Uses and my gear

This page was inspired by the works of Wes Bos and Ali Spittel.

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Editor

VSCode

I started coding in 2014 with Brackets mainly because it had the most powerful live preview back then, it was perfect for a beginner like me. I switched to Atom when it came out, it was great but it was slow so I switched to VS Code in 2018.

Theme

I use Horizon :

Horizon

I also made a Prism.js theme for Horizon

Font

I use Fira Code :

Fira

Extensions

These are the main extensions I use : (All my extensions)

Terminal

I use Hyper (Bash + zsh)

Hyper

Desktop apps

  • Brave - My browser
  • Notion - My todo/notes app
  • Figma - I use Figma for my designs
  • Zeplin - I use Zeplin to open Sketch/XD/PSD files
  • GitHub Desktop - Git GUI for all my Git repositories (GitHub and GitLab)
  • Sublime Merge - I also use Sublime Merge as an alternative for it’s features
  • Insomnia - My REST client

Tools & Misc

These are the tools I use frequently.

  • Netlify - Host this blog, my website and hobbies projects
  • Cloudflare - For my DNS needs
  • ProtonMail - My email service of choice
  • CodeSandbox - Online code editor when I need to prototype something quick
  • Meta Tags - Preview and debug meta tags
  • svgo - Optimize .svg files
  • 30 SECONDS OF KNOWLEDGE - Tab extension, learn something when I open a new tab
  • Streaker - Track my GitHub activity right in the tray (I worked on it btw !)
  • Bitwarden - My password manager
  • DevHub - Manage my GitHub notifications and track repositories
  • FastHub - My mobile GitHub client
  • LabCoat - My mobile GitLab client

Gear

  • Computer

    • CPU : i7 8700K @4.7GHz
    • Watercooler : NZXT KRAKEN X72
    • Graphic Card : ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2080 OC
    • RAM : Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32Go 3200 MHz CAS 14
    • Motherboard : ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E
    • SSD : Samsung Serie 970 EVO NVMe M.2 - 500 Go
    • HDD : Seagate BarraCuda 2 To
    • Power Supply : Seasonic PRIME Ultra 750 Titanium
    • Case : NZXT H700i - White
  • Peripherals

    • Main monitor : Asus ROG Swift PG279Q 27” 2560*1440 144Hz
    • Monitors : Iiyama G-MASTER GB2530HSU-B1 24” 1920*1080
    • Keyboard : Cooler Master MasterKeys MK750 - Cherry MX Red
    • Mouse : ROCCAT Kova - Black
    • Headset : SteelSeries Arctis 7 - White
  • My phone : OnePlus 6
  • Seat : DXRacer Formula F08 - White
  • NAS : Synology NAS DS218 (RAID1)
  • My backpacks :

    • GitHub Education Campus Backpack
    • XD Design Bobby XL 17”, black

My desk

My Desk


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