Software

Obsidian. Powerful locally hosted note taking app, in markdown.

Arc Browser. Chrome on steroids.

Instapaper. Read links later, and then catalogue them for future reference.

Raycast. Spotlight on steroids. Navigate your mac faster.

Remapped caps lock. Navigate your mac even faster.

Alt Tab. Windows style alt-tab for mac.

Cursor. VSCode on steroids.

Todoist. Powerful personal task management.

Bitwarden. Password manager.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Current preferred general purpose LLM.

Cronometer. Nutrition logging.

Hardware

Mac Pro. Do I even need to explain this one?

North Face Surge Backpack. Obscenely well thought through backpack.

Hydroflask. Hydration.

Oura Ring Gen 3. Sleep tracking.

Garmin Forerunner 165 Music. Entry level running watch.

CeraVe Cleanser. Skincare matters.

NiteIze S-biner. Carry more things.

Loop Quiet 2. Reusable ear plugs.

Manta Sleep Mask. Darkness without the eye pressure.

Uniqlo. Great default clothes shop.

Bellroy Card Sleeve. Minimalist wallet.

TaoTronics AP003 Air Purifier. The best affordable air purifier money... could buy in mid 2024. Unfortunately discontinued. Better air quality is the easiest way to not die.

Barefoot shoes. Personal taste, but I'm a huge fan.

Other

Dupes of things you use often. Okay, not an item. But I think more people should own at least two copies of many things, e.g. laptop chargers, water bottles, etc. I usually keep one at home and one in the office.