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Josh Collinsworth

Front-end developer and writer on Svelte, Vue and CSS; blogs at joshcollinsworth.com.

6 things

Dracula ProSoftware Zeno Rocha

loved

I love Dracula Pro; it strikes the perfect balance of contrast and color to my eye.

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MonoLisaOther

loved

I’m a code nerd and a font nerd, so I don’t take this choice lightly, but this is my favorite dev font. I love its combination of legibility and subtle personality, and plus, the code ligatures are great.

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FirefoxSoftware Mozilla

loved

Firefox is a great browser with some awesome tools, plus strong privacy. I use Edge when I need to test on Chromium; I don’t even install Chrome on my personal machines.

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MoErgo Glove80Hardware MoErgo

loved

For my money, the Glove80 is the world’s best ergonomic keyboard.

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NotionSoftware Notion Labs

loved

my current favorite notes app. Can grow and get as complex as you need it to be, but for simple notes, the markdown and code highlight support is fantastic.

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Fira CodeOther Nikita Prokopov

recommended

If you’re not willing to spend the money, though—and I definitely understand if that’s the case— Fira Code is my runner-up.

His /uses page, naming the free alternative to his paid favourite coding font MonoLisa. The page carries no publication date; the date here is when it was retrieved.

2020-08-12·joshcollinsworth.com ↗

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