Toolbox

Core

• Linux, currently kubuntu
• Vim for text editing (or gedit when no one is looking)
• Python for any extended coding task
• Git for version control
• GNU make for build automation
• cron for task scheduling
• PyCharm is my preferred IDE
• jupyter notebooks Are great for teaching
• mambaforge for Python environment management
• I use FOSS (free open source software) wherever possible

Writing

• Markdown using Obsidian
• (La)TeX using Texmaker. overleaf is much easier when you're starting out
• libreoffice For MS Office compatible documents
• Zotero to manage references
• Pandoc to covert between document types

Oceanography

• I work mainly in Python. Core libraries for my work include numpy, pandas, xarray, polars and gdal
• Gibbs Seawater Equations for oceanographic variable calculations
• QGIS for geospatial work

Data visualisation

• Python libraries matplotlib, cartopy, seaborn
• Perceptually uniform colourmaps by
  • Kristen Thyng (cmococean) for oceanographic data
  • Fabio Crameri (cmcrameri) for more general geophysical data

Graphics

• Inkscape
• GIMP

Tools I have created/contributed to

• cmcrameri I maintain Fabio Crameri's Scientific Colourmaps as a Python package on PyPi and conda-forge
• gliderpy A Python tool to fetch glider data from ERDDAP servers. This is in the initial stages of development.
• GliderTools a collaborative toolbox for glider data processing.
• pyglider A Python tool to convert/combine Slocum and SeaExplorer data files into standardised netCDFs.
• geotiff-generator A Python program to generate geotiffs from EMODnet, GEBCO or user supplied bathymetry.

Miscellaneous

• Clementine is my preferred music player
• I manage my music library with the CLI Python package beets and the GUI EasyTAG
• Calibre for e-book organisation and conversion
• FFmpeg and ImageMagick for commandline manipulation of sound, image and video files
• Conky for an infinitely customisable system monitor
• Signal for secure communication
• Meld for when diff doesn't cut it to compare two text files. Bonus: use git difftool to call meld on git diffs.
• liferea to aggregate RSS feeds
• Pelican to make this static website