now everything i link to here (and nearly everything i use) is, generally
speaking, free, and sometimes also open-source, not for any sort of
ideological reason but because i'm a cheap bastard.
and this isn't a paid promotion or anything if you were worried about
that, but also, like... i don't even have 10 followers on here lol. i'm just
sharing some of the tools i like.
for reference i have a windows 10 laptop so some of the items here might
not be compatible with or work differently on your machine etc etc
computers & programming
text editors
sublime text⬩ sublime text ❤️❤️ a lightweight text editor that i use for
coding as well as making this website
notepad++⬩ another text editor, which i mostly use for miscellaneous
notes and making quick edits to files
roughdraft⬩ extremely pared-down word processor that hasn't been updated
in nearly 2 decades. a little buggy. i use it for most of my writing these
days
obsidian⬩ writing, note-taking, and file management in a custom
flavor of markdown
libreoffice⬩ FOSS alternative to microsoft office, unfortunately very
slow on my 10+ yr old laptop :(