That IDE/hardware combo beats anything I've ever developed on in my career. By a long way.
Shameless plug but I mention it and a few of my other favourite software tools here:
The other "sparks joy" software I use regularly are Sketch - which after a lifetime of using Adobe products felt like a breath of fresh air when I switched to it - and Proxyman which is hands down the best HTTP interception/proxy software I've used on the Mac (and iOS).
Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source
Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player
CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation
Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool
Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app
YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app
1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager
Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app
Color Slurp [8] - macOS color picker tool
Phoenix [9] - macOS scriptable window manager
Alfred [10] - macOS app launcher
Bartender [11] - macOS menu bar organizer
Coderunner [12] - macOS tool to run snippets of code in a number of supported languages. Great for testing something quickly
DaisyDisk [13] - macOS disk space analyzer
iTerm 2 [14] - Rock solid macOS terminal
JetBrains IDEs [15] - Cross platform suite of IDEs
Rocket [16] - macOS emoji quick substitution tool
Transmit [17] - macOS SFTP/FTP/S3/etc tool
VLC [18] - Cross platform video player
CarbonCopyCloner [19] - macOS disk cloning/backup tool
Pixelmator Pro [20] - macOS photo editor
Preview [21] - Built-in macOS image/pdf viewer
QuickLook [22] - Built-in macOS file preview tool
[0] https://prologue.audio/
[1] https://overcast.fm/
[2] https://cleanshot.com/
[3] https://getdrafts.com/
[4] https://www.paprikaapp.com/
[5] https://www.youneedabudget.com/
[6] https://1password.com/
[7] https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/
[8] https://colorslurp.com/
[9] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix
[10] https://www.alfredapp.com/
[11] https://www.macbartender.com/
[12] https://coderunnerapp.com/
[13] https://daisydiskapp.com/
[14] https://iterm2.com/
[15] https://www.jetbrains.com/
[16] https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/
[17] https://panic.com/transmit/
[18] https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
[19] https://bombich.com/
[20] https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/
[21] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_(macOS)
[22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look
Great list. I second these recommendations!!
Special mentions for: Alfred, Bartender, Daisy Disk and ColorSlurp