Uses

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

Hardware

Desk setup

💻 Computers

• Macbook Pro 14” M5 Pro, 64GB RAM
• Windows PC for occasional gaming (Ryzen 5600X, RTX 1080Ti, 32GB RAM)

Accessories

• ⌨️ Keyboard: Ergodox EZ Shine
• 🖱️ 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)
• 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

Terminal

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

• Ghostty
• zsh
• Neovim as the primary text editor (read more)
• Homebrew for installing commandline tools
• mise for switching tool versions
• fzf for fuzzy file search
• ripgrep for search
• Fira Code font

AI

Models

• GPT 6 Luna is my default model, with Sol for planning
• Deepseek V4 Flash for Hermes.

Providers

• GPT Plus subscription is my go-to these days for the value it provides.
• Openrouter: I usually put $10 in credits for testing out open models
• Deepseek API makes Deepseek V4 Flash a lot cheaper because of much better caching compared to Openrouter.

Harnesses

• Pi as the coding harness
• BB to set up automations and custom UIs on top of Pi
• ChatGPT desktop when I’m working on front end. The annotate feature in the in-app browser is fantastic for iterating on UI.
• Hermes as an always on remote agent running on a VPS.

See posts tagged #AI for more.

Desktop apps

• Google Chrome for browsing and devtools
• Obsidian, for personal note taking and journaling at home
• Raycast instead of spotlight on Mac
• MonitorControl for controlling external display brightness
• Notunes for preventing Mac from accidentally opening Apple Music
• LM Studio for playing with local models.

Tech stack

For the past decade, I’ve worked primarily on Ruby, with a Rails monolith, backed by MySQL. GraphQL acts as the API layer for a React front end.

For hobby projects, I typically reach for:

• Rust + Axum + SQLite for small apps
• Elixir + Phoenix + SQLite for more complex apps
• Hetzner VPS 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 as a CDN
• Obsidian for composing posts in markdown