Programs, applications, and sites that I use and recommend

✦ Translated with DeepL & ChatGPT

Consumption #

Reading #

• NetNewsWire Apple + FreshRSS API – RSS reader
• Apple Books
• Skim (MacOS) – PDF reader and note-taker

Music #

• bandcamp.com
• Spotify – music streaming
  • Spicetify – CLI tool to take control of the Spotify client, disable ads (themes, extensions, additional apps)
• YouTube Music

Video #

• lampa.mx – movies and TV series
• kino.pub – online movie theater

Browser #

• Orion – main browser
• Mozilla Firefox
• Brave

Creation #

Productivity #

• Calendar + Fantastical + Nextcloud CalDAV
• TickTick Nextcloud CalDAV + standard reminder app
• Zoho Mail – domain-linked email

Text #

• notebook, pencil, pen
• Obsidian – combiner-archive of notes-ideas
• memos – notes
• Nextcloud Notes – notes
• Story Architect – screenplay editor

Audio and Video #

• Ableton Live – creating sound and music compositions
• Storyboarder – storyboards
• DaVinci Resolve – video editing
  • Dehancer – video stylization
• Affinity Photo – photoshop for normal people

Tools #

• DeepL – translator
• MoneyManager Ex – finance accounting
• Bitwarden – password manager
• 2FAS Auth – two-factor authentication
• KeePassXC • KeeWeb • KeePassium (iOS) – password manager / two-factor authentication
• Transmission – torrent client
• Nicotine+ / SoulseekQt – file sharing network
• MEGA Cloud – cloud storage
• Windscribe – VPN
• Raindrop – backlog and bookmarks manager
• VSCodium – community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code
• iTerm – terminal replacement
• testdisk – recovery utility
• Syncthing / Resilio Sync – synchronization of files between all devices
• AltServer iOS – non-AppStore apps

Cryptocurrencies #

• Electrum – bitcoin wallet
• MUUN – bitcoin wallet and ⚡️ Lightning Network for iOS / Android (for storing small amounts of money for everyday needs)
• Monero GUI Wallet – monero wallet
• Cake Wallet – Monero Wallet for iOS / Android

3d #

• AutoDesk Fusion 360
• FreeCAD – 3D parametric modeling
• UltiMaker Cura – slicer for 3D printing

macOS utilities #

• IINA macOS – player
• Find Any File – search for files on disks by name, creation or modification date, size or type
• TextSniper – allows you to copy text from images
• ExifCleaner – metadata cleaner
• Rectangle – move and resize windows with keyboard shortcuts or snap areas
• Displaperture – rounds the corners of the display
• Hidden Bar – hides icons and makes the menu bar cleaner
• Grayscale Mode – quick switching of the monitor to b&w mode
• LilyView – image viewer
• Maccy – clipboard manager
• Yate – audio metadata

Hardware #

• MacBook Pro 13" (2017) – computer (2019)
• IPhone 7 – phone (2017)
• KZ ZS6 – earphones (2018-2024)
• Nothing Ear (1) – earbuds (2021-2023)
• KZ ZAR – earphones (2024)
• Zoom H5 – recorder (2021)
• BOYA BY-M1V2 – 2.4GHz Dual-Channel Wireless Microphone System (2023)
• Arturia Analog Experience The Player – synthesizer keyboard (2016)
• Native Instruments Maschine Mikro mkII – drum machine and sampler (2015)

Websites #

• localbitcoins.com – p2p buying/selling bitcoins (died in 2023)
• blockchair.com– blockchain explorer
• coingecko.com– financial portfolio, market capitalization
• musclewiki.com – a base of exercises, and no coach is needed
• based.cooking – cooking recipes and nothing extra
• en.kinorium.com – viewing diary, lists and search for movies in the database
• rutracker.org – p2p file sharing
• rarbggo.org – p2p file sharing (died in 2023)
• perevodman.com – voice-overs of quality translations, without distortion of meaning and without censorship