David Kakanis

tools

Machine/Devices

  • 16" macbook pro 2019

Code Editor

  • cursor
  • Grevbox Material Theme

Terminal

Light themes are better, at least in my experience.

System Settings

Details about system settings can be added here.

apps

tools are useful for everyone, but not if you use too many. i've been experimenting, testing, and implementing software tools for over 10 years. The following tech stack is the most useful for me. The biggest insight after using thousands of tools is keeping it very simple and super cheap.

This document is always a work in progress.

  • Notion Calendar
  • Notion - Using PARA for notes management.
  • Microsoft To Do - Just for projects that need an extensive to-do list.
  • Obsidian - Just for my blog.
  • Hevy - Workout tracker. Automatically uploads to Strava.
  • Figma - Design tool for process flows, simple or heavy design work.
  • Canva - Presentation maker. Always using a template.
  • ChatGPT - Personal assistant and coding mate. Always asking it for advice. Pro subscription is very useful, especially its voice function on mobile is heavily used.
  • Spotify - Music.
  • VSCode - Code editor.
  • Pages - Long form documents.
  • Arc - +Arc search. Browser and summarizer.
  • Tomito Timer - Pomodoro timer for Mac.
  • Notability - Note-taking on iPad Pro.

others

  • Reddit - casual tech-related readings.