Various tech I use as of July 2024[Draft]

NOTE: This page is marked as draft and is therefore still a work-in-progress. 

Introduction

This is going to be a fairly informal post. Definitely not a technical writeup or howto guide of any kind

• instead its meant to be a place that I briefly discuss the tools and platforms that I currently use as of July 2024.

Primary Laptop

System

• 2021 Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro
• 16GB Memory
• 500GB SSD

Note: I don’t love Mac… but this machine was inherited from a previous employer and in terms of raw power

• it blows away my other laptop.. and was free. :)

Software

Tools

• File management:
  • ForkLift 
  • LocalSend
• Terminal:
  • iTerm2 
• Development:
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Sublime Text
  • Docker Desktop
• Security:
  • Bitwarden
  • VeraCrypt
  • OpenVPN Connec
• iStat Menus
• balenaEtcher
• Homebrew

Productivity

• Browser: Waterfox
• Email: Thunderbird
• Notes: Joplin
• Music: Spotify
• Word processor: OnlyOffice
• Messaging:
  • Discord
  • Slack
  • Signal
  • Texty
  • Unite
  • WhatsApp Web

Media Production

• Audio:
  • Steinberg Cubase Artist 13
  • Steinberg WaveLab Elements 12
  • Collection of Waves plugins
  • XLN Audio Addictive Drums
  • XLN Audio Addictive Keys
  • Youlean Loudness Meter 2 Pro
  • Friture
• Video:
  • Davinci Resolve Studio 18
  • Lossless Cut
  • mpv
  • OBS
  • ffmpeg
  • ffpreset
• Photo:
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop
• Live Lighting/Presentation:
  • Lightkey
  • ProPresenter
• Scanning:
  • CZUR Aura
  • PlusTek ePhoto

Secondary Laptop

This unit was my daily driver for something like 7 years but I don’t it a lot at the moment - really only if I want to do something on a system with a Linux GUI or if I really have to use Windows for something. I rarely need windows.

System

• Lenovo T460s
• Intel i7-6600U
• 20GB RAM
• 1TB NVMe SSD
• Linux Mint - Cinnamon Edition
• Windows 10

Software

coming soon…