My Gear

My personal machine. I still have a work MacBook Pro, but most of my work happens on the Mac mini.

The M chips from Apple are just so good. It is quiet, it is fast, and it costs a lot less than a laptop with the same specs.

What I really wanted was an Apple Studio Display with 120Hz, but it costs too much, and I could not have used it anyway. I need one monitor for the Mac mini, the work MacBook Pro and my gaming PC.

So I went with OLED. I use it around 90% for coding and 10% for gaming, and for text it is great. The downside is burn-in. I had to change a few things on macOS to be safe: the Dock and menu bar auto-hide and the wallpaper rotates. Let’s see how long it lasts.

Everything on my desk is plugged into the dock, so switching between the Mac mini and the MacBook is one cable.

The large one in solid wood. It lifts the monitor to the right height and hides the mess underneath it. I have two of the small trays on it, plus the tablet holder and the MagSafe mount for the iPhone.

Everything is modular, so I can move the parts around whenever I change the setup.

I wanted to get into ergonomic split keyboards and picked the Voyager. I really like it. The build quality is great and I am running my own custom layout with home row mods.

I got the trackpad module because it completes the Voyager for me.

I had wrist pain, and a vertical mouse is better for that. That is the whole reason.

I used to sit on a Secretlab Omega, but I was looking for something more ergonomic. After my research, I found a few chairs that I thought would be great. Unfortunately we are in a pandemic and most stores are closed, so I had to rely on reviews on the internet and YouTube videos.

A lot of people had recommended the Herman Miller Aeron and I believe them that this is the best office chair money can buy. The problem with this chair is that it costs a lot of money (up to 2000$ 🤯) and there is only one store in Austria that sells it.

The second most recommended chair was the ErgoChair 2 from Autonomous. I liked the look of the chair and the features it had. Many people liked it and so I ordered it. After sitting on it for a few weeks now, I can say that it is a comfy chair. My back pain has definitely reduced and I really like the headrest. For 369$ this is a great high/mid-range chair, which has a lot of features that high-end chairs have.

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Sits in my office so I know the CO2 level and when it is time to open a window.

I use it for meetings. The plan is to also do screencasts and videos with it at some point, but I did not find the courage yet.

The interface for the SM7B and my headphones.

No batteries, no Bluetooth pairing, no firmware updates. Just a cable and very good sound. They never leave my desk anyway.

A straight upgrade from my old phone and I am happy with it. Not much more to say about a phone.

I wanted to have an Apple Watch since it came out, but it was way too expensive for me back then. The Apple Watch is just the best fitness device I ever owned and the integration with the Apple ecosystem is just fantastic. I won’t want to miss this device in my life again.

In 2020 there was this shift in my work-life where I had to start working from home and this was the time I was doing A LOT of meetings over video conference software. This was the reason I decided to buy some AirPods Pro and I never want to miss them again, if I have to do online meetings. My voice was crisp and clean over the wire and no one was complaining about me that they would not understand me. If you are looking for really nice portable headphones, which you can also use as a headset than the AirPods Pro are a really good fit. I know they are a bit pricy, but imho they make my daily life a lot easier.

I use it for reading, some development, following recipes while cooking and watching videos.

In 2019 I changed my normal wallet to a slimwallet from Secrid and it was a really good decision. I hated putting my normal wallet into my pocket because it was so thick. Having a slimwallet means getting rid of coins, but that was quite easy for me to do. Paying with card is much faster, keeps my wallet slim and I get nice statistics in my banking app.