A curated selection of software, services, and utilities that I find exceptionally useful, use in my daily workflows, and warmly recommend.
Development & Terminal
Positron
IDE
Next-generation data science IDE from Posit, purpose-built for R and Python exploratory workflows.
WezTerm
Terminal
GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust, configured with Lua.
Pake
App Builder
Lightweight CLI tool that turns any webpage into a standalone desktop application using Tauri and Rust.
Antigravity (AI Pro subscription)
AI Coding
Advanced agentic AI development environment and pair-programming assistant, leveraged with the AI Pro subscription.
Data & Tabular Analysis
Tad
Data Viewer
Fast desktop tabular data viewer and pivot explorer powered by DuckDB, built for large CSV and Parquet files.
SmoothCSV
CSV Editor
High-performance, user-friendly desktop CSV editor and spreadsheet viewer for editing large delimited files.
Vert.sh
File Converter
Private, local in-browser file and format converter powered by WebAssembly without uploading files to servers.
Documents & Academic Literature
Zotero
Reference Manager
Open-source reference manager to collect, annotate, organize, and cite academic research papers and literature.
PdfGear
PDF Tool
Free, fully featured PDF reader, editor, annotator, and converter equipped with an AI document assistant.
Calibre
E-Book Manager
Comprehensive open-source e-book manager, format converter, and reader for digital publications.
Browsing, Search & AI
Brave
Browser
Fast, privacy-focused browser with native ad and tracker blocking, shields, and full Chromium extension support.
Perplexity
AI Search
Conversational AI search engine providing synthesized answers with inline citations from live web sources.
Raindrop (with AI subscription)
Bookmarks
Modern bookmark manager with web clipping, nested collections, full-text search, and AI-assisted organization.
Alternativeto.net
Discovery
Crowdsourced software recommendation platform to discover free, open-source, and better alternatives to software.
System & File Utilities
FilePilot
File Explorer
Ultra-fast, lightweight alternative file explorer and search utility for Windows designed for instant speed.
WizTree
Disk Analyzer
Blazing fast disk space analyzer for Windows that scans the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) in seconds.
SquirrelDisk
Disk Analyzer
Modern, open-source cross-platform disk usage visualizer and cleanup utility written in Rust.
Flameshot
Screenshots
Powerful yet simple open-source screenshot capture tool with built-in in-place drawing and annotation.
Productivity & Communication
SuperProductivity
Productivity
Free and open-source task manager, time tracker, and Pomodoro tool integrating with GitHub, GitLab, and Jira.
When2Meet
Scheduling
Minimalist, zero-friction group scheduling tool to quickly find overlapping meeting availability without accounts.
Bluesky
Social
Decentralized social network built on the AT Protocol, home to an active academic and data visualization community.
Professional
Professional network for connecting with researchers, institutions, career updates, and sharing work.