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MuleSoft

Avoid 503 Service Unavailable error when running or debugging a Mule app locally

If you have API Autodiscovery in the Mule project, add the following argument to the “Run Configuration” associated with the project.

Danypoint.platform.gatekeeper=disabled

Windows

Editing local variables

rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables

Download files using CURL

This requires Git Bash

curl -L -o studio-brightness-plusplus.exe <https://github.com/LitteRabbit-37/Studio-Brightness-PlusPlus/releases/download/v1.1.0/studio-brightness-plusplus.exe

Logitech MX Keys

FN+P swaps Mac Layout to PC (hold for 3 seconds)
FN+O swaps PC Layout to Mac (hold for 3 seconds)

Git

Amending your last commit and pushing it to the remote branch

git commit --amend
git push --force origin

Discarding unstaged changes with git

git reset .
git checkout .
git config --global --edit

Moving a branch to master

git checkout &lt;other-branch&gt;
git merge -s ours master
git checkout master
git merge &lt;other-branch&gt;
git push

Viewing the commit history

git log --oneline

Revert commit / Delete commit

git reset —hard HEAD~1
git push -f

Delete all tags

git tag -l | xargs -n 1 git push --delete origin

Delete all releases

brew install hub
hub release -f "%T (%S) %n" --include-drafts | grep " (draft)" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -t -n1 hub release delete

Link: Hub

Commit changes in a new branch

git stash
git checkout -b “new branch”
git stash pop

Discard local changes

git checkout -f

Merging existing commits

git reset --soft HEAD~n
git commit --amend -m "New commit message."
git push -f

Count starting from 0 to define the n number

Checkout pull request

git fetch origin pull/9/head:API-4021

Replace local repo with remote

git reset --hard origin/develop

Revert to a previous commit

git reset --hard 6e19e01470f9aec8854268722c84db3d811da7d8
git push -f origin master

Migrate a branch to another repo

cd current-repo
git checkout branch-to-move
git pull
git push url://new/repository.git branch-to-move:target-branch

Replace the main branch with another branch

git checkout other-branch
git merge -s ours main
git checkout main
git merge other-branch
git push

Switching remote URLs

git remote set-url origin <https://github.com/USERNAME/OTHERREPOSITORY.git>

Rollback commit

git reset --soft HEAD^

Amend the most recent commit message

git commit --amend

App Defaults

🚧 UNDER MAINTENANCE 🚧

Mid 2026 Edition

I used to rely mostly on Apple software, but since Tim Cook personally donated $1 million to Trump’s 2025 presidential inaugural committee and Apple gifted Trump a custom glass plaque mounted on a 24-karat gold base during a White House visit, I've been looking for alternatives so that my data is not hostage to one company. Sorry to open this to you, but Santa Claus doesn't exist, and there is no billion-plus-dollar good company.

On this list I try to show where the software is developed, and despite the fact that most of my data is unfortunately hosted in the USA, there are some exceptions:

  • Fastmail: Netherlands with failover in the USA

  • Raindrop.io, 1Password and Bitwarden: EU

  • Synology: At my home in England with HyperBackup enabled with another Synology in Portugal!

I think this is a useful awareness exercise in these difficult geopolitical times.

Other people have also shared their Default Apps inspired by the Podcast Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! Click here to see the complete list.

Productivity

Email, Calendar and Contacts Server

iCloud
Fastmail 🇦🇺

Fastmail is fantastic! I use custom domains, and I like to have control over which email I share with which websites, so I use masked emails a lot. This helps me identify if I can trust the sender as well. I moved to Fastmail two years ago, after having enough of iCloud and its broken search. Nobody likes email, and I would prefer not to pay for it, but the time I need it most is in the middle of a conversation or a problem I need to solve, and I need some old email buried somewhere, and iCloud/Apple Mail could never find anything for me. It was a very frustrating relationship.

Email Client

Apple Mail
Fastmail 🇦🇺

The Fastmail app works well and is feature-rich, but it's not native, so it doesn't run as smoothly. I don't have any hopes that one day they will release a native app like Bitwarden did, so I rest my hopes on Mimestream to release a version compatible with JMAP, the email protocol created by the team behind Fastmail.

Calendar Client

Fastmail 🇦🇺
Apple Calendar 🇺🇸

Personally, I don't need any advanced calendar features, and I don't schedule things all the time, so the Calendar in the Fastmail app or Apple Calendar are more than enough for me.

Contacts Client

Fastmail 🇦🇺
Apple Contacts 🇺🇸

Like the calendar, the same applies to contact management.

To-Do

Personal: Things 🇩🇪
Family: Todoist 🇺🇸

Notes

Personal: Bear
Personal: Obsidian
Family Notes: Apple Notes 🇺🇸
Scribble: GoodNotes 🇬🇧🇭🇰
Quick Notes: Iconfactory Tot 🇺🇸

Text Editor

Microsoft Visual Studio Code 🇺🇸

Word Processing

Apple Pages 🇺🇸

Spreadsheets

Apple Numbers 🇺🇸

Budgeting and Personal Finance

Monzo Bank 🇬🇧
Apple Numbers 🇺🇸

Mind Maps

MindNode 🇩🇪

Diagramming

draw.io 🇬🇧🇨🇭

Typing Assistant

Grammarly 🇺🇦🇺🇸

Font Management

iFont
Iconfactory Fontcase 🇺🇸

I am not sure why in 2026 we still need this kind of app to manage fonts on iOS and iPadOS

Cloud File Storage

Synology Drive 🇹🇼
Apple iCloud Drive 🇺🇸

Web

Browser

Apple Safari 
Desktop and iPad: Google Chrome 🇺🇸 
Secondary: Vivaldi 🇳🇴🇮🇸
Mobile: Quiche Browser 🇯🇵

Bookmarks and Read It Later

Apple Safari and its Reading List
Goodlinks
Raindrop.io 🇰🇿

Chat

Apple Messages 🇺🇸
Signal 🇺🇸
Meta WhatsApp 🇺🇸

Media

Music

Player: Plexamp 🏠
Discovery: MusicHarbor 🇧🇷 and Qobuz 🇫🇷

Photo Management

Synology Photos 🇹🇼
Apple Photos 🇺🇸

Photo Shooting

Apple Camera 🇺🇸

Podcasts

Overcast 🇺🇸

RSS and News

Iconfactory Tapestry 🇺🇸

Privacy and Security

VPN

Proton VPN
IVPN 🇬🇮

DNS

NextDNS 🇺🇸

Password Management

Apple Passwords
1Password 🇨🇦

Secure Notes and Documents

Bitwarden 🇺🇸

Others

Maps

Apple Maps
Google Maps 🇺🇸

Ghost of Yōtei

Started: 30/11/2025
Completed: 28/03/2026
Platform: PlayStation 5
My rating: ★★★★★

Close to the end of the game, I didn't want to finish it because it’s so good, so I took a detour with Metroid Prime 4 in December and January.

I explored as much as I could, and at the end, I managed to complete 100% as I did with Ghost of Tsushima.

Ghost of Yōtei is definitely the updated version of Ghost of Tsushima, and I would recommend starting with this one if you've never played any of the games in the series. In Ghost of Yōtei, the story isn't as original as Ghost of Tsushima's, but everything else is better: graphics, music and gameplay.

Talking about the music, the soundtrack is a banger! Some days it stays on repeat while I work.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Started: 25/12/2025
Completed: 24/01/2026
Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
My rating: ★★★★☆

Tried again to complete 100%, but there are some items that only appear once to scan, which I find very frustrating. 🙁 

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Started: 04/12/2025
Completed: 24/12/2025
Platform: Nintendo Switch 2
My rating: ★★★★☆

Now that I finished the game, I want to go back to Viewros. I think that means I liked the game a lot! The music is fantastic as well.

Metroid Dread

Started: 08/07/2025
Completed: 19/07/2025
Platform: Nintendo Switch
My rating: ★★★★★

One more time! Another 100% for the record! 🙂 

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Started: 21/04/2025
Completed: 03/05/2025
Platform: Nintendo Switch
My rating: ★★★★☆

Fun short mini-games to distract my brain and have some fun!