Uses.

MacBook Pro 14" Amazon

Daily driver — M-series, 16GB RAM. Runs the whole empire.

External Monitor Amazon

Second screen — code on the laptop, docs/preview on the big one.

Mechanical Keyboard Amazon

Quiet linear switches. Hours of typing without fatigue.

Wireless Mouse Amazon

Logitech MX — the only mouse I've kept for years.

Over-ear Headphones Amazon

Wired, noise-isolating. For deep-work evenings.

Cursor

AI-pair editor — main coding surface.

VS Code

Fallback editor + extensions ecosystem.

iTerm2

Terminal — split panes, hotkey window, tmux on top.

Oh My Zsh

Shell — minimal prompt, fzf, zoxide.

Astro

Static + content sites across the empire.

React

When a site needs interaction-heavy surfaces.

TypeScript

Default language for everything new.

Tailwind

Styling. No CSS-in-JS, no Sass files.

WP-CLI

Plugin testing, fixtures, install + migration.

Local

Local WP environments — fastest spin-up I've tried.

Gutenberg

Block editor — daily work surface at One.com.

Cloudflare

Workers + Pages + KV + R2 + D1 — runs the whole empire.

Hostinger

Legacy VPS for the few WordPress full-stack sites left.

GitHub

Repo home + CI via Actions.

Razorpay

Empire-wide billing via the central platform Worker.

Raycast

Launcher + clipboard + window-manager + AI snippets.

Notion

Notes, planning, empire roadmap collaboration.

Claude

Long-form thinking partner + writing review.

ChatGPT

Quick code + research lookups.

Arc

Daily browser — vertical tabs, workspaces.

Chrome

Testing + DevTools when I need Lighthouse honesty.

Safari

macOS-default testing + battery-friendly browsing.

Firefox

Cross-engine testing.

Designing Data-Intensive Applications Amazon

Kleppmann — system design reference I re-read every year.

A Philosophy of Software Design Amazon

Ousterhout — short, dense, completely changed how I think about complexity.

The Pragmatic Programmer Amazon

Hunt + Thomas — checked back into this after 5 years; still all true.