BetterTouchTool is a great tool to customize the touch bar on MacBooks, I have a bunch of quick actions like volume control, play/pause, and check the weather
I use Alfred over apple spotlight as I find it much more accurate for opening the files and apps I need
I learned about this macro tool to enhance my note-taking experience with Obsidian called Espanso, you can check my dotfiles repo for the configurations I am using currently for it
I started using Obsidian recently for note-taking, organizing my thoughts, and as a daily planner. I have been really enjoying it over Notion, which is what I was using previously.
Headphones (Wired Open Back) - I'm using the Sennheiser HD650 primarily at my desk since I got them before Sennheiser started working with Drop, so I'd recommend the HD6xx from Drop since they're practically the same headphone