Uses – Jesse Dyck

Motherboard: Super micro X10SL7-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3 (low power)
RAM: 8GB ECC
OS: Ubuntu 18.04

I’ve spent some time browsing everyone else’s uses page for new tools, so I figured it was time to share my own!

Updated: Sept., 2021

Hardware

iPhone 11: This thing is an ergonomic nightmare!
Mid-2014, 15 inch MacBook Pro: Still going strong, although I’ve worn right through the ⌘ key!
(Previously: Mid-2011, Early-2008, Late-2004 13-inch iBook)
Dell 27″ 4K Monitor (P2715Q): For doing serious work. But if I’m honest, I’m usually just on the couch with my laptop.
Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop: I’ll probably replace these with something more reliable in the future.
Rain Design mStand: I’ve had this one for over a decade and still love it!
Airpods (second generation)

WordPress: My go-to CMS
Vue: My go-to front-end framework
Build tools:
- SCSS: Via node-sass
- Gulp: For running tasks
- Node-notifier: So I know my watch tasks were successful
Visual Studio Code: Dark theme with Fira Code
GitHub Desktop: While simple, it works well enough for the time being.
Safari: For browsing
Firefox: For development
Edge: For testing
Terminal/zsh: Haven’t found a reason to switch back to bash yet.
Sequel Pro: I don’t love it, but it usually works well enough.
Docker (Compose): Even for simple containers, I generally keep a docker-compose file in all my project folders as a way to simplify bringing up a development environment.
Charles Proxy
1Password: Absolutely indispensable. I have over a decade’s worth of passwords, software licenses, important documents, etc. stored here.
Transmit: All the polish you expect from a well-designed Mac app. Useful to avoid installing all of the cloud storage apps.

Just some other of my favourites that I can’t not mention.