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My default apps and services in late 2023

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AI generated summary: The blog post lists the author's default apps and services in late 2023, including mail clients, photo management, calendar, cloud file storage, browser, chat, bookmarks, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, shopping lists, personal finance, news, music, podcasts, password management, and additional additions such as IDE and code editor, VPN, social media, weather, and fitness.

To join another trend, here’s my list of default apps and services in late 2023.

Here’s the standard list:

  • 📨 Mail Client: 💻 Thunderbird / 📱 K9-Mail
  • 📮 Mail Server: Purelymail
  • 📝 Notes: Simplenote
  • 🟦 Photo Management: OneDrive
  • 📆 Calendar: Baïkal with DAVx⁵
  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: OneDrive
  • 📖 RSS: Miniflux
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Baïkal with DAVx⁵
  • 🌐 Browser: Firefox
  • 💬 Chat: Telegram, Element, WhatsApp
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Firefox
  • 📑 Read It Later: Private Telegram channel
  • 📜 Word Processing: Word
  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
  • 📊 Presentations: PowerPoint
  • 🛒 Shopping Lists: Bring!
  • 💰 Personal Finance: Excel
  • 📰 News: Mostly SPIEGEL and different tech news blogs
  • 🎵 Music: YouTube Music
  • 🎤 Podcasts: Pocket Casts
  • 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden with Vaultwarden

And here are some additions:

  • 🧑‍💻 IDE and Code Editor: IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code
  • 🔑 VPN: Tailscale, WireGuard, AdGuard VPN
  • 👥 Social Media: Mastodon
  • 🌦️ Weather: Samsung Weather
  • 💪 Fitness: Freeletics

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