MacPorts is vital for package management—has many more packages than Homebrew, a more sane implementation, and was co-created by Jordan Hubbard who worked for A

MacPorts is vital for package management—has many more packages than Homebrew, a more sane implementation, and was co-created by Jordan Hubbard who worked for Apple and also created the FreeBSD ports system. Also pretty straightforward to create your own ports using built-in templates for GitHub projects, Makefile-based projects, etc. MonitorControl is great for interfacing with external monitors using DDC/CI. I recommend primarily using Safari with a Content Blocker (I use AdGuard) as it uses far less battery than third-party browsers and feels more native. VMWare Fusion is now free for personal use if you need to virtualize Windows; the official download link is a Byzantine nightmare but you can find mirrors if you Google for them and you can verify the hash against those listed on the official download site.