dev@portfolio:~/portfolio/uses$
/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.