Uses
What I use.
A living list of the hardware, software, and services I lean on day to day — for Virtual Computing, Nahayat, and my own tinkering. Things get swapped out now and then; this page keeps up.
Desk & hardware
- MacBook Pro
My main machine for everything, work and side projects alike.
- External display
A second screen to keep docs, terminal, and calls side by side.
- Mechanical keyboard
Tactile switches — worth it for the hours spent typing.
- Noise-cancelling headphones
For deep work and calls with partners.
Software & development
- VS Code + Claude Code
Editor of choice, with an AI pair-programmer in the terminal.
- Obsidian
My second brain — notes, meeting minutes, and everything in between.
- GitHub
Source control and CI for this site and other projects.
- Next.js + Payload
The stack behind this very site.
AI
- Claude (Anthropic)
Daily driver for writing, coding, and thinking out loud.
- ChatGPT (OpenAI)
A second opinion when I want to compare answers.
Self-hosting & infra
- Coolify
Self-hosted PaaS — deploys this site and more, straight from Git.
- Garage
S3-compatible object storage for media, fully self-hosted.
- Traefik + Cloudflare
Reverse proxy and DNS, with automatic TLS.
- PostgreSQL
The database behind the CMS.