Stack

In the past, I have found a lot of value in peers sharing some tools and services that helped them in their work or outside. In the same spirit, I wanted to share some of my own stack.

• 1Password
  My go-to password manager. Been using it for many years and have never found a reason to switch.
• Alfred
  Think of it as a super-powered Spotlight replacement. It’s constantly grown on me over the years
• Audible
  These days, my preferred way to consume fiction books. Found some amazing narrators and felt pulled into the stories even more so.
• Autosleep
  I appreciate getting some insights into my sleep patterns and quality, and seeing how my sleep is impacting my readiness for the day — which I mostly use for my workouts.
• Calm
  Between the daily guided meditations and specific topics, I have consistently returned to this app on a daily basis for a couple of years
• Copilot
  Budgeting and finance overview in an easy-to-use interface.
• DayOne
  Started using it for daily gratitude journaling and found this to be a great tool for it. DayOne also surfaces old entries from the same date, which makes for a nice reflection on things I paid attention to over time.
• Fantastical
  Definitely an upgrade from the default macOS/iOS calendar. Quickly joining virtual meetings from the interface, great natural language recognition, easy tie-in of calendars from Meetup, etc all made me switch to this app.
• Magnet
  Better window management on macOS. Saving me on the daily.
• Miro
  My favorite digital whiteboard. I constantly use it for quick brainstorms, outlining presentations, mind maps, synthesizing research notes by affinity mapping, even some quick wireframing.
• Notion
  Setting up my “second brain” for the various topics and projects in my life
• Numerical
  Significant upgrade from the default calculator on iOS. I frequently revisit previous calculations, so swiping over to see my history and being able to make quick modifications is a huge win for me.
• PocketCasts
  My favorite podcast app. Love the controls and interface, as well as settings to automatically download episodes for certain podcasts but not others.
• Readwise
  Aggregates my notes across the various things I read and helps me revisit them. Also syncs with Notion to keep track of all sorts of interesting content
• SmartWODTimer
  An easy to use workout timer that lets me configure a variety of options like rest time between rounds or combinations of timers. Also love the notes feature to capture some details about the workout I timed.
• Spark
  Email client on my Apple devices that helps keep my inbox organized.
• Spotify
  Between the size of their library, the collaboration on shared playlists, and their discovery features, I always come back to Spotify.
• Streaks
  Based on James Clear’s Atomic Habits, I found that habit stacking and tracking to build streaks is a great mechanism for me to stick to my habits. I also love the quick stats on my adherence to certain habits over time
• Todoist
  Mighty to do list. Their productivity karma and streaks feature has effectively helped me reduce procrastination many times, as I really didn’t want to break my streaks.
• Yoink
  An app that improves drag and drop between windows, apps, monitors, and can also act as a temporary holding space where you can drag multiple things before distributing to their new locations. Saves me so much time.