nickmelnick

Software and Hardware I use daily

Development and Workspace Tools

Visual Studio Code - Windows/Mac/Linux - Bar none, the best text editor around right now. I've been through a lot of them since the dawn of time, but it's remarkably fast especially considering it's an Electron app, the extension ecosystem is amazing, it's intuitive and fast to use, and available on three platforms. Still waiting for an official iPad release.

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 - Windows - A Linux kernel right along side Windows, allowing me to use all of the tools I'm used to and want, while still working in an environment with all of the applications I'd like to use.

Windows Terminal - Windows - Finally, a first party, fast, GPU-accelerated terminal, supporting all of the different ways to get a shell on a Windows machine.

Ghostty - Mac/Linux - A multi-pane, tabbed terminal with extensive configuration, though a little obtuse at first

zsh + powerlevel10k - Mac/Linux - I gave in and moved to zsh from bash

Git on the command line - Windows/Mac/Linux - Because I end up faster here than in a GUI tool.

Docker - Windows/Mac/Linux - Giving me the flexibility to try things out without breaking everything else, and the assurance that my deployment is going to look the same everywhere else.

Hyper-V and/or VirtualBox

Productivity

Office 365 - I know, I know, but holy crap does it work surprisingly well, I have no problem paying that subscription

1Password - A surprisingly great, cross-platform password manager with cloud storage, with a user interface that doesn't get in the way and is occasionally consistent. It's too much money, and the UI might be Electron soon, but it's more reliable than Bitwarden for me

Obsidian - Migrated over to Obsidian from Notion. It's fast, it's just markdown, and it can be anywhere

Google Calendar - Most of my Google stuff has moved on, but Google Calendar is prolific and allows me to share calendars with my family and contacts easily.

Workspace (this is huge, but not everything is used at the same time)

Computers

Phones

Tablets

Accessories