I like tech, cycling, hiking and photography. Here’s my list of stuff that I use.
Hardware
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021, M1 Pro 16GB RAM, 1TB)
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPad Mini 6
- Synology DS224 NAS (8TB)
- Raspberry Pi.
- DELL U3219Q Display
- Keychron K8 UK ISO Keyboard
Audio
- Apple AirPods Noise Cancelling
- Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones
Photography Gear
Digital Cameras
- Sony A7 III
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
- Ricoh GR I
35mm Film Cameras
- Pentax 17
- Olympus OM10
- Ricoh 500 G (x3)
Olympus XA2- now broken :(- Olympus Mju Zoom 120
Lenses
Modern
- Sony 50mm 1.8
- Viltrox 85mm 1.8
- Olympus 17mm 1.8
- Olympus 40-150mm
- Viltrox 28mm F/4
- Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Vintage
- Olympus OM G.Zuiko (MC) Auto-S 50mm F/1.4
- Olympus OM Zuiko (MC) Auto-W 28mm F/2.8
- Olympus OM E.ZUIKO [MC] Auto-T 135mm F/2.8
Accessories
Desktop Applications & Tools
I use a mix of open-source software, leased, and commercial software.
Development
- PHPStorm - My IDE of choice for web work, I find it really helps with code navigation and understanding.
- VS Code - Lightweight edits
- Ghostty - the only terminal that moved me from iTerm, I use it for all my terminal work now.
- TablePlus - Use for all my relational database needs.
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Ollama + OpenWebUI running locally on Docker
- GitFox - I use this for all my Git work, I find it much easier to use than the command line for most things.
- Chat GPT - I use this for all sorts of things, from writing code to writing documentation to just asking questions about how things work.
Design
Photography/Photo Editing
- Lightroom
- PixelMator
- PhotoMater
Misc
- iA Writer - I use Plain Text for all my notes, see my post about it.
- ohmyzsh - I’m not a 10x Developer…but ohmyzsh makes me feel like one.
- Rectangle