Uses
What I actually use, day to day. No affiliate links. Just the stuff on my desk.
Editor & terminal
- VS Code — with the Dracula theme and Emacs keybindings
- Fira Mono — my editor font
- iTerm2 + zsh — my terminal
- starship — shell prompt
- tmux — for long-running and split sessions
- Terminus — for managing SSH connections
- cmux — for juggling a pile of Claude Code sessions at once
AI & dev tools
- Claude & Claude Code — daily driver for coding, writing, and the heavier lifts in the terminal
- Ollama — for running models locally
- Docker — local services and reproducible environments
- draw.io — diagrams and architecture sketches
- Pika — color picker
Hardware
- MacBook Pro 14" — the daily machine
- External 4K display — docked at the desk
- Logitech MX Master 3S — mouse
- Logitech MX Keys Mini — keyboard
- AirPods Pro & AirPods Max — Pro on the go, Max at the desk
Mac apps & utilities
- Raycast — launcher, snippets, and a hundred little commands
- Obsidian — notes
- Microsoft To Do — task tracking
- Maccy — clipboard manager
- Rectangle — window snapping
- Amphetamine — keeps the Mac awake
- Thaw — menu bar manager
- Superwhisper — voice dictation
- Pixea — quick image viewer
Pen & paper
- Moleskine notebook — medium, dotted
- Muji Compact Gel Ink Ballpoint — cap type, 0.5mm
- Parker IM Rollerball — matte black, fine point
- Pilot G2 Premium — gel roller
Browser
- Firefox — main browser
Build & this site
- Astro + Tailwind — this site
- GitHub Actions — CI
- Vercel — hosting and deploys
Photography
- Canon R6 Mark II — the camera
- Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 — the all-purpose zoom, mostly glued to the body
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro — for the close-up stuff
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM — the nifty fifty
- Lightroom — culling and edits
- Photoshop — occasionally