finding helpful links can be time-consuming, so I've curated a collection of my favorite resources in one place. Below are links that I've found valuable and hope you will too.
Found a broken link? Let me know so I can fix it!
Tiny snippets I steal occasionally.
Compose setups for self-hosted apps.
Massive list of self-hosted software.
Checking npm package size before installing.
Checking browser support before shipping.
Helps me not fail accessibility checks.
When I need a color palette fast.
Quick gradients without thinking too hard.
Icons for dashboards and homelabs.
A huge list of dev tools and links.
Cheatsheets for random things I forget.
My go-to for quick system diagrams.