MacBook Pro 16

I love Macs and have had several. I sold 3 in order to upgrade to this M1 Max 32GB beast. It's overkill but my kind of overkill.

LG 32" 4K Monitor

I used to have two 27" monitors side by side but they take up lots of room and the bezel between them is annoying. I'm quite enjoying one bigger monitor now.

MX Keys for Mac

Probably the best keyboard I've ever used. I can't get on with mechanical keyboards but this is a little clicky, not too low profile, just brilliant. So good I bought 2.

Logitech MX Master 2 Mouse

A really nice mouse for the bigger hand, lovely v-scroll that can be de-clicked, and h-scroll with 2 buttons for the thumb - there is a 3rd but it's impossible to use.

Uppspel Standing Desk

A lovely electric standing desk. I went for the 140cm x 80cm as I don't really have room for the 180cm. The black top is a PITA for showing dust mind you.

Secret Lab Titan

A really comfy gaming chair for those who are taller than the norm. I went for the fabric version rather than faux leather.

Alfred

A powerful Spotlight replacement that I use a lot, mainly for the app launcher and snippets. I have a lifetime powerpack license.

Raycast

Raycast is the new Alfred, I currently run both this and Alfred but Raycast has the cmd+space shortcut to see how I get on with it.

Firefox Dev Edition

Firefox is great, simple. Also I'm not a fan of Chrome, it's a resource hog and while I used to think Google were pretty great, now, not so much.

1Password

My password manager of choice and has been for years. Absolutely essential for everyone to use one, in my opinion.

Homebrew

Who doesn't want an easy way to install or update lots of apps? Homebrew is a Mac-user must-have.

Rocket

Better emojis, anywhere. Simple.

Setapp

I was hesitant about paying for Setapp, I hate subscriptions but find I actually use a lot of apps on offer, so I keep paying.

Obsidian

The King (or Queen) of note taking apps. I finally feel like my notes are neat and tidy, and I actually enjoy creating them with this.

Wasabi Cloud

A cheaper Amazon S3 replacement that I use to backup everything important. Basically my whole NAS is mirrored onto Wasabi Cloud for £5 a month. And no, Dropbox is not backup.

PhpStorm

I love PhpStorm, it just understands PHP better than anything else out there. It's not as fast as VSCode or Sublime but wipes the floor with them where it matters.

VSCode

My secondary editor for when I want something a little more lightweight, usually for javascript or markdown, or quickly viewing a codebase.

Warp

A great terminal replacement. I've been using it since early beta and really like it. Along side Oh My Zsh, and Starship.

TablePlus

The best MySQL database client for Mac, in my opinion. I just wish re-ordering columns in tables was easier.

Ray

Made by the folks at Spatie.be, a great debugging tool for PHP. I have a lifetime license.

Tinkerwell

Made by the folks at BeyondCo.de, a great PHP tool I use almost daily - any time I need to quickly check a function, or test out a small piece of code.

Laravel

A PHP framework. I love the language PHP is becoming now it's moved on from the v5.6 days and Laravel steps it up a notch, but I'm still learning it.

Transmit

An FTP client for those times when you just need to access simple hosting, or even an S3 bucket.

Sony A7IV

Full-frame 33mp Mirrorless camera. I've used Sony cameras for years and love them, I recently dabbled with the Canon R5 but the RF lenses are insanely expensive.

Sony EF 24mm f1.4

A stunning G Master lens that excels at astrophotography.

Sony EF 55mm f1.8

A great city lens, I'm quite tempted to replace it with the 50mm f1.4 but it's almost twice the weight, and much larger.

Sony EF 16-35mm f2.8

Another G Master lens that's great for landscape, city, vlogging, or some portraits.

Sony EF 24-105mm f4

Great all-round or travel photography lens for times when you don't want to carry multiple lenses.

Sony EF 100-400mm f4-5.6

An excellent G Master lens for landscape, wildlife, or travel. I love this lens.

Sony EF 200-600 f5.6-6.3

A recent acquisition for wildlife. It's a bit of a monster but hoping it will be great for Puffins.