Apps

Apps

Intro

All my favorite apps listed here used in SDLC.

Browsers

• Firefox Nightly / Main
• Safari
• Firefox on Android
• Orion on iOS (coz ublock origin extension support)

Extensions

• uBlock Origin
• Dark Reader
• Bypass Paywall clean
• Video downloader helper
• yt-dlp is not easily able to download or pick the URL from web.

Writer

• Obsidian
• iA Writer
• logseq
• netbox
• bookstackapp
• moinmo
• 1Writer (iOS + Dropbox Sync)

Must Have

• alfred
• Rectangle
• istats pro
• Monitor Control
• BetterDisplay
• mac - windows taskbar

Other notes

reddit thread documentation

If you need PDF to paperless conversion to scan, index and archive all your physical documents

Version Management

• Git
• Github Desktop
• GitKraken

Compilation

• Github Pages
• GitBook
• Obsidian Graphs

Task Manager

• Things by Cultured Code
• be focused pro - pomodoro app

Scheduler

• Fantastical (microsoft outlook personal requires app password not traditional password)
• Focused Pro
• rescue Time

Documentation Reference

• Dash

Organizer

• PDF Expert | Writing or searching PDFs, great for ebooks, apple ecosystem
• Datashare Used for consolidating documents with links, journalists
• Obsidian

Terminal

• iTerm

Debugging

• Proxyman - network sniffer | proxyman
• Postman for API prototyping
• bruno - oos API client
• Little Snitch
• Charles - network sniffer | charles_proxy
• Lulu

Network

• http request online
• curl CLI request builder
• base64 encoder
• url encoder | decoder

Utility

• JSON typicode structure model https://app.quicktype.io/
• json validation

Telemetry

• google santa fork Tool to monitor binary authorization

Convertors

• Date time timezone convertors
• unix timestamp to date convertor
• text convert case
• type converts - UInt to Int 16 - 64bit

Calculators

• video bitrate calculator

Design

• Miro board
• Draw io
• Apple Freeform

Color Theory

• UIColor.io
• Color Wheel Canva Use Monochromatic when working with Black - White Mono color. And use Complementary mode when working with RGB colors
• Contrast checker Thanks to Design team Member
• Figma plugin

Image

Tools

• UI Color converters HEX
• Quick photoshop
• image app icons extraction
• png / svg icons icons8.com
• SVG Gapplin mac os app

IDE

• Xcode
• VS Code - Open Source fork
• xcodes app - multiple xcode app setup

Collaboration

• linkde shared scratchpad pastebin
• pastebin

Project Management

Fresh Install

Video

Tools

• kdenlive
• ffmpeg
• m4vgear
• IINA video player
• cli download utility aria2
• fav project youtube_dl | yt-dlp
• ffmpeg video conversion cli
• handbrake - video encoder decoder GUI
• Media Info - OOS tool to get media info in GUI.
• mpv.net Windows

Project

• decryption AES streams github project pycryptodome
• geo verification proxy - VPN and browser session - decryption and encryption
• youtube community sourced sponsor sharing like Waze reporting tool.

Drivers

• macOS USB Overdrive

Geeking

Codec - HEVC x265 - fav
Dolby Vision vs HDR10
4:4:4 DCI - Color accuracy
HLS - components sending data, easily quality switchable, streams m3u8 format
DASH MPD
HDMI 2.0 vs 2.1
40Gbps vs 48Gbps
4K @120hz or 8K @60Hz
Apple Macbook pro 2023 M2Pro | Max finally has HDMI 2.1
Fav TV tech - LG OLEDs C3, G3 -
Fav Video reviewer - HDTVTest
Fav games technical analysis - Digital Foundry
Rting website for nitty gritty comparison of Video tech.
video tools - apps

Security

• SSL test website
• Authy
• 1password

Server

• Plex
• Jellyfin
• Prism
• Infuse
• Plex Amp
• LunaSea
• nzb360

dev utility

• amphetamine
• keepingYouAwake
• ntfs support for mac - Mounty

Vision Pro

apps for vision pro

vision directory