Uses

The tools and setup I reach for every day.

Editor & AI

  • VS Code and PyCharm — my main editors
  • Cursor — trying it out for AI-assisted editing
  • Claude Code — used extensively, day to day
  • Gemini CLI — experimenting with it

Terminal & utilities

  • iTerm2
  • zsh with oh-my-zsh and Powerlevel10k
  • Flycut — clipboard manager
  • espanso — text expansion and shortcuts

Languages & tools

  • Python, Django, and Pytest — my core backend stack
  • PostgreSQL and Docker
  • React and Next.js — as I expand into frontend
  • Astro — what this site is built with
  • Bruno — my API client (switched from Postman)

Hardware

  • MacBook Pro (M3 Pro)
  • Keychron K2 — when I’m not on the laptop keyboard
  • Any decent external monitor — no strong preference