Resources
This page provides links to many of the most useful resources I have found or created, ranging from software to photos to code snippets.
Miscellaneous
These are a few resources that don't fit under any other categories.
Nord Colorscheme for Micro
A truecolor pallete for the Micro editor based on the Nord colorscheme. This is a work in progress, as it could use some extra syntax highlighting rules to be more helpful.
Software
These are the best free or open-source programs I have found.
CodingVisual Studio Code
VS Code is a non-paid coding software similar to Visual Studio, but with a more generalized language support. It features a wide library of extensions to work on nearly any language you can think of. While some of its features take a while to learn how to use, it is the most useful scripting tool I have found, especially if you work with a variety of languages. In fact, this page, along with many others on my website, was written using VS Code.
Visual Studio Community Edition
Similar to VS Code, Visual Studio requires a Microsoft account to use for an extended period of time (for free), and is more focused on a few languages, such as c++, some python, and some JavaScript. However, it is quite powerful, and I have seen several tutorials who recommend it.
Blender
Blender is an open-source 3D modeling, sculpting, and rendering software that is surprisingly powerful. After many years of development, it has reached a point where it is comparable in most categories to professional 3D software. Being community-developed, it also contains many unique or unusual features, such as a 2D animation tool that works within the 3D space, integrated video-editing tools, and python scripting support. It also supports a wide variety of official or community-created extensions, both free and paid, that can help make it even more powerful or easy-to-use. If you would like to learn Blender, there are many great tutorials available on YouTube.
GIMP
GIMP is a free and open-source alternative to Photoshop, and though it takes some time to change methods if you want to switch, the user interface has become much better in the past few years. It can do much of what Photoshop does, and supports themes and addons.
Inkscape
Incscape is an open-source alternative to Illustrator, and is nearly as powerful. It just released the first complete version, and now looks much more like a finished product. The biggest limitation of this software is that it does not save in CMYK color very well, but for most uses this is not an issue.
