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It’s hard to choose just three, but here goes.
I wrote about other productivity tools I use for anyone interested.
Productivity Tools I Use
Nick Taylor (he/him) ・ Mar 29 ・ 2 min read
You can also check out my uses page for everything I use as top 3 was tough.
Figma
VSCode
DEV ;)
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This sounds like a simple question, but what my favourite is isn't the same as what I think's the best for whatever reason, or what's affected my life most. I mean, I use web browsers every day and should probably put the whole category in here as my favourite, right? Silent Hill 2 is a "software product" that I used a lot back in the day, and I still don't think there's much that can top this one in its category.
I'll stop overthinking.
Vim is my #1. There are some rough edges with plugins, but the core Vim experience is as close to perfect as I can imagine.
tmux fits snuggly with Vim, and while it's not perfect, and the interface can be a little funny sometimes, it still massively improves my terminal experience and I use it every day.
ripgrep is the fastest and simplest of the grep-replacements that came out a few years ago (starting with things like Ack and Ag).
Honourable mention: fzf. A lot of my workflow is around using ripgrep inside Vim inside tmux, and fzf is the sprinkle on top of the cake that makes it all much more fun to eat. There are other fuzzy-finders around these days, but to be honest I haven't investigated much since fzf works exactly as I want it to already.
Yes, everything I've mentioned has been terminal-based! And it's nice to have favourites that aren't just favourites at work, of course :)
💯 this. Yes vim has some rough edges, but it's designed so that you can gently smooth them out to exactly your own muscle memory In your vimrc.
Oooh , difficult choice , but:
There are many, Can't mention all, some of them would be -
1Password - I’ve been a customer for 10 years and it’s been an absolute game changer. I recommend this anytime I see friends get their socials hacked.
JetBrains Webstorm - my IDE of choice. It’s a bit hefty compared to VSCode but it excels better at tracing-related workflows with complex projects.
Docker - I lived the SysAdmin life before containers, being able to package packages into their own little runtime environment has been transformative for scaling up an application stack.
Same as @jesssimpson34 for the first point,
1) VSCode
2) VSCode
3) VSCode
Okay I cheated a bit here, but you get the idea ... :)