Uses

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Software

Editor/IDE/Terminal

JetBrains Riderhttps://jetbrains.com/rider/

The better dotnet IDE

Android Studiohttps://developer.android.com/studio

JetBrains IDEs are just the best

Windows Terminalhttps://www.microsoft.com/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701

Getting better with every update. IMHO the best terminal there is.

PowerShell Corehttps://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell WSLhttps://docs.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/about

Provides the best of both worlds: Windows and Linux

JetBrains Monohttps://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

Font ligatures turned on!

Productivity

Forkhttps://fork.dev/

Beautiful tool for everyone working with git.

1Passwordhttps://1password.com/Zenhttps://zen-browser.app/

Basically Firefox, but with vertical tabs and fancy UI.

Google Drive for Desktophttps://www.google.com/intl/en/drive/download/Docker Desktophttps://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop JetBrains Toolboxhttps://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox/Microsoft PowerToyshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

You don't know you need these until you try them.

Discordhttps://discord.com/

Games & Fun

Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/about/Spotifyhttps://www.spotify.com/

Music is love, music is life.

Hardware

Computers/Networking

Custom PChttps://pcpartpicker.com/user/MCMainiac/saved/#view=sDjjHx Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB RAM)https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/

Running Umbrel OS raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Fritz!Box 7530 AXhttps://avm.de/produkte/fritzbox/fritzbox-7530-ax/Ender 3 V2https://www.creality.com/products/ender-3-v2-3d-printer-csco

3D Printer with custom hotend fan shroud

Accessories

Logitech G815 keyboard (US QWERTY layout)https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07VWFKTK7

*click* *click* *click* *click* *click*

Oculus Rift Shttps://www.oculus.com/rift-s/features/

Love me some Beat Saber!

Smart Home

Pi-Holehttps://pi-hole.net/

A nice monitoring tool for the DNS requests in your network and also blocks unwanted domains

Fritz!DECT 500https://avm.de/produkte/fritzdect/fritzdect-500/

Light bulbs controlled via DECT

Fritz!DECT 301https://avm.de/produkte/fritzdect/fritzdect-301/

Radiator controlled via DECT

LIFX A60https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01M66RQXV

Smart Light bulbs

Other

Hosting

GitHub Pageshttps://pages.github.com/Cloudflarehttps://www.cloudflare.com/

Best DNS provider for free with DDoS protection included

Netcuphttps://www.netcup.eu/?ref=85189

Cheap and reliable servers (referral link).