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Tech Uses

By Zachary Carlin at

Tech Uses

As a Software Engineer i'm constantly tweaking and playing around with the technologies I use.

Here is a list of the current things I use almost daily 😘

Hardware 🧰

  • IPhone11: My daily Phone

    • 256 GB
    • Wallet Case
  • MacBook Pro: (13-inch, 2017) my daily laptop

    • macOS Catalina
    • 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
    • Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 1536 MB
  • Custom Desktop: used as a Home Server/VR Rig

    • Windows 10
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
    • 32GB RAM, 2TB HDD
    • Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz
    • VR Headset (HTC Vive)
  • Acer Laptop: used for pentesting and linux isos

    • 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
    • Kali Linux/Ubuntu
    • What I used to leaned to code with
  • Fitbit Versa: Smart watch

    • Tracks calories
    • Monitors sleep
    • Alarm clock
  • Surface Pro: Used for drawing and reading

    • 8 GB RAM, 256 SSD
    • Avedio active stylus

Editors

  • VSCode: Free. Built on open source. Runs everywhere. Highly configurable library πŸ”Œ

  • Codepen: online IDE mainly for frontend that has a very nice social and sharing aspect

  • Codesandbox: similar to codepen but more geared towards backend developers

  • Nano: perfect for quick edits while in a terminal 🐐

Software

Crypto

  • MetaMask: A crypto wallet & gateway to blockchain apps

  • Coinbase: a secure platform that makes it easy to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencyπŸ’°

  • Bitwarden: Open source password manager πŸ—οΈ

  • Cryptomator: encrypts your data quickly and easily

Browsers

  • Firefox: open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation

  • Brave: open-source web browser that allows you to earn rewards by opting into ads

  • Safari: Apple's Browser thats I use when debugging mobile sites and general use between my apple devices. Also nice for added PWA directly to your home screen

Misc

  • Barrier: Allows for me to sit at my desk and use one keyboard to control all my computers (Linux, Mac & Windows 🀯)

  • PIA: VPN available on all devices

Social Media

  • Instagram: I mainly post travel photos, and random things I enjoy irl 🏞️

  • Github: My favorite place to host my code πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»

  • Linkedin: le professional platfrom πŸ€–

  • Snapchat: main way of chatting

Inspired by Wes Bos's uses.tech