Everyday I get a few emails asking about the specifics of some piece of software or hardware I use.

I change up things fairly often, so this page will serve as a living document and a place to point curious developers to when I get asked.

If there is something missing leave a comment below or ask in my AMA — happy to chat and help you figure out your own situation.

Editor + Terminal

• Visual Studio Code is my current editor which I switched to in September 2017 after years of Sublime Text.
• Sublime Text V3 beta is used in most of my video tutorials — I write more about my setup in my book.

• I created a theme called Cobalt2 for VS Code, Sublime Text and iTerm2 v3 which I use.

• I'm currently using Operator Mono for a font. Yes I paid the $200 for it. Before that I used Inconsolata for many years.

• I use Operator Mono in VS Code and Hyper Term

• I'm currently switching between Firefox Developer and Chrome Canary as my main browser

• The cursive font you see is just the italic weight of Operator Mono. Your theme must have italics in it for it to work - my Cobalt2 uses italics heavily.

• I currently use Hyper for my terminal, but many of my videos show me using iTerm2.

• For Sublime Text, The JavaScript suggestions you see in my videos is called JavaScript Completions - you might have to play with the settings to get it to not popup some of the node completions. For VS Code, there are no plugins needed to get this.

• You can see most of my config files (.eslint, VS Code settings) over at my Dot Files repo but please don't just take these settings carte blanche - they work for me but might not be the best

Desktop Apps

• I use Text Expander for canned responses and for most of my code snippets

• I'm a huge Alfred fan and have many workflows.

• I use Things App with a GTD mindset for managing my tasks.

• I design almost entirely in Sketch

• I backup with 2 time machines local HDDs, Dropbox for most files, and BackBlaze for my entire hard drive.

• The cool Emoji picker you see me use in my videos is Rocket

Recording

• I use ScreenFlow to record and edit my screencasts

• I wrote about my animated gif workflow here

• My mic is a Heil PR40 on a PL2T boom arm. Many of my videos were recorded on the cheaper but still amazing AT2020

• I use a DBX286s to do almost all my audio compression and processing as a I record and pipe it into my computer with a Focusrite 2i2

• My webcam is a Logitech HD Pro c920

• All this gear is pretty demanding, so I use an Anker 7/3 port USB 3.0 hub DIED 😵 Amazon Basics 10 Port USB Hub to make it all work at once while only having to plug in a single cable.

Desk Setup

• My main monitor is a 32" 4k LG 32ud59

• To my right I run a vertical 27" 4k Dell 4k P2715Q and an open loaded macbook pro nested on a Rain mStand

• I sit on a polished aluminum Herman Miller aeron

• My desk is an 8 foot oak butcher block countertop on legs

• Here is a photo of my setup

• Everything — Monitors, Ethernet, Hard Drives, Webcam, and Power — is plugged in via a single USB cable and piped into my Caldigit TS3 Plus - This is a pretty sweet setup!

• I currently use a 2019 16" MacBook Pro 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 with 32gb memory

• My last laptop was a 2017 15" MacBook Pro 3.1GHz i7 with 16gb memory

Other Gear

• After a lengthy search for the perfect backpack for both traveling and schlepping gear around the city I bought the Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L and it's incredible (and very expensive 😑).