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Thai software engineer; writes a public digital garden at garden.narze.live and builds developer and productivity tooling.
18 things
SetappService MacPaw
Setapp - App bundles, saved money since I already use tons of apps.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
Fira Code fontOther Nikita Prokopov
Fira Code font: I just want the change of pace, this font is really good.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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ChezmoiSoftware
Chezmoi - for my Dotfiles
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
HomebrewSoftware
Homebrew - macOS Package Manager
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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ZoxideSoftware Ajeet D'Souza
zoxide - Jump around directories
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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ZellijSoftware
zellij - tmux alternative
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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2DoSoftware Guided Ways
2Do - Todo app, available on Mac, iOS, Android.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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HammerspoonSoftware
Hammerspoon - Windows management
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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Keyboard MaestroSoftware Stairways Software
Keyboard Maestro - Launch apps with Hyper Key
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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ObsidianSoftware Obsidian
Obsidian - My current Second Brain system
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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RaycastSoftware Raycast
Raycast - Spotlight, Alfred alternative
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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TailscaleService Tailscale
Tailscale - Private VPN for connecting to my NAS and listen to my music.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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VercelService Vercel
Vercel - I have 30+ small projects hosted here.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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FishSoftware
Fish - Alternative command line shell than Zsh, I still use Zsh though.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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Sublime TextSoftware Sublime HQ
Sublime Text: On the later years (around the time of Atom editor), I got less and less updates. Then when I found that VSCode is fast enough, I moved.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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iTermSoftware George Nachman
iTerm: Tmux is slow, prompt layout breaks when resizing the window.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
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TimingSoftware
Timing - Time tracking app. It eats Gigabytes of space when I use it for 2-3 years.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
NotionSoftware Notion Labs
Notion - Too slow to use, and my current team switched to Jira.
His public /uses page, an inventory of the software and gear he uses plus a "Previously used" section explaining what he dropped; the page stamps itself Updated 20240929.
2024-09-29·garden.narze.live ↗
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