App Defaults 2026

Quite a few changes from my last update in 2023:

πŸ“§ Email Client (Web): Fastmail

πŸ“§ Email Client (Android): e/os default mail app (K-9 Mail fork)

πŸ•ΈοΈ Website: Micro.blog & Namecheap

πŸ“βœ… Notes + Todos: Index cards, Micro.blog private notes (both notes and todos), and Logseq (for work notes)

πŸ“” Journal: Hobonichi 5 year, trying out Day one

πŸ“Έ Photo Management: Ente

πŸ—“οΈ Calendar (Web): Fastmail

πŸ—“οΈ Calendar (Android): e/os default calendar app

🎁 Cloud file storage (unencrypted): Fastmail

🎁 Cloud file storage (encrypted): 1password

πŸ‘½ Contacts: e/os default Android app

🌐 Browser: Brave (hoping for Kagi browser soon)

πŸ”Ž Search Engine: Kagi

πŸ’¬ Chat: e/os default + Signal

πŸ”– Bookmarks: Micro.blog

πŸ’΅ Budgeting: self-hosted dumb budget app

πŸ’΅ Personal Finance: Micro.blog private notes (self aggregated data)

πŸ“° News: Allsides

πŸ” Password Management: 1password

🎨 Photo Editing: Paint.Net

πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Code Editor: Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio

πŸ“š Books: Self-hosted - audiobookshelf + physical copies

Dispatches from the fleet

What passing ships signaled back

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