Bitmuncher's Toolchain
Here is a collection of tools that I like to use or have found useful for certain tasks. No paid ads here, only (parts of) my software toolchain, that I use in my daily life.
| Ruminate | Make better decisions by using a decision matrix |
| Trello | Project and task management made easy! No matter if you need a simple shopping list or a full blown Kanban board, with Trello it's easy to create and share. And with extensions to many other tools such as Jira, Confuence, Offce365 and many more, you can even manage your day-to-day life with it. |
| Monarc | You are a risk manager in a company? With Monarc your life becomes much easier. Pre-defined catalogues for different information security needs like ISO 27001 or GDPR compliance help you to easily analyze your company and to prepare for certifications. |
| LFS - Linux From Scratch | If you want to build your Linux completely from source code, use Linux From Scratch. |
| Apple | Yes, you should use a Mac for your work. Windows is for games, Linux is for servers. Apple is for desktops, tablets, and phones. Since I got rid of my Nexus phones (the former "Google Phones") and Linux-based laptops, I've had a lot fewer problems with my systems and hardware. Yes, if you choose Apple, it's not so easy to get away from it again. Not because they lock you in (for example, I sync my complete iCloud regularly with a G-Drive ArmorLock, so I have the data always with me, even offline), but because you don't want to go back to Linux for your desktop or Android for your phones and tablets. So if you want to go digital, you should go with Apple's products. They just work. And... macOS is also just a Unix. |
| Notion | If you need a knowledge management tool, Notion is the way to go. But Notion is more. You can even manage and document complete projects with them. |
| Slack | Slack is my preferred communication tool when it comes to remote work and collaboration in a company. It's not just a chat/messenger. You can connect all your monitoring tools to it and use it as a notification system. That way you have all the information you need for your daily life in one place. But be careful! If you work in a European company, you should always make sure you signed the necessary contracts for data transfers when using third-party integrations. |
| Sublime Text | In the areas where I'm still involved in engineering, I mostly don't need a full-blown IDE. Nevertheless, I don't like to write scripts without a good auto-complete or syntax highlighting. Sublime Text is an editor that can even replace an IDE for smaller projects. It is also easy to customize to meet your own needs. |
| Emacs | Often I have to deal with command lines. And if I work on CLI level, of course I need tools like an editor, email client and more. Since ViM is just a simple editor ( though a pretty good one), I'm more of a fan of Emacs, which I can add functionality to very easily. |
| Dracula Theme | I use the Dracula theme almost everywhere. In my editors, IDEs, terminals and even on this website. The Dracula color scheme is always around me. It's the best dark mode style you can find, and you can already use it in many tools. If you use the same color scheme everywhere, your brain will be less distracted when you switch from one application to another. |
| Untools | They call themselves "tools for better thinking." And that's exactly what they are. They offer different systems (and often links to tools they use) for problem solving and decision making. Try them out. You'll be surprised how easy it is to bring structure to your chaotic thoughts. |
| DeepL | You need an online translator? And you also think that the output of Google Translate is usually not really good? Try DeepL! AI-assisted translations. And with the desktop apps, you can easily translate entire documents or websites with a simple keyboard shortcut. |
| Standard Notes | Standard Notes provides encrypted notes that only you can access with your key. In addition you can write a blog on Listed.to by simply writing articles as notes and publish them to their network. Also one of my blogs is running there. Even the style of your blog can be changed with a simple note. |
| ProCreate | One of my girlfriends, Mascha, got me hooked on this awesome drawing tool. ProCreate with an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil is like having your own art studio in your pocket. You can work with airbrush, oil or acrylic paint, or draw with a graphite pencil or charcoal. Whatever drawing tool you want, ProCreate makes the magic happen with the Apple Pencil. If you want to draw digitally, this is your #1 tool. Creativity unchained! |
| GPG Suite | In my job I have to encrypt emails very often. With GPG Suite for Apple Mail, the use of GPG/PGP encrypted emails works flawlessly. |
| Yubikey from Yubico | I work with critical data very often. This data needs a high level of protection, so multi-factor authentication is often required. But instead of having multiple authentication apps on my phone, I just use the Yubico Authenticator together with my Yubikey. The USB key has all my MFA data stored on it, and all I need is Yubico's Authenticator app on any device to have all my MFA available. This works even with NFC on my iPhone. And some platforms allow completely passwordless login by authenticating directly with this key. Magical! ;) |
| TeleGuard | I'm not a fan of WhatsApp and all that messengers. But if I need to chat very privately, I use TeleGuard from Swisscows. High-level security messaging at its best. They also provide a search engine that has privacy on top priority. |
| PrivateBin | If you need to send confidential text very fast, you can use PrivateBin. I host it by myself on a vServer and everybody can use it. The text is automatically encrypted so even I, the server owner, cannot decrypt it. And it's open source. |
| MindNode | When I need to structure information around a topic, I like to use mind maps. MindNode is my tool of choice for this because it's easy and intuitive to use and I can attach tags as colored markers to information alongside information. |
| Cyberduck | In security and systems engineering, I often need access to SFTP servers, WebDAV drives, or other remotely stored information. My tool for this is Cyberduck. In the current version this software supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox. |
Design based on Dracula UI