Default Apps 2023
Written on 11/26/2023 and tagged: technology, apps, web development
The apps I default to for various things in 2023.
I just came across this great post from Chris Coyer (who borrowed it from MattCool.tech, who borrowed it from Tracy Durnell and friends). I’ve been in a writing slump since my last post—I blame Cyberpunk 2077—but when I came across Chris’ post, I knew it’d be fun and easy to make one of my own, so here we go…
- Mail Client:
- Gmail.com / Gmail app
- Mail Server:
- Notes:
- Apple Notes
- To-Do:
- Apple Reminders
- Photo Shooting:
- iPhone
- Photo Editing:
- A mix of Apple Photos and Affinity Photo
- Calendar:
- Google Calendar
- Cloud File Storage:
- Old stuff in Dropbox, everything else in iCloud
- RSS:
- NetNewsWire
- Contacts:
- Apple Contacts
- Browser:
- Chrome for web development, Safari for everything else
- Chat:
- Slack and Apple Messages
- Bookmarks:
- Safari’s bookmarks
- Read It Later:
- Safari’s Reading List
- Word Processing:
- Google Docs
- Spreadsheets:
- Google Sheets
- Presentations:
- Google Slides
- Shopping Lists:
- Apple Reminders (a shared list with Sharon)
- Meal Planning:
- Nothing
- Budgeting and Personal Finance:
- Nothing
- Music:
- Apple Music
- Podcasts:
- Apple Podcasts
- Password Management:
- 1Password
- Code Editor:
- VS Code
- VPN:
- Nothing
A few more that aren’t part of the common list:
- Reading:
- Apple Books
- Desktop window management:
- Moom
- Calculation:
- Soulver
- Project management:
- Jira
- Local web development server:
- Laravel Valet
- Database server:
- DBngin
- Database manager:
- Sequel Ace
- Web design:
- Figma
- Invoicing and time-tracking:
- Harvest
- Website asset management:
- Cloudinary
- Version control:
- Tower
- Code repository management:
- GitHub
- Ad blocking:
- AdBlock Pro and Vinegar
- Video calls:
- Google Meet and Zoom