Florian with a cup of coffee
Black Cat Benny on Lap and Laptop
Espresso addicition, Florian stuck his nose in coffee beans.
Sunglasses pushed down and looking over the glasses, hat.
Smokie, a british shorthair cat, looking at the camera and Florian holding it.
Portrait of Florian looking straight into the camera., 3 day beard, big nose, non retouched eyes.

Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

I get asked a lot about the things I use to build software, stay productive, or buy to fool myself into thinking I’m being productive when I’m really just procrastinating. Here’s a big list of all of my favorite stuff.

Development tools

  • Alfred

    A Mac without Alfred is workstation in chains. — I use the functions keys just to launch about every programm, and the snippet manager is fantastic.

  • MAMP

    Mamp on Mac is the easiest Tool to get up n running quick.

  • Codekit

    Grunt or Gulp - do it with style on a Mac!

  • Visual Studio Code

    Slow? Not on M1. It has all the features you need.

  • Nova

    Last but not least — Panic's Nova editor is the most beautiful thing - as expected. Whenever I can avoid Visual Studio Code

  • VueDevTools

    Brave with Vue Devtools is the best browser for Vue development.

  • Docker

    you knew that!

  • Git

    you knew that as well!

  • Vite

    because it rhymes!

Design

  • Illustrator

    Even though Figma and Invision are great products. The integration of Illustrator with the Adobe Suite is still unbeatable. — Why? Because Masks! (This is a full sentence)
    The tools in Illustrator, particulary masks are awesome.

  • Lightroom

    As a semi professional photographer I use Lightroom to edit my photos — synced on all devices. The best for reviewing and editing photos on the go. — A great feature is the ability to send a collection to your clients from within the app.

  • Adobe XD

    Okay - but WITH Illustrator - not on it's own.

Productivity

  • Clear

    A beautiful todo list and reminder!

  • Setapp

    Everything I need at my fingertipps. · Affiliate Link

  • Forklift

    The best FTP Client there is. (Psst via Setapp)

  • Message

    The best thing for communication with clients. — And for ScreenSharing as well. Don't believe me? Try it out.

  • Prompt

    Terminal on the go.

  • iStatMenus

    What's the machine up to?

  • Billings Pro

    Measure your time and write invoices

  • SiteSucker

    Make a backup for my portfolio, before the layout is altered.

Maintenance

  • Scrutiny

    Quick analysis of any website

  • Simon

    I think Daleks are cute. — Simon thinks so too.

Hobbies

  • Giant Fully

    A life without a bicylce is a life not worth living. — Okay that's dramatic, but I do love my bike.

  • Cowboy · The bike

    The Cowboy in the yard is truly a great bike. — Everthings clean compared to my Giant Fully. — The belt drive is a dream and the app is a great tool to keep track of your rides.Which reminds me of this one time I was riding my bike and I saw a cow. — I thought to myself, that's a nice cow. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse and a cowboy saddle. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse and a cowboy saddle and a cowboy boot. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse and a cowboy saddle and a cowboy boot and a cowboy spur. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse and a cowboy saddle and a cowboy boot and a cowboy spur and a cowboy chaps. — And then I thought, that cow is a cowboy on a bike with a cowboy hat and a cowboy belt and a cowboy gun and a cowboy lasso and a cowboy horse and a cowboy saddle and a cowboy boot and a cowboy spur and a cowboy chaps and a cowboy vest. — And — This text was generated by  Markov Chain GPT.

  • Drums

    ATVs Sound Module elevates my old Roland Kit

  • Starcraft 2

    Keeps brain and fingers in shape.