Uses

I tend to keep a lot of hobbies that mostly involve creating and so here are some things you’ll usually find me dabbling with. Visit uses.tech for a list of what others use or to submit your own.

The cleaner side of the office.

Hardware

My background involves a lot of front-end development but has long transcended outside of just a browser. My home office is being built around that. The desk is custom and most of the wiring runs alongside the bottom of it using a bunch of these. The TV and its peripherals are in between both of my “stations” because it allows me to work on apps for Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, etc while still being able to just use it for general watching. Although some of the links below contain Amazon affliate links, I will keep this list up to date with things that I actually use.

Workstation

Coding has been a hobby for a while. The following list are all the things that play a role in that.

Playstation

When I’m not coding, you can usually find me on this side of the office wrecking kids in Rocket League or Call of Duty: Warzone… Okay, not really. But maybe sometimes. I also use this station for learning 3D modeling & printing or game development.

Software

I think it would be impossible to make an exhaustive list of all the software I use but here is a list of some of the recents by category.

Editors

  • VS Code - I’ve finally switched from Sublime Text to using VS Code! An all purpose editor that was easy to transition to as it can use Sublime Text keybindings. Having started a React Native project, the native support for TypeScript with VS Code made this switch a no-brainer. Having used it for a bit now, I can’t see myself turning back.
  • Xcode - For any iOS, tvOS, macOS development, Xcode is the go to.
  • Android Studio - Based on IntelliJ, I use Android Studio for any Android development. This is probably my favorite IDE. Although I liked Sublime for its speed and being lightweight, Android Studio is so robust and provides so many helpful features during development. It is a proper IDE.

Desktop Apps

Chrome Extensions

Misc

The WIP side of the office that stares at my back most days.