gifox
super easy and quick screen recorder that lets you create and edit gifs. Your PR reviewers will love you. I paid $15 for a lifetime license. Amazing product.
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My Favorite Things
Tools I pay for, podcasts I keep up with, and blogs I actually read.
Software
CleanShot X
the screenshot tool macOS should have shipped with. Screenshots land in a little floating overlay instead of littering my desktop, and the annotation tools are quick enough that I actually use them. Scrolling capture alone is worth the price.
TablePlus
a fast, native database GUI that speaks Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, and just about everything else. When I want to poke at a database and get answers, this is where I go — no ORM ceremony, just cmd+S to commit your edits like it's a text file.
MeetingBar
this app sits in your Mac OS menu bar and does 2 critical things:
- Tells you when your next meeting is
- Lets you join that meeting with 2 clicks
I support this app through Patreon. It's made in Ukraine. What more do you need to know?
RunJS
just a nice standalone JavaScript repl. You can install packages. I find it real handy when I need to remember just how weird JavaScript is and want tight feedback loops.
Podcasts
Soft Skills Engineering
this is one of my favorite podcasts; Dave and Jamison are fun to listen to and they often have great advice for navigating the non-technical aspects of building software
In Depth
they interview folks who have worked in various roles at successful startups, and the conversations are always illuminating. I've quoted them elsewhere on my blog!
The Joy of Why
they explore really fascinating and difficult subjects, and Steven and Janna are both excellent interviewers. My favorite episodes include the ones on graph theory, dark matter, string theory (which I previously found utterly inaccessible), and knots.
Switchblade Sisters
April is, IMO, the greatest podcast interviewer of all time. She is so prepared and knowledgeable, and she brings out the unique qualities and experience of each of her guests. Each episode is a very tight 45 minutes of insider baseball on the guest's favorite genre film — and the guest must be either an actor, writer, or director.
Let's Appreciate
Kyla writes poetry about the economy and coined the term "vibe-cession". Anything she publishes is going to be her best work and well-worthy of your time. It's the rare podcast where I have to listen at a playback rate less than 1.
