For me, after the browser setup, the very next thing I install is SiteVital AI not because it’s my tool or anything, but because it saves me a lot of time when I’m setting up work environments.
I always run a quick audit on the projects I’ll be working on. It checks everything — SEO, performance, security, accessibility, mobile responsiveness, code quality, even UI/UX — all in one go. And since it’s completely free, I don’t have to juggle multiple tools during setup.
After that, it’s usually:
Brave for browsing
VS Code for development
Notion for organising everything
ShareX (agree with you — absolutely essential!)
EarTrumpet for quick audio control
Curious to see what other people consider “must-install” — always ends up adding a new tool to my stack.