Tools

I think that having a good knowledge of your tools makes you work better and quicker. In this way, you became more efficient.

I tend to use tools that are easy to use and that can be customized to adapt to my needs. When searching for a new tool, I focus my attention on its simplicity¹.

These are the tools that I use daily.

Linux

• st, terminal emulator; it is lightweight and easy to customize.
• dwm, dynamic windows manager. It is a lightweight minimal tiling window manager that is easy to customize and define keybindings.
• nala wraps the Debian package manager, apt, making the commands faster and their output more understandable.

Mac

• alacritty terminal emulator, e asy to customize through a configuration file.
• yabai window manager, easy to customize with its configuration file.
• skhd hotkey deamon, easy to configure key bindigs through the configuration file.

Windows

I tend to avoid working on Windows machines and for this reason, I don’t use many tools that are specific for it.

The only one that I use is called Microsoft PowerToys, and I use it only to swap the caps lock key with the esc key.

Other

• nvim or vim are my default editors, it is a pleasure to write with them: you can move through your text quicker and smarter. Also these editor are present in almost all systems.
• zsh, because is easier than bash to customize, has interesting plugins and the possibility to use the vim keybindings.
• git, greate version control system that is easy to use and easy to customize.
• tmux, terminal multiplexer, enables you to organize your work in the terminal. You can work with different sessions, each with a different purpose. And, if the terminal closes or the ssh connection drops, the sessions stay alive; enabling you to attach to it whenever you want. Also, you can install tmux in almost all systems.
• ksnip cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
• mpv cross-platform media-player. It is open source, lightweight, easy customize and to use.
• youtube-dl a command line package that can download viedos and, or, music from many websites, not only youtube as the name may suggest.
• syncthing a cross-platform program that anables you to share files with all your devices.