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Well, gentlemen developers, today I will review a program that should be on every desktop to be effective and not fall behind this year. Let's go. We'll start, of course, with development and vibe-coding. For development for main commercial projects, and I'm typing with my foot now, I use Go. For other languages, I use Visual Studio Code. As an alternative to that notepad, I use Sublime Text. I don't use the standard Mac application Terminal at all. Well, let it be just in case. Instead, I use, of course, which was already very convenient, but now it's also packed with IDE features. To set up all the surrounding backend infrastructure, I, of course, use Docker. To quickly set up an empty database, I use Postgres. By the way, don't confuse this program with pgAdmin. pgAdmin is a client, and this program is a mini-server. By the way, as a client for Postgres, I use the native tool Goland. It's much more convenient. Well, to click through the API, I use Postman. To access various S3 hostings via FTP, SFTP, CSP, and so on, I use Cyberduck. When I was on Windows, I used Total Commander, a wonderful software, but unfortunately, it wasn't written for Mac. Well, and now for vibe-coding. This is, of course, the canonical ChatGPT, this is Cursor, and Cloud. Some, by the way, call it simply Cloud. I have Cloud Code installed as plugins for Goland and for Visual Studio Code. By the way, if you want to get into Go or switch to Go, come to my mentorship program "Work 1. Resume Legend from Scratch." I have 50+ offers, post-payment. The link will be in the description. Or scan the QR code. And we move on. Browser VPN. The base, of course, is Google Chrome. For a very long time, I used Safari, but it annoyed me. In general, Safari is considered the modern Internet Explorer. Gentlemen frontend developers will understand me. Please don't hate me for Yandex. Like Chrome, I use Ghost for accessing personal accounts for my LLC and sole proprietorship, because you can't access them from regular Chrome or Safari. In short, there's a hassle with certificates, electronic keys, and so on. Well, as a VPN, I use HideMyAss VPN as proprietary software, and as a self-hosted option where I can set up my own server, I use, of course, Amnesia. Well, for full-time work, some use either Cisco or OpenVPN, so I have everything installed just in case. And like any self-respecting "skuf," I have it installed. By the way, I installed Arc once, then deleted it, I didn't really like it, but they say that programmers really like this browser, so I can recommend it too. We move on to clouds. Yes, guys, I use all three clouds at once. I have annual subscriptions on all three clouds for several terabytes because each cloud has its own advantages. For example, in Google Drive, you can easily create and edit Google Docs, Google Sheets, and I work with them very often. For uploading large files, only Dropbox is suitable, because it allows you to generate a public link even before your file is uploaded. In short, if it weren't for Google Docs, Google Drive wouldn't exist for me at all. Well, Yandex Disk is like an old solution that I used a very long time ago. Very, very old documents are stored there that I don't really need now. In short, a kind of flea market. It's just that at some point Yandex offered a very, very cheap subscription, so I bought it. Well, and Mega.nz is popular software, but I only use it if someone sends me a link to Mega. Otherwise, I haven't paid for a subscription here. For remote control and various virtual systems, I, of course, use Parallels Desktop. Obviously, it's paid, but it's amazing. I tried using VirtualBox, but for Mac, it's complete garbage. For accessing other computers, for example, to check something on my mom's computer, I use AnyDesk, because our good old TeamViewer has gone completely off the rails lately. For accessing various remote desktops, and there are many such remote desktops in corporations, I use Microsoft Remote Desktop or its good analog Royal TSX. Royal TSX is more convenient because it supports tabs, like in a browser. I don't know about Remote Desktop, I installed it once, bought it, even paid 6,000 for it. It's official software from Apple. In short, I don't recommend buying this at all. It's just garbage. Next, for social networks and interaction. By default, of course, I always use Zoom. I also plan calls there, I have a paid subscription. For communicating with recruiters, I've been using Loom lately, because calls don't work through Telegram. I installed Discord a long time ago, but I haven't used it lately, I just keep it just in case. Telegram, no comments. SMS, no comments. Slack, well, you understand, it's quite standard software for communication in corporations, so I always have it installed. For office work, yes, I understand that someone will tell me, what the hell Microsoft Excel and Word, that everyone uses Google Docs. In fact, in many companies, especially if you work in corporations, they can still send you various Word documents, Excel documents, and you'll have to open them with these programs. Converting all this to Google Docs, and then back, is inconvenient for me, it's easier to pay for a subscription. Well, well, I think, guys, no comments. Knowledge base, all that stuff. I used Toggl to track my time before, but I stopped. XM for simply placing some structured information. Minimalist is like a to-do list, just very convenient. And these are the standard Mac notes. By the way, on Mac, on all phones, I always use English by default so as not to forget it. For utilities. Yes, guys, I understand that Mac can unzip zip archives by default, but sometimes I'm sent extreme formats like RAR, remember the WinRAR utility from Windows. And for this crap, I use a separate program that can work with all popular and unpopular formats. HP Utility. HP is everything related to the printer. By the way, the authenticator is a useful program. You can download it on Mac, although it was primarily made for iOS. It allows you to get these codes that you get on Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator directly from your Mac, so you don't have to reach for your phone every time. I used the Greyscale program when I liked to turn my Mac to black and white mode to, like, get less distracted, but then I kind of abandoned this topic, but I highly recommend you try it. Well, and the last, most interesting block is, of course, settings, tuning, and so on. There's a lot here. I use Vivify to change monitor brightness, as well as MacBook brightness. Next, to monitor RAM and hard drive usage, I use the Clean My Mac program. Yes, I'll warn you right away, it's paid, but I haven't found any good free alternatives. I've tried a lot. TG Pro - this is not Telegram - it's for monitoring fans, temperature, but I don't use it much. I used Display a long time ago when I was playing with resolutions, various formats. I don't use it now. But Macs are wonderful software, I would say one of the best on my Mac for having a large, controlled clipboard, so that your clipboard remembers not just the last value, but the entire list. That is, I can view and retrieve from the clipboard what I copied. For example, Blackmagic Disk Speed Test. I use this to test the speed not only of my internal hard drive but also of my external 4TB drive. I also use it to test all my flash drives. By the way, I like to buy flash drives, not just any flash drives, but ones with incredibly high speeds. For example, I have one flash drive with a speed of one gigabyte per second transfer speed. Speedtest, of course, for internet speed, but the funniest thing is that if your VPN is not turned on, Speedtest won't work. So you have to use Yandex and a thermometer. Stats. I don't remember what it's used for. In short, various widgets for tracking the CPU, but I haven't used them lately, so let's cross them out. This block is about wonderful software for blocking ads, but it only works for Safari. If you need it for Chrome, you just install an extension in Chrome. MonitorControl does pretty much the same thing as Vivify. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test. I don't remember anymore what I used it for and how it differs from this software, so forget it. But GamepadMapper is a cool thing that allows you to map gamepads to specific keyboard keys. Well, in short, I used it when I connected a gamepad to my Mac. Minis is, in short, no-name software for my custom separate keyboard, which I've programmed for various commands. System Information is standard software from Mac. Disk Utility is also standard software. Activity Monitor is like our task manager, like from Windows. Audio MIDI Setup. I use it once every six months. Hidden Bar. This is a cool thing. If you have too many icons in the top system tray on the right, you can use this software to hide some of them. I have about 70% of the icons hidden. And this is very useful software because Mac doesn't have a context menu for creating a new file. That is, there is one for creating a folder, but not for creating a file. Therefore, I installed this software. And Samsung Magician is software for my Samsung SSD. By the way, I have a T7 Shield 4TB. Just for information. Well, that's all. Write in the comments what software you use. Bye everyone.