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I received a Kinesis keyboard in the mail today - maybe not what OP had in mind but my hand issues were to the point of contemplating leaving computer work. Not sure how much it’ll change with the new keyboard - but my response is ergonomics.
also get a vertical mouse, best $30 buck you'll ever spend
Many of productivity tools I use are free (and not always related to dev, but as a side effect, increase my development productivity as well): * a big monitor (switching from 13" to 27" definitely had an impact) * https://www.raycast.com/ has the biggest impact to my productivity. So much good stuff there! Just one example is resizing windows with keyboard. Good old https://www.alfredapp.com/ is another option; * htt…
I want to type a bunch of words (with autocomplete), and hit Return when done, and Alfred makes me hit "Return" (or something else) in the middle of some sequences, hides results until I do, and is generally slower to use than Alfred.
If you're using git - git-fork.com is an excellent git client for Osx And Windows
Other good graphical git clients I have used in the past are Sublime Merge https://www.sublimemerge.com/ and SmartGit https://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/ . They are usually not expensive, and I learned git with GUIs.
zsh, nvim, fzf -- These things drive my daily everything. I'd pay if that wasn't all FOSS.
You can pay for free software, but you don't need to. ohmyzsh: https://opencollective.com/ohmyzsh nvim: https://neovim.io/ supports donations via bitcoin, Open Collective, and GitHub Sponsors. fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf supports donation via GitHub Sponsors, PayPal, and buy me a coffee.
i3, fzf, nvim, Python. I would PiHole Youtube if I had the time.
Myriad of servers/cloud services - > 999$/mo
SetApp (Multiple apps in one) -> 9.99$/mo
Using these apps:
- RapidAPI (API Testing)
- Forklift (Multi-tab explorer)
- Dropshare (Screen recording)
- Mate Translate (Translation tool)
- CodeRunner (Code playground)
- SQLPro Studio (Database manager)
- Hype (HTML5 animations editor)
- Prizmo (OCR scanner)
- Ulysses (Writing)
- MindNode (Brainstorming/mindmaps)
- HazeOver (Focused windows)
- Renamer (Batch renamer)
- Boom3D (Volume controller/EQ)
- Canary Mail (E-mail client)
- Coherence X (Create isolated Chrome apps)
Been using SetApp for years, since paying the yearly upgrade for the apps would cost much more in total.
Vitamin R is a great hack for the ADHD brain.
I pay for computer, internet, electricity and paper books.
You already mentioned JetBrains, but more specifically I happily pay for Resharper for C# and C++, it’s such a productivity boost if you’re using Visual Studio.
Rider is great though!