Tools

Some daily drivers, others for occasional utility

Check out this to see what I pay for

Workflow #

• Orion (fast browser)
  • Optimized for  + / extensions
  • switched over from Zen (-based)
• Shortwave (smart email)
• Fantastical (calendar + tasks)
• Todoist (better todo list)
• Obsidian (.md based editor)
• 1.1.1.1 (internet traffic rerouter)
• Scira (student AI sub)
• Granola (AI meeting notes)

Dev #

• Warp (terminal + AI)
• OrbStack (quick VMs + docker)
• Cursor / Antigravity (AI IDEs)
• Zed (better Notepad++)
• Cork (homebrew GUI)
• Tower (git history)
• Termius (SSH + SFTP)
• GitFront (repo sharing)
• WakaTime (time tracking; me)

Lifestyle #

• Endel (focus music)
• Transit (public transit)
• Hevy (track workouts)
• SuppCo (log supps)
• Yuka (food scanner)
• GasBuddy (gas prices)
• SpotAngels (parking finder)

Misc #

quite unecessary; *super worth it

• *Swish (window tiling)
• *Hand Mirror (webcam peek)
• *CleanShot X (screenshot tool)
• Numi (NLP calculator)
• NotchNook (cleaner notch)
• BatFi (battery protection)
• ColorSlurp (color picker)
• Phoenix Slides (SD card viewer)

$$$ #

Eveyrthing above I use for free except:

• Scira ($5/m)
  • use student promo
• Swish ($10/lifetime)
  • email guy for a student promo
• CleanShot X ($20/lifetime)
  • use student promo
• BatFi ($10/lifetime)
• NotchNook ($20/lifetime)

Termius, Tower, Cursor, and Antigravity free as a student