Uses

What's on the desk.

Hardware, software, and tools I use daily to build and think.

Updated October 2026

Paper and pen: still the fastest way to think. Always on the desk.

Hardware

Computing

MacBook Pro 14" M5 Pro (2026)Primary machine. Fast enough that I've stopped thinking about performance.

UGREEN RevoDok Max 213 · 13-in-1 Thunderbolt 4The desk hub. One cable docks the MacBook: dual 4K display, 90W charging, and every peripheral at once.

Display and video

Samsung LU28R550 · 28" 4K UHD3840×2160, 60Hz, HDR10, 99% sRGB.

Dell S2722QC · 27" 4K UHDSecond display, rotated to portrait for long docs and code review. USB-C hub, 3840×2160, 60Hz.

Aukey WebcamExternal webcam for calls, talks, and workshops.

Input

Kinesis Freestyle EdgeSplit mechanical keyboard, Cherry MX Brown switches. Takes a week to adapt, worth it.

ProtoArc EM11Ergonomic vertical mouse. Still vertical, because it saved my wrist.

Audio

Audio-Technica ATH-M50xProfessional monitor headphones. Daily driver for focus work and calls.

AirPods 5Noise cancelling for when the desk is not a quiet one.

Elgato Wave:3USB condenser mic, 24-bit/96kHz. For talks, podcasts, and remote meetings.

Workspace

Flexispot E5 ProHeight-adjustable standing desk with memory presets.

Secretlab Titan Evo 2022Chair with 4-way lumbar support. Long sessions, no back pain.

Sketching

iPad Pro + Apple PencilFor sketching ideas, annotating, and thinking visually when the screen isn't enough.

Paper and penStill the fastest way to think. Always on the desk.

Editor and terminal

Claude CodeWhere most of the code gets written now, from the terminal. Git too: commits, branches and rebases mostly go through it.

Visual Studio CodeTo read what changed rather than to write it. Kept around, for now.

iTerm2 + oh-my-zshTerminal setup. Unchanged for years, which means it works.

Browser and productivity

ArcMain browser. Spaces keep work and personal apart. Tried Dia, its successor, and came back.

RaycastReplaced Spotlight. Launcher, clipboard history, snippets. Faster than I expected.

1PasswordPassword manager. Non-negotiable, especially working in security.

ObsidianNotes and everything I write, next to the second-brain tools I build for myself: tsundoku, bindex, kanpai.

pgAdminFor when I have to query a database by hand. Looking for something better; suggestions welcome.

Design and diagrams

diagrams.netGo-to for architecture diagrams, flows, and system design sketches.

Languages: Go · TypeScript · Python
Frameworks: Next.js · React · Tailwind CSS
Infrastructure: Kubernetes · Flux · Pulumi · NATS · GitHub Actions · PostgreSQL · Prometheus · Grafana
Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (current) · AWS (previously)
Services: GitHub · Vercel · Figma