my fav tech

27 Jan, 2026

alternative to Goodreads (which is owned by Amazon)
Black and woman-owned
gives you fun and informative data visualizations (graphs) of your reading interests
free tier works great, premium tier is $4.99/month

alternative to Trello, Notion, Asana, etc.
based out of Switzerland so they're subject to Swiss data privacy laws which are much stricter than US privacy laws
open source so their code is open for external audits
you can self-host if you know how to run your own server, otherwise cloud hosting is ~$4.50/month USD

end-to-end encrypted notes app
you can create categories and then create as many notes within that category as you want. Much easier to keep track of writing than creating separate documents for everything!
you can create locked files which require your password to unlock for a period of 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 week
annual subscription starts at $90/year

alternative to Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, etc.
end-to-end encrypted
integrated suite of mail, calendar, contacts, drive, docs, password manager, and VPN
open source so their code is open for external audits (which they conduct on a regular basis through an independent third party and make the reports publicly available)
started by scientists at CERN who envision a digitally private world
free tier is very limited, pricing depends on how you structure your plan