Uses
The tools I reach for every day.
An honest list — not aspirational. Updated when something actually changes.
Hardware
- Laptop
- MacBook (primary), Windows secondary for testing
- Display
- External 24" 1080p monitor
- Keyboard
- Mechanical 75% layout
- Phone
- iPhone for iOS testing, Android device for cross-platform
- Audio
- Wired earbuds — reliable, no charging
Editor & terminal
- Editor
- VS Code
- Theme
- GitHub Dark Default / GitHub Light Default depending on time of day
- Font
- JetBrains Mono
- Extensions
- GitLens, Tailwind CSS IntelliSense, Prisma, Prettier, ESLint
- Terminal
- iTerm2 + zsh
- CLI
- gh, pnpm, uv, ngrok, sqlite3
Languages & frameworks
- Backend
- Python (Django, DRF), Node.js
- Frontend
- Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS
- Mobile
- React Native, Expo
- Database
- PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebase
- Auth
- Django sessions, NextAuth, Firebase Auth
Design
- UI design
- Figma
- Inspiration
- Mobbin, Land-book, Refero
- Icons
- Lucide, Feather, Phosphor
- Color
- Tailwind palette + project-specific tokens
Hosting & services
- Frontend
- Vercel
- Backend
- Railway, DigitalOcean, self-hosted VPS
- DNS
- Cloudflare
- Google Workspace, Resend for transactional
- Analytics
- Vercel Analytics, GA4
- Error tracking
- Sentry
Productivity
- Notes
- Apple Notes for daily, Notion for docs
- Tasks
- Plain text + GitHub issues
- Browser
- Arc / Chrome
- Reading
- Readwise Reader
- Communication
- Slack, Discord, WhatsApp