Packages

The line between a package and a tool is quite blurry but for my use case, it's simply any tool installed from the standard^[1] package manager of any given operating system.

These are the packages that I have installed at the time of writing.

macOS

Most of my machines, both at home and at work are Macbooks

I used to run an iPhone for tighter integration but given I'm an Android user these days, I have a bit of an incentive towards cross-platform applications.

Taps

These are third party repositories that ensure I can fetch the most up to date versions of a given package.

Name
go-task/tap
jdx/tap
marcus-crane/tap
railwaycat/emacsmacport
vectordotdev/brew
yt-dlp/taps

Brews

These are CLI tools installed from Homebrew

Name	Description
angle-grinder	N/A
aria2	N/A
autoconf	N/A
automake	N/A
bash	N/A
bison	N/A
cmake	N/A
comby	N/A
coreutils	N/A
create-dmg	N/A
curl	N/A
dbus	N/A
entr	N/A
fd	N/A
ffmpeg	N/A
flyctl	N/A
fzf	N/A
gh	N/A
glow	N/A
go-task	N/A
golangci-lint	N/A
graphicsmagick	N/A
graphviz	N/A
gron	N/A
gnu-tar	N/A
hexyl	N/A
hey	N/A
hidapi	N/A
html-xml-utils	N/A
htop	N/A
hyperfine	N/A
ical-buddy	N/A
imagemagick	N/A
jansson	N/A
jq	N/A
git	N/A
khinsider	N/A
libiconv	N/A
librdkafka	N/A
libxmlsec1	N/A
mise	N/A
moreutils	N/A
mpv	N/A
mtr	N/A
neomutt	N/A
nmap	N/A
notmuch	N/A
oha	N/A
onefetch	N/A
openssl	N/A
overmind	N/A
pandoc	N/A
pngcrush	N/A
pngpaste	N/A
protobuf	N/A
pwgen	N/A
rclone	N/A
re2c	php build dependency
ripgrep	N/A
source-highlight	N/A
spanner	N/A
speedtest-cli	N/A
telnet	N/A
terminal-notifier	N/A
texinfo	N/A
transmission-cli	N/A
tmuxp	N/A
tree	N/A
vdirsyncer	N/A
vector	N/A
vpn-slice	N/A
w3m	N/A
watch	N/A
webp	N/A
wget	N/A
wxwidgets	N/A
xz	N/A
yt-dlp	N/A
z	N/A
zsh	N/A

Casks

These are desktop apps installed from Homebrew

Name	Description
calibre	N/A
cleanshot	N/A
dbngin	N/A
discord	N/A
font-fira-code-nerd-font	N/A
font-hack-nerd-font	N/A
flycut	N/A
ghostty	N/A
Google Chrome	The world's most popular browser, created by Google. You should support alternatives!
gltfquicklook	N/A
goland	N/A
gpg-suite-no-mail	N/A
hex-fiend	N/A
iina	N/A
insomnia	N/A
keka	N/A
kekaexternalhelper	N/A
obsidian	N/A
October	N/A
ogdesign-eagle	N/A
plexamp	N/A
provisionql	N/A
proxyman	N/A
qladdict	N/A
qlcommonmark	N/A
qlstephen	N/A
quickgeojson	N/A
quicklook-csv	N/A
pycharm	N/A
raycast	N/A
sidequest	N/A
slack	N/A
sublime-text	N/A
tableplus	N/A
ticktick	N/A
trackerzapper	N/A
transmission	N/A
vlc	N/A

macOS App Store

These are macOS desktop apps installed from the App Store using mas

Name	Description
1Password for Safari	N/A
Baking Soda	N/A
Book Tracker	N/A
Kagi for Safari	N/A
Parcel	N/A
Shazam	N/A
Tailscale	N/A
TestFlight	N/A
Vinegar	N/A

Linux

Windows

While I have a Windows desktop, I don't use it for programming.

If I were forced to use it, I would just install the Linux packages using WSL2.

In fact, I have done that in the past but I would end up doing work instead of playing videogames hence adopting Windows as a deterrent to getting work done.

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1. In the case of Homebrew, it's the defacto standard but not truly official ↩︎