/uses — the tools, the crimes
my setup.
judgment welcome.
the software, hardware, and questionable habits that keep this operation running.
// editor
- Cursor (yes, i sold my soul)
- VS Code (for the muscle memory)
- JetBrains Mono font
// terminal
- Warp
- zsh + starship
- gh cli — pushing at 3AM
// ai stack
- Claude Sonnet
- GPT
- Gemini
- v0 for scaffolding
// design
- Figma
- Excalidraw
- coolors.co
- a healthy Pinterest addiction
// hardware
- MacBook Air M2
- a chair that hates my spine
- noise-cancelling anything
// brain fuel
- iced coffee × 3
- lo-fi + city pop
- the occasional existential crisis
/philosophy
tools don't matter. taste does.
#01
ship first. polish second. delete third.
#02
if it takes >2 clicks, it’s a bug.
#03
ai is a co-worker, not a crutch. mostly.
#04
the best design system is called “consistency.”
#05
if you can’t explain it to your grandma, you probably over-abstracted.
#06
commits are cheap. write them like tweets.