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Uses

A somewhat comprehensive list of tools, apps, hardware, and more that I use on a daily basis to help design and code things. And yeah, that is an Akira GIF in the background.

Design

  • Figma is my primary tool for UI design these days. Made the switch from Sketch in 2020 and haven’t looked back.
  • Any motion graphics I create are created in Adobe After Effects. So far I haven’t found a non-Adobe product that’s as good. If anyone has suggestions please message me.
  • For any 3D models I use Blender. Since 2.8 it’s become way simpler to use and in a lot of ways better than expensive paid tools like 3DS Max or Maya.

Development

  • I use Visual Studio Code as my text editor, with the Dark Space theme and Operator Mono as my typeface of choice. I have also been using AstroNvim frequently for development.
  • Arc and Chrome are my main browsers for both development and general use.
  • React is my front end Javascript library of choice. The component-centric mental model is the first thing that truly made sense to me as a designer.
  • For 3D effects and image shaders I use three.js. It has a bit of a learning curve but you can do some really powerful stuff with it.
  • For CSS I’ve used a myriad pre-processors and css-in-js solutions like styled-components, but these days I’m using vanilla CSS with PostCSS to get upcoming CSS features today.
  • For Javascript animations I use Framer Motion, it’s a great way to add spring animations to React and three.js.

Music

DAWLogic Pro
Audio InterfaceScarlett 2i2 3rd Gen
GuitarAbasi Larada Legion 7
BassFender Player Jazz

Hardware

CPUIntel Core i7-12700K
GPUNvidia GeForce RTX 4080
MemoryGSkill 32GB DDR4 3600mhz CAS 18
MotherboardMSI B550 Tomahawk
MonitorSamsung Odyessy G9
KeyboardKeychron Q1 Pro
MouseRazer Deathadder V3 Pro
LaptopsMacbook Pro 14″ (2022 M1 Max) & Dell XPS 17 9710 (2021)
HeadphonesSony WH-1000XM4
MicrophoneBlue Yeti