Gear & Setup

13-inch, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD. Silent, lightweight, absolutely flies for dev work.

Compact wireless keyboard. Satisfying tactile feel without mechanical noise.

Best mouse I've ever used. MagSpeed scroll wheel is genuinely magical.

Primary external display. IPS panel, great colour accuracy for design work too.

ANC headphones for deep focus sessions. Pairs perfectly with lo-fi playlists.

Primary editor with a heavily customised setup — Vim keybindings, Tokyo Night theme.

For when I want to feel fast. LazyVim config keeps it manageable.

Modern terminal with AI autocomplete and block-based output. Replaced iTerm2.

Spotlight replacement that I couldn't live without. Extensions for everything.

Rethinks what a browser should be. Spaces and command bar changed how I browse.

Design and prototyping. The go-to for UI mockups before writing a single line.

Second brain. Project notes, reading lists, daily logs, everything.

Faster, disk-efficient npm alternative. Hard to go back once you switch.

JavaScript runtime + bundler + package manager. Insanely fast.

Containers for every project. Consistent environments, no more 'works on my machine'.

API testing. The collections + environments workflow is solid.

Best database GUI for macOS. Handles Postgres, MySQL, Redis, SQLite.

Lo-fi hip hop, instrumental playlists, and the occasional Taylor Swift album.

Issue tracking that doesn't get in the way. Beautiful, fast, opinionated.

Local-first markdown notes with backlinks. For when Notion feels too cloud-y.