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Uses

A living document of the tools and gear I use. See also: Buttondown's stack and my Uses This interview.

Hardware

Item Notes
AirPods Pro 2nd generation
Canon PIXMA TR150 Portable printer
iPhone 16 Pro
Mac mini M4 Pro, primary workstation
MacBook Air M3, for around the house
Retroid Pocket 5 Handheld emulator

Desk

Item Notes
Dell S3422DWG 34" curved monitor
IKEA JÄRVFJÄLLET Not Aeron-level luxury but very comfortable for the price
LOFREE Flow Low profile mechanical keyboard, Ghost Linear switches
LOFREE Touch Wireless mouse, Tofu White

Software

Item Notes
1Password Password manager
Apple Music Music streaming
Apple Podcasts Podcasts
Aqua Voice Dictation
Cursor IDE
Ghostty Terminal
Helium Browser
iA Writer Writing
Mimestream Email client
Monarch Finance
NetNewsWire RSS
Obsidian Notes
Sol Launcher
Things To-do management

SaaS

Item Notes
Cloudflare Domains
Gmail Email backend
Seline Analytics
Vercel Personal site hosting

Miscellaneous

Item Notes
Amazon Basics notepads Legal pads
JanSport Black backpack
Muji pens 0.38mm gel ink
Rogue Fitness Lifting gear

About the Author

I'm Justin Duke — a software engineer, writer, and founder. I currently work as the CEO of Buttondown, the best way to start and grow your newsletter, and as a partner at Third South Capital.