Uses

List of tech that I use on a daily basis, inspired by uses.tech.

Hardware

Desk setup

💻 Computers

• Work: Macbook Pro 14” M3 Pro, 32GB RAM (review)
• Personal: Macbook Pro 16” 2019 Intel Core i7 2.6Ghz, 32GB RAM
• Gaming: Windows PC Ryzen 5600X, RTX 1080Ti, 32GB RAM

Accessories

• ⌨️ Keyboard: Logitech K120 keyboard
• 🖱️ Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless
• 🎧 Earbuds: Airpods Pro 2 (review)
• 🎙️ Microphone: Blue Yeti
• 📷 Webcam: Logitech MX Brio
• 🔌 UGREEN USB 3.0 Switch for switching between docked laptop and PC

On the move

• Phone: Samsung S21 Ultra
• Watch: Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra (review)
• Earbuds: Airpods Pro 2 (review) for regular use, Jaybird Vista for workouts
• Reading: Kindle Oasis
• iPad Pro 12.9” 2018 for reading graphic novels or notetaking with Apple Pencil

Photography

• Canon EOS R10
  • Lenses
    • RF-S 18-150mm kit lens
    • RF 50mm 1.8mm prime lens
  • Storage
    • SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card - 256GB
    • Lexar Professional 1667X - 256 GB
• GoPro Hero 8 Black
• Polaroid Now

Software

Editors and IDEs

• Neovim as the primary text editor (read more)
• Cursor when I’m depending on AI assistance in the editor, which is fairly often these days
• Antigravity, as an alternative to Cursor, for hobby projects (read more)

Terminal

I use an installer script to set up my dotfiles with these tools:

• iTerm2 terminal emulator
• zsh
• Homebrew for installing commandline tools
• mise for switching tool versions
• fzf for fuzzy file search
• ripgrep for search
• Fira Code font

Desktop apps

• Google Chrome for browsing and devtools
• Obsidian, for personal note taking and journaling at home
• Logseq for note taking and tracking daily todos at work.
• Raycast instead of spotlight on Mac
• MonitorControl for controlling external display brightness
• Notunes for preventing Mac from accidentally opening Apple Music

GenAI

• Cursor for AI assisted coding
• Antigravity, as an alternative to Cursor, for hobby projects (read more)
• Claude Code at work, to hand off long running tasks, when I’m not doing hands on coding
• Ollama for playing with local models

See posts tagged #AI for more.

Tech stack

I primarily work on Ruby + Rails + MySQL at work, with GraphQL acting as the API for the React frontent.

For hobby projects, these are the technologies I reach for:

• Ruby + Rails + SQLite as the default stack for hobby web apps like photography and bookmarks sites
  • Postgres was my default DB in the past, but I like having the simplicity of SQLite
• Elixir + Phoenix + SQLite when I’m looking for a change of scenery from Rails (Devlibrary)
• Fly.io for hosting web apps
• Cloudflare for domains and CDN

Blogging

• Jekyll with custom theme
• GitHub Pages for hosting
• S3 for hosting images and assets
• Cloudflare CDN
• Obsidian for editing markdown