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I purchased several apps that I regularly need for working:

  • LittleSnitch (basically a FireWall, great for developers if you e.g., quickly want to cut off your machine's access to a specific domain for testing)
  • Postico (great and simple database client for PostgreSQL)

Subscriptions:

  • RescueTime (tracks how I spent my time on the computer)
  • Dropbox (private stuff)
  • Google One (shared things with my family)
  • Patreon (e.g., Patrick Wardle, he has great security tools for macOS, some artists whose music I like)
  • 1Password (password manager)
  • GitHub pro (I don't need pro since Microsoft massively upgraded the free tier, but before Microsoft bought in, I did use the pro-only features)
  • AWS/Heroku (various services, on and off depending on my private projects)
  • Udacity (not a regular one, but I try to do one "Nanodegree" per year to dive into new topics)
  • external agency to handle my tax declarations etc.
  • Grammarly (checking my spelling & grammar)
  • Netflix (watching movies)
  • Notion (to document all kind of things, including my cooking receipts^^)
  • Masterclass (learning various topics on a high level, like movie making, cooking, philosophy, science,..)

Services that I consider removing:

  • either one of Dropbox or Google One. Most likely, I'll consolidate everything into Dropbox. It is more expensive, but their apps sync much better.

I guess, I can categorize all my tools into:

  • fun (e.g. Netflix): depends on how you spent your leisure time
  • daily life (e.g. Dropbox): depends on what you use your computer for
  • coding/work related (e.g. GitHub): depends on what you work on