Software Development Tools

Here’s my software development toolkit.

Brave Browser

I’ve used these browsers roughly in this order.

1. Lynx
2. Netscape Navigator
3. Internet Explorer
4. Firefox
5. Opera
6. Links
7. Vivaldi
8. Google Chrome
9. Arc
10. Brave Browser

I use Brave because it’s stable and fast. So far, it hasn’t crashed!

I toggle these flags.

brave://flags/
#enable-tab-audio-muting = Disabled (It gets in the way)

I use browser extensions to simplify my life.

• Open Source Web Clipper — Clipping articles I don’t want to lose.
• RSS Reader Extension (by Inoreader) — I ♥️ RSS. We need more Aaron Swartz and less Jeff Bezos.
• Bitwarden — Free Password Manager — I use Bitwarden for password management.
• Adblock Plus — free ad blocker — Nobody owns my eyeballs.
• uBlock Origin — What’s better than one adblocker? Two ad blockers.
• Delete Cookies and Site Data — Cookie abuse.
• Disable Extensions Temporarily — I recommend it if your extensions go haywire.
• Don’t Fuck With Paste — Self—explanatory.
• GoFullPage — Full Page Screen Capture — A picture is worth a thousand words.
• Open Tabs Next to Current — Why isn’t this the default?
• DomListener — A lot of stuff happens to the DOM; this helps me solve DOM mysteries.

Experimenting

• Bridgy — I’m working on joining the indy web.

macOS

I use macOS as my primary computing platform.

I use it for the following reasons.

1. It works more often than Microsoft Windows or Linux—based computers.
2. It’s built to last.
3. It’s Unix under the hood.
4. The user interface is consistent and pleasing to the eye.
5. It’s simple and productive.

Alfred

I use Alfred and shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks.

I used Automator for a while, but Alfred is superior.

I use it for the following reasons.

1. It’s user friendly
2. It’s incredibly flexible.
3. It works like Spotlight but with a lot more options.
4. Clicks steal ticks.

I hope you find some of these tools helpful.

Have a great day! 🤙

iTerm2

I use iTerm2 instead of the default macOS terminal. I use a few interesting features.

Command Line

I live on the command line.

A few shell enhancement tools.

• starship — Primary use, themes
• zsh-autocomplete-plugin — Auto—completion is a gift from the gods

Indispensible CLI Programs

You’ll pry these from my cold dead meat sticks.

• find — Where did I put that file again?
• grep — Unlock the mysteries of file contents
• jq — Json parsing FTW
• shellcheck — A clean shell script is a happy shell script
• xargs — Construct argument lists and invoke a utility
• Copilot for CLI — I’m not a robot, but I can write like one
• sed — Regex all the things
• zoxide — cd++
• eza — ls++
• …and hundreds more