My Current Setup
For my top-5s in these and other categories, see my favourites.
💻 Hardware
Personal Devices
- MacBook Pro 16 (M1 Max)
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
- AirPods Pro
Work Equipment (BA provided)
- iPad Pro (7th gen) for use as an EFB
- iPhone 15
Desk Setup
- CalDigit TS4 Dock
- Stream Deck Mini
- Stream Deck+
- Beyerdynamic T90 headphones
- Drop Alt mechanical keyboard (65%)
- Evoworks Evo75 mechanical keyboard (75%)
- Logitech G Pro X Superlight mouse
- Razer Viper V3 Pro mouse
PC
- CPU: AMD 9800X3D
- GPU: Asus Nvidia 4080 Super
- RAM: 64GB DDR5
- Case: Fractal North
- Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD
Old PC
- CPU: Intel i7-6700K
- GPU: Palit Nvidia GTX 1080
Network & Storage
- Synology DS1621+ NAS
- Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro
- 3× Ubiquiti U6-LR Access Points
👨💻 Software
Cross-Platform
- Bitwarden - Password manager
- DaVinci Resolve - Professional video editing
- DeskFlow - Software KVM
- Discord - Communication platform
- Firefox - Web browser
- Microsoft To Do - Task management
- PlexAmp - Music player
- PyCharm - Python IDE
- Shapr3D - CAD modeling
- Tailscale - Zero-config VPN mesh network
- VS Code - Code editor
macOS
- Amphetamine - Keep your Mac awake
- Battery - Battery charge limiter
- BetterTouchTool - Advanced input customization
- DaisyDisk - Disk space analyser
- Ghostty - Terminal
- Homebrew - Package manager
- Ice - Menu bar management
- Infuse - Video player
- Insomnia - API client
- KeyClu - Keyboard shortcut helper
- LogTen Pro - Pilot logbook (see my article)
- Mimestream - Native Gmail client
- OrbStack - Docker and Linux containers
- Pearcleaner - App uninstaller
- ROLI Connect - ROLI Seaboard controller
- TablePlus - Database management
- The Unarchiver - Archive extraction
Windows
- Elgato Wave Link - Audio mixing software
- Fan Control - Custom fan curve management
- Microsoft PowerToys - System utilities
- Steam - Games
iOS
- 1 Second Everyday - Daily video diary
- Happy Scale - Weight tracking with trend analysis
- Home Assistant - Home automation control
- Lichess - Online chess
- Peloton - Fitness classes
- Prusa - 3D printer monitoring
- Streaks - Habit tracking
- Strong - Workout tracking
🏠 Self-Hosted Services
- Authelia - Authentication and authorization server
- Beets - Music library manager
- ESPHome - ESP8266/ESP32 configuration and management
- Home Assistant - Home automation platform
- Immich - Self-hosted photo and video backup
- Miniflux - Minimalist RSS reader
- Mosquitto - MQTT message broker
- Node-RED - Flow-based automation tool
- Pinchflat - YouTube channel archiver
- Plex - Media server for organizing and streaming
- Scrypted - Home video integration platform
- Tautulli - Plex monitoring and tracking
- Traefik - Reverse proxy and load balancer
- Umami - Privacy-focused web analytics
- Uptime Kuma - Self-hosted monitoring tool
- Vaultwarden - Lightweight Bitwarden server
- Zigbee2MQTT - Zigbee to MQTT bridge