This is the web site of Denis Defreyne, a software engineer living in Berlin.

Toolbox

This page collects the tools that I use on a daily basis. I’ve left out common tools (Git, macOS, Docker, …) to highlight lesser-known things.

Desktop apps

Alfred (productivity app): Alfred gives me the power to do all the things I want, right when I need them, without introducing clutter. I have a handful of custom workflows tuned for the way I work, which I imagine impresses my coworkers.
OmniGraffle (diagramming and drawing app): It isn’t cheap, but I find the $100 price tag to be worth it. I use it to impress my coworkers.
Spectacle (window management app): This is how I keep my windows nicely tiled.
Visual Studio Code (code editor): I switched from Atom, which by itself is already an amazing piece of software, to Visual Studio Code, which is at the same level of awesomenes.

fish: A fast, easy-to-use shell that has sensible defaults. I have barely customised it.
ripgrep: A fast search tool, similar to grep, ack. and ag.
xsv: A must-have tool if you deal with CSV files.

hamster: Provides efficient immutable data structures (sometimes more efficient than built-in Ruby ones).
m (selective Test::Unit runner): Useful when you want to only run specific Test::Unit test cases.
ref: Provides a soft ref implementation, which is indispensable for effective memoization.
rspec: I feel lost without it.
rubocop: Indispensable when writing Ruby code. It pretty much eliminates all discussions about style.