My toolbox

This page will serve to collect small (or not so small) things I like to use and think it would be good to share with you. Console utilities, hardware, whatever.

Console utilitites

• thefuck. A utility that corrects mistyped console commands and do something more: propose you to install what is not installed. It also allows you to create your own correction rules.
• pjson. Reads JSON/XML inputs and gives you pretty-printed outputs. Especially good when combined with curl.
• pandoc. A great tool to convert documents from any format to any other format.
• wscat. A very simple utility to debug WebSockets.

Utilities with GUI

• CopyClip. A macOS-specific tool that gives you access to the clipboard history. Accessible from the system tray. Has hotkeys. Downside: text-only.
• Portainer. Just the best UI for Docker so far. Helps you manage containers, images, volumes and networks. Works pretty fast even though the UI is web-based.
• SmartGit. The Git GUI client that works best for me (especially when resolving merge conflicts). It may look dated but definitely deserves some attention.
• Insomnia. A decent feature-rich UI for HTTP requests. Much more lightweight than Postman.

Online services

• CiteThisForMe. A resource for creating bibliographies in a format required by a particular journal or a conference.

zsh

• zsh itself. The most convenient shell for me so far.
• antigen. The best way to configure zsh so far. Supports oh-my-zsh
• pure. Nice and convenient zsh prompt with git integration.
• zsh-autosuggestions. Suggests the command as you type. The suggestion is accepted by pressing the right arrow button.
• zsh-completions. An extension for autocompletion in zsh.
• fast-syntax-highlighting. Good syntax highlighting system for zsh.

Other

• Fira Code – the best monospace font with ligatures.