What is a /uses page?
Wes Bos started a trend of developers listing their software, hardware, and other equipment that makes them better at what they do. It's nice to see others' choices as well as document my own changes over time.
What I use
Software
- Operating System: Windows
- Editor: Visual Studio Code since early 2018
- Font: Hack but I use a patched version with ligatures
- Themes
- Extensions and configuration
- Terminal: Visual Studio Code Integrated Terminal
- Shell: Git Bash
- Browser: Chrome
- Music: Spotify
- Recording: Open broadcaster software
- Streaming: Streamlabs which is OBS but more user friendly.
Desktop Hardware
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x
- RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200Mhz
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F
- GPU: XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB THICC III Ultra
- Display: 2x Lenovo T24h-20 (2560x1440)
- Storage:
- Primary: 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2
- Secondary/Games: 1 TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2
- Secondary/Developer: 500 GB ADATA SP550
- Tertiary/External: 1 TB Western Digital My Passport HDD
- Backups: 4 TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD @ 5400 RPM
- Keyboard: Kinesis Freestyle Pro with Cherry MX Brown switches
- Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3/Anker vertical mouse
- Headphones:
- Wired: Hifiman Sundara / Drop Sennheiser 6XX
- Wireless: Sony WH-1000XM3 (which I highly recommend!)
- Microphone: Blue Yeti
- Case: Fractal Design R5 Window
Laptop Hardware
- ASUS ROG 15-inch with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.6 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD primary drive, 1 TB HHD secondary drive
Phone
- Google Pixel 3A
Thirst Quenchers
- Water, water, water
- Coffee ☕: Cold brew, iced moka pot, and iced coffee
- Cocktails 🍸: Gin and Tonic (1 to 1), Gimlet, Long Island Iced Tea
- Whiskey 🥃: Ardbeg 12yr, Lagavulin 16yr, Laphroaig 10yr, McClelland's Islay