Uses

A full list of the hardware, software, tools, and services I use daily for development, design, and productivity. Inspired by uses.tech.

Hardware

Laptop — Primary development machine for all work

External Monitor — Extra screen space for productivity

Mechanical Keyboard — Better typing experience during long sessions

Wireless Mouse — Comfortable for extended use

Editor & Terminal

VS Code — Primary code editor — fast, extensible, free

Zsh + Oh My Zsh — Customized terminal with useful plugins

GitHub Copilot — AI code suggestions for faster development

Prettier + ESLint — Code formatting and linting on every save

GitLens — Enhanced Git history inside VS Code

Dev Stack

Next.js + React — Full-stack framework for web apps

Node.js + Express — Backend API development

MongoDB + Mongoose — Database of choice for most projects

TypeScript — Type safety across the entire stack

Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS — fast and consistent UI

Framer Motion — Production-grade animations in React

Tools & Services

Cloudinary — Image hosting and optimization

Vercel — Frontend deployment — zero config

Render — Backend/API hosting

Postman — API testing and documentation

Figma — UI design and wireframing

Notion — Project management and notes

GitHub — Version control and code collaboration

AI & Automation

n8n — Workflow automation — self-hosted

OpenAI API — LLM integration for AI features

Pinecone — Vector database for semantic search (RAG)

Google Gemini — Alternative LLM for cost-effective tasks

Claude (Anthropic) — Complex reasoning and code generation

Productivity

Arc Browser — Cleaner, faster browser for dev work

Slack — Client communication

Zoom — Video calls and client meetings

Linear — Issue tracking and project management

Obsidian — Personal knowledge base and notes

This page is inspired by uses.tech — a collection of developer setups.

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