Tom MacWright
Software engineer and writer; worked on Mapbox and built Placemark and Simple Statistics, and blogs at macwright.com.
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Kobo Libra Color Uses
e-Readers: Kobo Libra Color and a basic Kindle.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Garmin Forerunner 945 Loved
The watch's battery lasts a long time, it doesn't distract me, I don't have my phone notifications piped into it, I love it.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Spurcycle carabiner Liked
Very secure and convenient, and has a bottle opener which is really effective and one of the most unintuitive devices I've ever found: zero people have used it correctly on the first try.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
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Hawbuck wallet Loved
A Hawbuck wallet. I still use cash, so no aluminum thingy or phone add-on in place of a wallet. It's not made of animals, lightweight, lasts a long time, not that expensive, a perfect wallet.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Calibre Uses
Reading: Feedbin for RSS, Instapaper for reading it later, Calibre for managing eBooks and Kindle syncing.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Instapaper Uses
Reading: Feedbin for RSS, Instapaper for reading it later, Calibre for managing eBooks and Kindle syncing.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Feedbin Uses
Reading: Feedbin for RSS, Instapaper for reading it later, Calibre for managing eBooks and Kindle syncing.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Netlify Liked
Hosting: Netlify. This site uses Netlify, and it's pretty good.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Fastmail Loved
Email: Fastmail (referral link). I love it. The UI, the company's style, the calendar interface, the integration with 1Password.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
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Ghostty Liked
Terminal: Ghostty. It's missing a scroll bar and search, but otherwise super fast and nice.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Helium Liked
Browser: Helium. Chrome's good performance and devtools, none of the Google junk.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Neovim Loved
Editor: neovim with LazyVim. I can't quit it.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Moondrop Quarks Loved
Finally, I tried these extremely cheap ones, and they were best of all. $13. They're perfect. Solidly built, lightweight, great sound quality, what more can you ask for.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
LG UltraFine Mixed on
Monitor: The 24" LG UltraFine. Monitors are almost universally bad, but this one is fine, just expensive.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Elgato Wave 3 Liked
Microphone: Elgato Wave 3. This, with the boom, is convenient and reliable. Big upgrade from the Blue Yeti I used previously.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Sony WH1000XM4 Loved
Headphones: Sony WH1000XM4. The noise-cancelling is fantastic. These just work
macwright.com 2026-05-29
Keychron K7 Liked
Keyboard: Keychron K7. I've tried the weird keyboards but I still type fastest on the Mac layout. This is one of the few keyboards that's almost exactly the Mac layout - the "Command" key is in the right place.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
ROG Gladius II Liked
Mouse: ROG Gladius II. USB-C charging, solid wireless, replaceable parts.
macwright.com 2026-05-29
MacBook Air M2 Loved
With 24gb RAM, it's an odd combination – a beefy turbocharger on a Honda Civic. But it's a great computer, one of the best I've ever owned.
macwright.com 2026-05-29