Uses
A somewhat comprehensive list of tools, apps, hardware, and more that I use on a daily basis to design and code things.
Design
- Figma is my primary tool for UI design these days. Made the switch from XD in 2020 and haven't looked back.
- Any motion graphics I create are created in Adobe After Effects and Premiere. So far I haven't found a non-Adobe product that's as good..
- For any graphic design I use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign.
Development
- I use Visual Studio Code as my text editor.
- Chrome is my main browser for both development and general use.
- React is my front end Javascript library of choice. The component-centric mental model is the first thing that truly made sense to me as a designer.
- For 3D effects and image shaders I use three.js. It has a bit of a learning curve but you can do some really powerful stuff with it.
- For CSS I've used a myriad pre-processors and css-in-js solutions like styled-components, but these days I'm using vanilla CSS with PostCSS to get upcoming CSS features today.
Hardware
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5800x |
| GPU | Nvidia RTX 3080 |
| Memory | 32GB DDR4 3600mhz |
| Motherboard | MSI B550 Gaming Edge |
| Monitor | 4K IPS Philips 272P |
| Keyboard | Alienware 510K Low-Profile Lunar light |
| Mouse | Microsoft intellimouse pro |
| Headphones | Sennheiser Momentum/Apple Airpods |