my stack note

Author: nicholasdly

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+title: "🫶 my stack"
+summary: "some of my favorite tools and products"
+publishedAt: "2025-11-20T23:03-06:00"
+---
+
+# 🫶 my stack
+
+these are some of my favorite tools, products, and things. i prefer working on mac so a lot of this stuff might be macos-specific.
+
+## development
+
+- [cursor](https://cursor.com/) - for most of my work
+- [zed](https://zed.dev/) - for small tasks or speed
+- [ghostty](https://ghostty.org/) - fast and minimal terminal emulator
+- [vercel](https://vercel.com/) - the easiest way to deploy things on the internet
+- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) - makes python version and package management so much easier
+- [orbstack](https://orbstack.dev/) - the best drop in replacement for docker desktop
+- [linear](https://linear.app/homepage) - product management software i actually look forward to using
+
+## productivity
+
+- [raycast](https://www.raycast.com/) - macos spotlight on steroids, i can't live without it
+- [todoist](https://www.todoist.com/) - for reminders and todos
+- [bear](https://bear.app/) - for markdown notes
+- [bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) - the best free password and secret management
+- [arc](https://arc.net/) - a controversal browser, but you cant beat it on mac (yet)
+
+## finance
+
+- [copilot](https://copilot.money/) - for budgeting and seeing all my finances in one place
+- [wealthfront](https://www.wealthfront.com/) - for high yield savings
+- [fidelity](https://www.fidelity.com/) - primary method of investing
+
+## recreation
+
+- [youtube premium](https://www.youtube.com/premium?ybp=Sg0IBhIJdW5saW1pdGVk4AEB) - youtube is easily my main source of media, so it just makes sense
+
+## health and fitness
+
+- [macrofactor](https://macrofactorapp.com/) - for diet and health tracking
+
+## travel
+
+- [flighty](https://flighty.com/) - the best flight tracking app