# Software Lifehacks
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I use lots of tools on a regular basis, but there are few I recommend without hesitation. You may notice: I highly value [end-to-end-encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption) (e2ee). Heres a list of my personal favourites:
- [[Obsidian]]
- My Notebook, Dayplanner/Journal and ToDo-List with e2ee sync.
- [[Git]]
- You shall not work on big projects without VCS, and Git is a good one.
- [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com)
- a great password manager: secure, reliable, open-source, cheap.
- [Timemator](https://timemator.com/)
- Timetracking with e2ee sync via iCloud with Advanced Data Protection
- [Filen](https://filen.io/r/965b91b28143dc7c447540358c77553c)
- e2ee cloud. With my special Reflink above you get additional 10GB for free!
- [Bitwig Studio](https://www.bitwig.com/)
- I tried many, this is hands down the best DAW to make electronic music
- [Affinity Suite](https://affinity.serif.com)
- Modern Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / Publisher alternative that’s easy to use and learn
- [Lookscanned](https://lookscanned.io)
- some people reject digitally signed PDFs. Workaround: Make them look scanned ;)
- [RegEx Generator](https://regex-generator.olafneumann.org/)
- paste sample data and select what you want visually
## Collaboration
- [[Nutzung von Matrix mit Element|Matrix]]
- Secure and versatile team-chat
- [Send](https://send.vis.ee/)
- e2ee filesharing with expiring links
- [[Tools für Gruppen]] (de)
- stuff that makes collaboration easier
- [[Tools für Individuen]] (de)
- stuff you’ll probably enjoy as an activist
## Lifehacks
During quite some time of use, I found out some neat things:
- [[Adobe Hacks]]
- [[Obsidian hacks]]
- [[Office Hacks]]
- [[macOS Hacks]]
- [[Matrix hacks]]