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 title: Default Apps — June 2024
 date: 2024-06-24 12:32:00
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It's been a little over seven months since I followed a trend and
published my default apps [0], and in that time a few things have
changed, so I thought I'd post a quick update:

- **Mail:** Gmail [1]
- **Calendar:** Google Calendar [2]
- **Notes:** Obsidian [3] \*
- **Tasks:** Todoist [4]
- **Habits**: Habitica [5] \*
- **RSS:** Miniflux [6] + Read You [7] \*
- **Web Browser:** Brave [8]
- **Reading:** Moon+ Reader Pro [9]
- **Music:** Spotify [10]
- **Podcasts:** Snipd [11] \*
- **Password Management:** 1Password [12]
- **Search:** Brave Search [13]
- **Code Editor:** Visual Studio Code [14]
- **Read It Later:** Pocket [15] \*
- **Launcher**: Niagara Launcher [16] \*

While I marked anything new with an asterisk, it's worth calling
out the most notable changes:

- I've dropped Notion as my default notes application, and moved
entirely to Obsidian
- I added Habitica as my preferred habit tracker (although I am
trying to move to pen-and-paper... so far it's not going as well as
Habitica)
- I ditched FreshRSS for the much simpler Miniflux (and noted my
preferred Android client)
- I've moved back to Snipd for podcasts (at least until my
subscription expires and I re-evaluate the cost)
- I swapped Wallabag out for Pocket (after realizing that my "read
it later" workflow is too ad hoc to justify self-hosting)
- I added my preferred Android launcher, since I've settled on it
fairly confidently at this point

Over time I'm sure these choices will continue to change, but I'll
try to make sure they are sticky before I update them (i.e. I
switched from Brave to Firefox for a few months, but ended up
switching back for reasons).

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[0]: http://flower.codes/2023/11/10/default-apps.html
[1]: https://gmail.com/
[2]: https://calendar.google.com/
[3]: https://obsidian.md/
[4]: https://todoist.com/
[5]: https://habitica.com/
[6]: https://miniflux.app/
[7]: https://github.com/Ashinch/ReadYou
[8]: https://brave.com/
[9]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp&hl=en_US
[10]: https://spotify.com/
[11]: https://www.snipd.com/
[12]: https://1password.com/
[13]: https://search.brave.com/
[14]: https://code.visualstudio.com/
[15]: https://getpocket.com/home
[16]: https://niagaralauncher.app/
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