Workstation

This is a list of tech equipment I currently use for my day-to-day work as a software engineer.

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Computer & Hardware

  • Laptops:
    • Apple MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 14.2 inch, 18GB, Space Grey)
    • Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16'' (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 3060 GDDR6 Graphics)
  • Monitor: LG Ultragear 32'' UHD IPS monitor
  • Keyboard: Logitech K580 Slim Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard
  • Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3s Wireless Mouse
  • Internet: Airtel XStream Fiber broadband (unlimited bandwidth, up to 300 Mbps speed).
  • Audio and Music:
    • Amazon Echo 4th gen for music and managing smart devices
    • Oppo Enco X2 TWS earbuds

Software & Productivity Tools

  • Operating System(s): MacOS for work, Linux for tinkering around, Windows for gaming
  • Web Browser: Tried 'em all, keep coming back to Firefox :)
  • Terminal: iTerm2 with Z-shell (zsh + ohmyzsh)
  • Code Editor: Visual Studio Code, neovim
  • Version Control: Git CLI
  • Collaboration and Project Management: I prefer GitHub, but have experience with Atlassian products (Jira, BitBucket, Confluence, Bamboo) and GitLab, too.
  • API Testing & Debugging: Postman or HTTPie
  • Docker container runtime to build and run applications quickly
  • Joplin for Notes, To-dos and creating project documentation
  • Slack for communication
  • Google Workspace for emails and calendars.
  • Fira Code as programming font, Dracula / Palenight as colour theme