Katherine YangInterview
Artist, developer, crafter
Adapted from Katherine Yang's interview on Uses This, published 30 March 2025. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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A MacBook, connected to an external monitor and, sometimes but not always, a keyboard and mouse.
I fell in love with Mintlodica some time ago, and, after much dithering, finally bit the bullet and bought a set of Dark Magic Girl keycaps.
They were put together with silent switches and they sit atop a matching lavender Bakaneko 65 keyboard that my partner gifted me.
I listen to music through Shokz OpenFit over-ear ear buds.
Communication
Productivity
I have been using NetNewsWire for RSS, but am still exploring options for syncing feeds.
Zotero is an app I don't use much now, but have loved and now miss from academic days.
Browser
My browser of choice is Firefox.
Security
Coding & Development
My editor typeface has been Cascadia Code.
Media
On my phone, I use PocketCasts for podcasts.
Other
I'd like you to know that this question is what made me finally switch from VSCode over to VSCodium, the open source version of the Microsoft app, so that I could say that I do in fact use it, and am not lamenting uselessly that I wish I were using it but haven't made the very easy switch over for some reason.
The built-in dictionary on the iPhone might be the thing I've missed most since switching to Android.