Uses

My everyday tools, software and nice-to-have things

  • 24 Sept 2025
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Here are some items I use daily and you may be interested in.

1. Everyday Tech

Hardware

  1. Laptop: 14” MacBook Pro
  2. Monitor: Benq or LG with ≥27”, 2K, ≥400 nits and USB-C with USB-passthrough + PD
  3. Keyboard: Lily58 DIY Split Keyboard with Kailh Twilight, OLED and Trackpoint. (more about it in my blog moises)
  4. Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S for Business
  5. E-book reader: PocketBook Verse Pro Color

Software

  1. Editor: Zed, VS Code and CotEditor
  2. Design: Affinity/Adobe Suite, Figma and Blender
  3. Browser: Helium (Chromium based), Zen (Firefox based) and Orion (WebKit based).
  4. Term: Ghostty
  5. Side Tools: Usage, Raycast, Macs Fan Control, Batfi, Itsycal

2. Everyday desk

Crucial items on the desktop

Stationery

  1. Muji Notebook
  2. Staedler pigment liner
  3. Pilot Frixion Ball Pen
  4. Vertical Laptop Stand
  5. Lamy Safari Fountain Pen todo
  6. Tactile Turn Bolt Action Pen todo

3. Everyday Carry

Wrappers

  1. CamelBak Chute 20oz – Water Bottle, Insulated Stainless Steel, with magnets.
  2. 5.11 Rush, Crumpler or Osphrey Backpacks/Bags - top quality, Nylon/Cordura, designed to last forever, lifetime and free repairs.

Items

  1. GearAid Heroclip mini
  2. Victorinox Army Knife
  3. Rite in the Rain Notebook
  4. Nitecore Headlamp
  5. Niteize S and G carabiners

4. Everyday Listen

4.1 Spotify Playlists

Here are some of my favorite Spotify playlists:

4.1.1 Non-English Songs

4.1.2 Hometown Collection

4.1.3 Dat Bass

4.1.4 Experimental Indie Electronic

4.2 Favorite Podcast

  1. Ologies with Alie Ward
  2. Syntax from Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski
  3. NN/G UX from Nielsen Norman Group
  4. Darknet Diaries by Jack Rhysider
  5. FT News Briefing from Financial Times
  6. The Atlas Obscura Podcast from SiriusXM