2025 Software Shoutouts

It’s been a while since I’ve done a software shoutout. The last one was actually in 2022, a full three years ago. A lot has changed in the programming industry—namely the titan that is AI has reared it’s ugly head. My coding workflows are in a constant state of flux now, as I try to find the right balance of code written by me and code generated by AI. I’ve also officially made the plunge into making Jetbrains IDEs my main editor, after nearly a decade of using Visual Studio....

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · Me

Software Shoutouts: 2022

A quick list of programs I install on every fresh PC. In the famous words of Phil DeFranco, let’s just jump into it. Utility WinDirStat: Visualizes your disk storage, for easy space management. Also it has cute little pacman as a loading animation. I had to get an image to show the pacman (pacmen?) at work. This is arguably the most important feature of this application. Search Everything: When I was younger the windows search met my needs....

March 14, 2022 · 2 min · Me