What I use

MacBook Pro 16" M3 Max

The daily driver. Handles everything from Figma to local model inference.

Apple Studio Display

Clean, bright, no fuss. One cable.

iPhone 15 Pro

Mostly for testing mobile layouts and pretending I'll respond to Slack faster.

AirPods Pro

Focus mode essential. Noise cancellation is the real productivity tool.

Cursor

Primary editor. The AI integration changed how I build side projects — for better and worse.

VS Code

Still use it for heavier projects where I want full control over extensions and config.

iTerm2 + zsh

Nothing fancy. Starship prompt, a few aliases, that's it.

GitHub

All my side projects live here. Copilot for the boring parts.

Vercel

Deploy on push. This site runs on it.

Claude

My go-to for thinking through strategy problems and writing. Feels like talking to a sharp colleague.

ChatGPT

Good for quick lookups and brainstorming. The plugins are still finding their footing.

Cursor + Claude/GPT

The vibe coding stack. Fast for prototyping, dangerous for architecture decisions.

Perplexity

Replaced most of my Google searches for research-heavy questions.

Figma

For mockups when I need to think visually before coding.

Tailwind CSS

The only CSS framework I'll use. Ship fast, stay consistent.

Excalidraw

For quick diagrams and system sketches. The hand-drawn look keeps things informal.

Arc Browser

Spaces for work vs. personal. The best browser nobody's heard of.

Notion

Knowledge base, project tracker, essay drafts. Everything lands here first.

Apple Calendar

Calendar blocking is the only productivity system that's ever stuck for me.

Apple Notes

For quick captures. Anything that survives 24 hours gets moved to Notion.

Spotify

Instrumental focus playlists when writing. Lo-fi hip hop is a cliche because it works.