Uses this
A list of everything I use to get things done. Inspired by Uses This & Manas.
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Physical Products
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Mi Notebook Pro - Super lightweight, fast and compact - everything I need in a laptop
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iPhone 16 Pro - Insanely good camera and a great phone overall
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Apple iPad Pro - Great device to read, take notes, sketch, watch content & play games
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Apple Pencil - Works well with the iPad to write notes & sketch
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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro - Great earbuds for music, calls & noise cancellation
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Samsung Galaxy Watch4 - A fitness watch that looks good, helps with workout/sleep/step tracking & quick calls
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Kindle Paperwhite (10th gen) - Have stopped reading physical books after getting a Kindle, wish Kindles were fast but acts as a dedicated reading device
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Oculus Quest 2 - Mind blowing piece of tech, great for all things entertainment (movies, games, social interactions)
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Logitech Brio 4k Webcam - Amazing video quality, and quite portable. I use this for video calls, hosting TPF's live sessions, etc.
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Mokobara Transit Backpack - Packs in good utility, comfortable and looks decent
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Oral B Pro 2 2000 - Electric toothbrushes are awesome, makes you feel fresher and better everyday
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Caresmith Oral Flosser - Got this after seeing a Twitter reccomendation, highly recommend if you care about your oral health
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Solara Resistance Bands - Great for indoor strength exercises without weights
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Armani Chronograph Watch - Never used to wear wrist watches but got this as a gift and I love it
Software
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ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - Use every app in some capacity on a regular basis
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Google Workspace - Life runs on Google’s products, from Chrome to Mail to Calendar to Meet to every product they have
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Notion - Writing this on Notion, good way to organize thoughts. Also trying to collaborate on projects via Notion
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TickTick - The world will never agree on the perfect to-do app but this comes closest to what I like using
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Krisp - Helps with noise cancellation over video calls
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Slack - TPF community is on Slack
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Webflow - TPF's website is built on Webflow. One of the best no-code tools to build large-ish websites
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Wix - This site is made on Wix. No BS no-code tool to build simple websites
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Readwise - Love this tool, surfaces highlights from all sources - kindle, pocket, books & more
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Canva - Canva is god sent, it’s like having a designer friend you control
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Whimsical - My go-to tool for creating rough wireframes, flow charts, etc
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Miro - I’m amazed at this tool’s capabilities, often use this as a digital whiteboard
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Pocket - To read things later
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Raindrop - Amazing bookmark manager
Chrome Extensions
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Wappylyzer - Use it to see what tech stack was used in building a website
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Blocksite - Helps in blocking sites for focused work when needed
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Fireshot - Easy way to take full page screenshots of websites
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Greenshot - Easy, snappy tool for taking screenshots on desktop
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Google Dictionary - Double click to see a word’s meaning, works everywhere
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Metamask - wagmi
Mobile apps
(have excluded common apps like Chrome, Twitter, etc.)
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Audible - Never listened to audiobooks before, until I did once & now I'm hooked
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Medito - Dead simple free meditation app
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Nike Training Club - For guided in-home workouts
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Not Boring Habits - Visually delightful and simple habit tracking app
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Youtube Music - Primary music listening app
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Google Keep - To take notes of all kinds
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Google Lens - As close to magic in an app as possible
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DigiLocker - To bring up digitally verified official docs when needed
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Blind - Anonymous professional network, find good threads here once in a while
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Snipd - Perfect take on a podcast listening app with useful AI features
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Kindle - Best reading app, syncs with the Kindle device
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Pocket - To read later (which rarely happens)
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Cred - To pay credit card bills and buy d2c products
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INDmoney - All-in-one finance tracker
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Paytm Money - All my mutual fund investments are via Paytm Money
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Zerodha (Kite) - All my equity investments are via Zerodha
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Reddit - The last thing I scroll through before I sleep, the most fun app
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Zomato - My favourite app of all time, no competition :)