I work and live with Windows and Android, having a preference for their freedom and diversity (along with their complexity and chaos). I have tried and am trying many hardware and software products, and here are the main tools I am using daily.
HONOR MagicBook Art 14 2025: Ultra-slim with 1kg and 1cm.
HONOR Magic7 Pro: HONOR’s flagship smartphone, with a larger battery than other brands. Compatible with GMS.
HONOR Earbuds Open: HONOR’s flagship earbuds, stable to wear. No special features compared with other brands.
NiZ-X87: Electrostatic capacitive keyboard with a lightweight 30gf actuation force.
Logitech MX Master 3S: Ergonomic mouse with fast electromagnetic scrolling.
iReader Ocean5 Pro: Fast-refresh e-reader.
WinGet: Unified software installation and management for Windows.
Oh My Posh: Prompt engine displaying dynamic information in your terminal, such as folder paths, Git status, system resources, and coding language versions.
Traffic Monitor: Network speed, CPU, and RAM usage monitor with a taskbar widget.
Affinity: Alternative to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
AxMath: Mathematical equation editor for Windows, an alternative to MathType, used with Affinity for drawing mathematical diagrams. (Paid software)
FastStone Image Viewer + FastStone Capture: Fast image browsing (including PSD and PDF); full-featured screen capture (Paid software).
Typora: Markdown editor with real-time preview. (Paid software)
Zotero: Research paper manager.
Nutstore: Synchronous network disk for storing Zotero papers and personal documents. An alternative to OneDrive, but with WebDAV support. (Subscription-based service)
Calibre: Full-featured e-book management software. Its e-book libraries can be stored in Nutstore.
7-Zip: Open-source file compression tool.
MiKTeX + VS Code (with extensions LaTeX Workshop, LTeX+, One Dark Pro, and Material Icon Theme): LaTeX writing environment.
Firefox: To support the diversity of web browser engines, I recommend giving Firefox a try. I primarily use its Android version, which is much better than Chrome and Edge on Android.
iconfont.cn: The largest vector icon library in China, providing vector icon download, online storage, format conversion and other functions.
Hacker News: American social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. Beautified Android APP: Harmonic for HN.
Embrace The Red: Computer security, ethical hacking, red teaming and technology at large.
LessWrong: Discussion of cognitive biases, philosophy, psychology, economics, rationality, and artificial intelligence.