config

is core tool I use to remap my keyboard. It's the tool on which my entire mac workflow is built. All keys on my keyboard are dual purpose keys. Press once, it enters the key, hold together with another key and do custom action. I have 100's of these custom actions all within 1 second of activation for me. i.e. is or opens Safari. See for config

/ for everything search related

for all automation needs that are not search related. Both Alfred/Raycast and KM are activated from Karabiner directly. I share all my KM macros . One example of KM macro is to switch . As appearances are switched, the themes get updated accordingly on most apps

for custom trackpad gestures. Specifically love three finger swipe left/right to move between tabs in . Three finger swipe up to create new tab. Three down to close. Four finger swipe global swipe to show Safari. Four to right to open . Four left to open

to manage my calendar and events

for quick editing of screenshots/screencasts

for downloading

to keep all passwords and secret info. I prefer to use Passkeys or Single Sign On via GitHub/Google

as my main code editor. Use many with it. Keep my UI minimal and useful

as visual Git client. It gives nice overview of files changed, what branches exist and more. I have custom actions bound to go through Git tasks fast

as primary terminal together with . I also use as side terminal for background servers and things

to search APIs fast

to write swift code

as my main messenger. Love its stickers, speed and simplicity

as main way to interact with various communities

as my email client. Does good job of sorting mail and getting out of my way when writing/replying to things

as my primary design tool

to do animations

to stream all . Keep all my liked songs in a

IINA

to play video files of movies/series

to write/search notes and my daily journal + tasks

to make/check on issues across different teams (I power all GitHub issues of mine through Linear, all in one workspace)

for snippets

for thinking through tasks (outlining subtasks fast)

for testing out HTTP requests

preferred editor for Go code together with Cursor

as main browser for everything

for web development as its are superior to Safari

as browser for my / feeds and sometimes dev

widget to see today's events, I tap on widget to open app itself to make/search events or see full week/month view of events

widget to see today's tasks, I tap on widget to open app itself to make/search todos or see other todos for today

to read some articles or see in wikipedia

for navigating/searching the world, saving

to read/write posts

to check on email, don't have notifications set for emails

to transfer money from my main business/personal US banks

to read/make new posts or check on subreddits

to in form of stories/posts (mostly posts)

to make/check on issues/PRs or search for repos

to make/check on issues across different teams (I power all GitHub issues of mine through Linear, all in one workspace)

to read/make posts, search and private messages

to write/search notes and my daily journal + tasks

to read messages from servers I am in

to stream all and some occasional podcasts/books (prefer Overcast for podcasts)

as my main messenger for private messages/groups + see some channels and use mini apps (use it to transfer TON as payment too)

to read messages from servers I am in + private messages

to make search queries that need some computed answers

to ask questions, prefer Claude for general textual queries and real time voice in ChatGPT + O1 thinking model for bigger questions

Safari for all web browsing, keep in new tab bookmarks for fast access

to ask questions (goto AI model for questions)

Upcoming widget to see upcoming tasks, open it to enter new upcoming task or edit existing ones

to search for flight tickets

to search for hotels to stay in

to search for rooms/places to stay in, sometimes use its experiences curation too

to see photos from some dedicated photographers without ads

too see/make posts in Farcaster

to read/make posts

to transfer money from my main personal EU bank

to see/makke/save new visual posts

to edit photos

to edit videos

to see posts and organise them into collections

to see/search videos

to talk with voice on voice only social network

to see/post visual content

to see curated feed of videos

widget to see upcoming flights, clicking on widget lets me enter a new flight (if it doesn't get picked up from email automatically)

to buy some items from marketplace

to buy some items from marketplace

to check on incoming transactions or other details

to see past/live streams

to debug/inspect network traffic on phone (useful for learning how apps work)

to see posts

to see posts or reply/send messages

to see movie/series reviews

to see book reviews

to see/reply to messages sent to me (don't use it as main messenger)

to track movies/series I saw on Trakt

to add new snippets so I can then quickly enter them from special SnipKey keyboard in all text inputs

to swap some Solana assets fast

to see some/reply to messages from groups I am in

widget to see progress at glance or tap on it to see it in detail or mark habits as done

to buy/sell stocks/ETFs

to send or check on TON transactions or use it to connect to TON dApps

to send or check on Sui transactions or use it to connect to Sui dApps

to send or check on Solana transactions or use it to connect to Solana dApps

to join/create video meetings

to SSH connect to my servers on the go and run some commands

to check on designs on the go

to track movies I saw or want see and check on reviews

to prototype out designs for mobile

to search for all private things (passwords/notes/..)

to read articles from RSS feed mostly

to see/make pages made in workspaces

to track events I am making or want to attend

to check on links I added, use it's share sheet to bookmark things a lot (my fast ingest system from across iOS)

as my main ad blocker

for in Safari

to listen to audio books (opened from shortcut)

to listen to , I love its feature to cut out on silent pauses (opened from shortcut)

to connect to my exit node server that I use as my VPN in places I need a VPN

to create/share QR codes

Show upcoming event with (on tap opens app)

play current playlist (on tap opens app)

Create new task with on tap

opens Shortcuts app (so I can fast edit/search shortcuts)

opens app (for fast translates of camera or text)

opens app (for fast sketching/drawing on the go)

opens Phone app (for searching, making new contacts or entering a phone number)

opens list of options like and on tap opens search for them in

opens app (nice to ask questions that needs Google know how)

opens app to start or view past workouts

opens (to know what camera is point at or what the image represents)

opens app (to request food or ride)

opens with quick entry for creating a todo

instantly start playing the current podcast on my feed

opens new tab in Safari

opens app to listen to audiobooks

starts voice conversation with

opens (to check on recordings I made)

opens to listen to books/texts