Uses This

List of things I use. Inspired by usesthis.com

Hardware

  • Macbook Air M3: My laptop. Best decision switching from my rusty old dell inspiron. The battery life is the greatest value add
  • Pixel 10 Pro: My phone.
  • iPad Pro 11”: Bought this in college, was very useful then, not so much now. Now I mostly use it to consume content and use it as a second screen to my laptop sometimes
  • Sony WH-1000XM6: Incredible noise cancelling headphones. Makes the many hours spent in public transport productive and great for locking-in. Battery life is also amazing
  • Soundcore v20i: My earphones. Open-ear, hooks around my ear. Sounds very good for its form factor and complements my headphones well
  • Galaxy watch 7: Works very well with my phone of course. Has been very helpful in tracking sleep and reducing screen time and missed calls
  • Garmin Forerunner 965: My running and training watch. This is my primary running partner — use it for all my runs, training and workout tracking
  • Fitbit Air: Screenless tracker for sleep tracking and maintenance metrics like HRV. Complements the Garmin, which I mostly use for runs
  • Logitech K380: Cute keyboard. Not the best typing experience but lightweight and slim, easy to travel with
  • Logitech MX Master 3S: Great mouse. Very comfortable to hold and the side-scroll + back-forward buttons have been boosters
  • Samsung S3 Monitor: Had the 24 inch in college and seemed fine then so I got a 27 inch at home. But I regret it now. DPI is bad and takes a while to boot up when connected
  • ikea Relatera height-adjustable: My work desk at home. I like it
  • Greensoul Zodiac Lite: Used this in college, Great chair for it’s price
  • Urbn Ultra Link 20000mAh: Good power bank. In-built cable is a game-changer
  • Ambrane 10000 mAh Magsafe Power bank: For daily use. I don’t like ambrane so much, this was an impulse instamart purchase
  • Daily Objects Stack Case: My primary phone case
  • Spigen Case: Alternative case for my phone
  • Daily Objects 45W GaN Charger: Comes in very handy because it takes 2 USB-C cables while still charging at a sufficient pace. It has been heating up a lot lately however
  • Trove wallet: Had always wanted to get this and finally got it a year ago. Very minimal and fairly convenient
  • Spigen iPad Case: I like this one but it has a pencil stand, which is nice but adds a lot to it’s bulkiness. While this has more protection, I would have gotten the magnetic one in hindsight
  • Daily Object Ambit Messenger Bag: Got this one recently for daily work commute. I love this
  • North Face Borealis: For the longer uses; overnight etc

Fitness

  • Asics Novablast 5: My running shoes. Great daily trainer — bouncy and comfortable for everyday runs

Software

  • Youtube: Self explanatory, half of my day goes here
  • Twitter: The other half of my day
  • Youtube Music: My go-to music app
  • Spotify: I also use spotify on random occasions (almost everyday) because I like to keep comparing them always. Little weird I know
  • Google Maps: maps
  • Pocketcasts: The podcast app I use when I want to do audio only
  • Google keep: For quick captures
  • Reader: My RSS aggregator. I can’t live without this. My 3rd half of the day
  • Obsidian: My note taking app. Moved from notion recently. Great decision
  • Gmail: for email
  • Whatsapp: for the gossips
  • Adobe Scan: for photo based scans
  • Base: my main crypto wallet
  • Bitwarden: my password manager. It’s open source, works cross-platform really well
  • Blip: This is an amazing file transfer app. Incredibly fast. Even apple-only users should should switch from airdrop to blip
  • Notion calendar: this just has a nice interface
  • BeReal: was (and still is a little) a very fun app to stay in touch with friends and have an easy low-friction way to record your daily life in some form. I am a little less active on this now, but still use every now and then
  • Authy: my 2FA app. it supports multi-device, works very well for me
  • Hermes: the harness I use for my AI assistant penguin. Runs on an old Dell Inspiron from college, powered by an Opencode Go subscription — still going strong
  • Coin: for my mutual fund investments, never leaving zerodha, i love it
  • Kite: for equity holdings
  • Swiggy Crew: this is a concierge app from swiggy. it takes soo much random work off my plate and they get the work done so well
  • Samsung health: for sleep, and other health tracking (because samsung watch)
  • Swiggy, Instamart: i like the zomato products better, but i like swiggy’s loyalty programme better so i continue to use this
  • Super Money: my UPI app. very clean interface, fast, also better cashbacks :)
  • Fold Money: my account aggregator app to keep track of all my finances. I pay an annual subscription and it’s been totally worth it — should add even more value as the AI features come in
  • Google Tasks: my todo list app. have tried tick tick and todoist before but i find them too busy. this is fast, has a good widget, and pushes to my calendar very well. i don’t need much else
  • Rapido: my default for cab/auto bookings

Coffee

  • Aeropress Go: My brewer. Portable and makes a great cup
  • Timemore Chestnut C2: My hand grinder. Very consistent grind for its price
  • HealthSense Scale: Average scale, but does the job for an Aeropress
  • BlueTokai Attikan Estate: My default coffee

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