Uses — mark.fullbrook

This page is a bit of fun, inspired by Wes Bos's uses page and uses.tech. This list covers my typical setup and go-to tools.

Hardware

My current Mac is the 2019 16" MacBook Pro, with 8-core i9 and 32GB memory. Previously, my workhorse was mid-2012 MacBook Pro Retina, quad-core 2.6GHz i7 with 16GB memory.
My main screen is a Dell U2715H. It's not 4K but actually has more screen real estate being QHD.
I have my laptop to the side of the Dell screen, sitting on a Twelve South Curve.
For years I swore by the compact Apple Magic Keyboard, but recently I switched up to the full version. It was nothing to do with the only one being available in space grey 🙈
I've also got the matching Magic Trackpad but it's not as good as the trackpad on the laptop, and doesn't come close to Logitech's MX Master mouse.
Pluggable's mini USB-C docking station keeps things neat, however I wouldn't recommend it and next time will invest a bit more for CalDigit's TS3.

When working on JavaScript projects I use WebStorm, if it's PHP then PhpStorm and for dabbling in Python PyCharms. Yes, I love an IDE. The additional code insight the JetBrains tools brings is unparalleled.
For me, a critical addon for IntelliJ products is the Material Theme UI. It makes the IDE beautiful. I use the Material Oceanic theme in PhpStorm and Material Darker theme in WebStorm.
My goto editor for small projects is VSCode. VSCode is good, but I've lost too many hours fighting with ESlint and VScode settings that it's tarnished our relationship.
My terminal is iTerm2 with a custom zsh setup forked from holman and using the awesome starship prompt. My most used and highly recommended shell productivity tools is fasd check it out!

GitKraken is an excellent git UI. The conflict resolution is worth the price alone!
For many years I loved Sequel Pro, but have switched to Table Plus and haven't looked back.
For wireframing, UI design or vector work I used Sketch.
Unashamed heavy user of Microsoft's Office 365 suite - it's hard to beat these days!
Alfred 4 (search), Magnet (window manager), BarTender (menu manager), Dash programming documentation, Fantastical (calendar). Lunar (screen brightness), Bear (notes) and 1Password are my productivity apps.

In the home office we have the beautiful Ginsberk Desk in conker brown from Swoon Editions. At work I have a Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk
When working at home I seem to get up and move around less and was feeling the strain of a bad chair. So, I invested in a (refurbished) Steelcase Leap V2. I highly recommend CorporateSpec to get a bargain on refurbished chairs.