Uses

Things I use a lot

✶ are things I recommend often. Click here to show the things I don’t use anymore. 👀

Daily carry

Phone: iPhone 15 Pro 128GB ~~Boox Palma 2 Pro~~
- 75GB 5G for $35/mo from Public Mobile
- 100GB 5G for for $39/mo from Freedom Mobile
Laptop: Apple M2 MacBook Air 13″
Reader: Xteink X4 with Crosspoint
Sound: Apple EarPods (healthier, better mic)
- Apple AirPods Pro 3 for ANC when working in noisy places
Camera: my phone ~~Fujifilm X-T2~~ ~~Nikon D3100~~
Casio LA670WA ~~Oura Ring Gen 4~~ ~~Apple Watch Series 8~~
✶ YubiKey 5C NFC

AI: Claude, Gemini, Perplexity (many other AI products listed below)
Browser: ✶ Arc Search, Brave ~~Arc~~ ~~Firefox~~ ~~Safari~~
Listening: Spotify, Libby, Last.fm ~~Audible~~ ~~Apple Music~~ ~~YouTube Music~~ ~~Overcast~~ ~~Pocket Casts~~ ~~8tracks~~ ~~Rdio~~ ~~Pandora~~ ~~Soundcloud~~ ~~Mixcloud~~ ~~iTunes~~ ~~foobar2000~~ ~~Winamp~~ ~~radioblogclub~~
Reading: Readwise Reader ~~Substack~~ ~~NetNewsWire~~ ~~Pocket~~
Writing: Apple Notes, WordPress ~~iA Writer~~ ~~Dropbox Paper~~
Reflection: How We Feel
Notes: Apple Notes, Drafts ~~Nota~~ ~~Obsidian~~ ~~Coda~~ ~~Notion~~ ~~Bear~~ ~~Roam~~
To Do: Apple Notes ~~TickTick~~ ~~Things 3~~ ~~Google Keep~~
Nutrition: MacroFactor ~~Foodnoms~~ ~~Zero~~ ~~MyFitnessPal~~
Fitness: Strong ~~Strava~~ ~~Fitbod~~ ~~Any Distance~~
Health: Stardust, Apple Health ~~Daylio~~
Design: Figma, Pinterest ~~Morpholio Trace~~ ~~SketchUp~~ ~~Sketch~~ ~~Invision~~ ~~Photoshop~~ ~~PaintShop Pro~~ ~~IrfanView~~
Development: Cursor, OpenCode, Xcode, iTerm2 ~~VS Code~~ ~~HTML Kit~~ ~~Notepad++~~
Deployment: GitHub, Netlify ~~Replit~~ ~~Webflow~~
Dictation: BetterDictation ~~WisprFlow~~
MacOS Productivity: ✶ Raycast ~~Alfred~~ ~~BetterSnapTool~~ ~~CopyClip~~
Calendar: Notion Calendar, minical ~~Amie~~ ~~Cron~~ ~~Fantastical~~ ~~Sunrise~~
Automation: Apple Shortcuts ~~Zapier~~ ~~IFTTT~~ ~~Llama~~

Updated February 19, 2026