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British front-end web developer based in Japan; writes about HTML, CSS and web performance at christianoliff.com.
13 things
EdgeSoftware Microsoft
Edge is my favourite browser. Check out some of my favourite extensions
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
GitHub ProService GitHub
GitHub Pro - Well worth $48 per year for GitHub Pages, traffic stats and all the other benefits.
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
WiseService Wise
Wise - great service for transferring money between currencies at very low rates (Affiliate link - get £15 off with first transfer)
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
VS CodeSoftware Microsoft
VS Code for code editing. Check some of my favourite extensions
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
Beyond Compare 4 ProfessionalSoftware Scooter Software
Beyond Compare 4 Professional for uploading static site content to Amazon S3
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
FerdiumSoftware
Ferdium All-in-one messemger app for Slack, Google Chat, Mastodon and more
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
ObsidianSoftware Obsidian
Obsidian for note-taking.
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
HazelSoftware Noodlesoft
Hazel for automating tasks such as image compression
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
BrowserStackService BrowserStack
BrowserStack Cross-device testing
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
CloudflareService Cloudflare
CloudFlare - CDN and SSL for this site
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
NetlifyService Netlify
Netlify - for hosting static sites
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
Apple One Services BundleService Apple
Apple One Services Bundle - I use Apple Music daily, and occasionally enjoy Apple TV+ shows, Apple Arcade games, use 1TB of iCloud storage and read News+ and Fitness+ daily
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
Mac mini M4Hardware Apple
Mac mini M4 (2024) as a secondary computer for playing music and browser testing mainly.
His /uses page, listing the hardware, software and services he uses for web development; the page footer gives 2026-09-03 as its last update.
2026-09-03·christianoliff.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.