App Defaults 2025 - with some AI stuff

Murtuzaali Surti
Murtuzaali Surti

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Continuing my spree of app defaults, which I started in 2023 with this post, here's a slightly changed list of all the apps I use and will probably keep using for the rest of 2025:

  • 🤖 AI Models/Chat Apps - Claude 3.5 Sonnet (for coding), ChatGPT (for general use), Perplexity (for search)

  • 📨 Mail Client - Gmail

  • 📝 Notes - Notion, Obsidian, Bear

  • 📆 Calendar - Google Calendar

  • 📁 Cloud - Google Cloud, OneDrive, Cloudinary (for images)

  • 📖 RSS - Unread

  • 🌐 Browser - Chrome (for daily use), Brave (private browsing), Arc (just to feel nice)

  • 💬 Chat - WhatsApp, Discord

  • 🔖 Bookmarks - Notion Web Clipper, Chrome Bookmarks

  • 🎤 Podcasts - PocketCasts

  • 🔐 Password Management - Bitwarden (still OG)

  • 🧑‍💻 Code Editor - VS Code, Cursor (for AI stuff), Zed

  • ✈️ VPN - ProtonVPN

  • 💸 Quick Financial Calculations - numbr - useful for quick note taking with calculations.


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