Seems that a lot of developers are creating these /uses pages after discovering Wes Bos’s /uses page.

My favorite of these happens to be from Jon Suh. His /uses page includes a photo, which is what I did here.

While I was interning, I had enough money to make my desk setup look sick as Wes and Scott would say. So some of the stuff below will change.

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Gear

Let’s start with my gear.

• 27” iMac, Retina 5K, late 2015

  • I just bought this earlier this year and Apple updates it five months later. Oh well.
• iPhone XS Max 256gb, Gold ¹

• iPad Pro 12.9” late 2018 256 gb

  • This thing is a beast. Fast, and the industrial design is my favorite of Apple’s iPads to date.

• Brydge Keyboard for 2018 iPad Pro

  • I’m really looking forward to this as I am thinking of moving a lot of small code edits and my blogging workflow to the new iPad.

• Apple Pencil

  • Still trying to figure out a use for it. I use it for editing videos and podcasts currently.

• DAS Keyboard 4 Professional for Mac Clicky MX Blue Mechanical Switches

  • I will never type on another iMac keyboard. Ever. I fly on the keyboard DEV loaned me during my internship. Not going back to desktop chicklet keys.

• Audio-Technica ATH-MSR7BK SonicPro Over-Ear High Res Headphones

  • These things sound amazing. Seriously good upgrade over my previous Audio-Technica cans, the M50s.
• Plantronics BeatBack Pro wireless headphones
• Dylan Quiet Speace Q1 Wireless Headphones
• ANCHEER Ergonomic Office Chair with Black Mesh
• elago M2 Stand for Smartphones
• Just Mobile Headphone Stand

• Heil PR 40 mic kit

  • I’ve got a rig setup where I will use this more often than I had.
• AirPods

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Next Gen Gear

• IKEA LINNMON/ALEX Desk

  • Every programmer needs a good desk. This one is relatively inexpensive.

• Edifier R1280T Powered Bookshelf Speakers

  • Finally picked up some decent speakers. These were the same price as the Mackies I was going to get only these look better.

• iXCC RCA to 3.5 mm cable

  • Need this to connect the speakers to my iMac

• LG 4K Monitor

  • Two monitors are better than one.
• North Bayou VESA Mount
• Twelve South 12-1223/B HiRise for iMac - Height-adjustable stand with storage for iMac and Apple Displays
• Anker Qi Wireless Charger
• Lamicall iPad Stand

• Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse

  • The best mouse I have ever used is an understatement.
• Aenfor aluminum gaming mousepad

• M-Audio M-Track C-Series USB Audio Interface

  • This will drive a lot of audio…as well as record from an XLR mic which I have. Said I was cooking things up.

• MAKETECH Swivel Under-the-Desk USB 3.0 Hub

  • Finally got a new hub.
• Choetech Wireless Charging Stand
• FORSÅ Work Lamp from IKEA

• Amazon Echo Dot 2nd Gen

  • I got this as a companion to my Echo 1st Gen which you can find below. I wanted one for my room so I got the cheapest Echo I could find.
  • Amazon Echo 1st Gen

• LIFX Z Wi-Fi Smart LED Strip Starter Kit

  • Yeah. I am on the bandwagon. I am a programmer and I want my desk to feel like a rocket ship. Sue me.
• LIFX A19 Wi-fi Smart LED Bulbs

• TP-Link Smart Plug No Hub Required

  • For all lights that aren’t smart, now they can be. Win.
• Brainwavz Hengja - The Headphone Desk Hanger

• IKEA Holmo 46” Floor Lamps

  • Where else am I going to put the LIFX Bulbs?
• LUXCOMS RGB Soft Gaming Mouse Pad Large

• Logitech C920S Pro HD Webcam with Privacy Shutter

  • As I do more webinars, Egghead videos, and yes, soon, streaming, I need a good webcam. I have a Streaming Amazon List that I’ll be adding to my arsenal in the next couple months.

Software

• VS Code

  • It does everything I need it to do. Atom was nice and had a lot of features but goddamn it’s hella slow. So I went back to VS Code ² and couldn’t be happier.

• Oh My Zsh

  • I will never use a terminal without this installed.
• Sketch for UI design

• Boom 3D

  • This makes everything sound amazing.
• Xcode

• Chrome

  • There are cheaper, free, FTP clients out there but my first text editor was Coda and I liked it so much I bought Panic’s FTP client. It looks good and functions quite well. I moved on from Coda when I became “serious”.

• PopClip

  • Using PopClip is a lifesaver. When it doesn’t work I am lost.

• Alfred

  • Workflows make this my favorite app. I can’t live without it. You can find my workflows here. I have way too many, I admit.
• Text Expander

• Lightroom CC

  • For basic edits. Yeah, I bit on the Adobe train but only the photography bundle with 1TB of storage.

• Lightroom Classic CC

  • For all my editing needs. It is what I started using years ago. Muscle memory, and all that.
• Amphetamine to keep my Mac awake

• Shell Runner

  • To test shell scripts
• BetterSnapTool is my choice for window snapping.
• Expressions to test regular expressions

• SnippetsLab

  • Starting to manage snippets with Alfred and GitHub gists but this is a great way to organize snippets with a keystroke.
• Quiver is a programmers notebook to take notes with syntax highlighting and markdown support. Supports many languages ³.

• Tweetbot 2

  • The 3rd iteration hogs CPU and memory. If it was more efficient I’d use it; the ability to add gifs right in the app is killer. But it freezes constantly. So I use v2.
• Franz. This is a chat aggregator. Open source and wayyyyyy better looking than Rambox.
• Things 3 for tasks.⁴
• Notion for Project management.⁵

• Evernote

  • Nothing beats it for note-taking and archiving.
• Fantastical 2 for scheduling
• Dash 4. ⁶
• Sip for Mac for a color picker

• ScreenFlow

  • As I get into making egghead lessons and more screencasts for That Mac Nerd, I need a heavy duty piece of software to do so. Screenflow fits the bill.

• Open Broadcaster Software

  • Going to stream at Twitch soon enough. This is the gold standard but their Mac app is terribly behind the Windows app.

• Private Internet Access VPN

  • Should always have a VPN.

• CloudApp

  • This is how I share bugs and other things with devs and dev teams. Also an easy way to make a gif of a feature or bug on my Mac.

• Setapp

  • It finally has enough utilities to make it worth the subscription price for me.

I Use a lot of software, I admit

But I use ALL OF IT.

So this is my setup and what I am currently using. You can show me your dev setup on Twitter.