Uses

Editor & environment:

• -[Cursor](cursor.com)Where I spend most of my typing. Jump around the repo, fix things inline, ask dumb questions out loud.
• -Baseline settingsFormat on save, strip trailing space, keep a newline at EOF. Indent is whatever the project already uses, usually two spaces.
• -TypographyGeist Mono in the editor, Geist in the UI. Line height bumped a notch so my eyes don't hate me.
  • -[Geist fonts](vercel.com)
• -Product iconsWhatever icon pack reads fastest at a glance. I swap sometimes; not religious about it.
  • -[Material Icon Theme (VS Code)](marketplace.visualstudio.com)
• -Formatting & lintLet the machine handle spacing. I wire up whatever the repo expects and try not to fight it.
  • -[Prettier](prettier.io)
  • -[ESLint](eslint.org)
  • -[Biome](biomejs.dev)
• -ThemesDark mode first. Catppuccin vibes or flat grays, and I match the OS when I remember to.
  • -[Catppuccin](github.com)

Browser:

• -[Zen Browser](zen-browser.app)Firefox-based, vertical tabs, workspaces. Feels less noisy than Chrome for long sessions.
• -ExtensionsSmall list on purpose. If something makes the bar crowded or the browser slow, I uninstall it.
  • -[uBlock Origin](github.com)
  • -[1Password](1password.com)
• -Zen mods & tweaksTighter layout, accent color, sidebar stuff. I add things, get bored, delete half of them.
  • -[Zen documentation](docs.zen-browser.app)
• -Dev tooling in-browserReact DevTools when I'm in React land, network tab when something won't load, resize mode when CSS fights me.
  • -[React DevTools](react.dev)

AI & assistants:

• -[Claude](claude.ai)Good when I want something explained slowly or a draft that doesn't sound like a tweet thread.
• -[Hugging Face](huggingface.co)Poking at open models, comparing checkpoints, sometimes running stuff in the browser. Rabbit hole friendly.
• -[Perplexity](perplexity.ai)When I want links back, not a confident paragraph with no sources.
• -[Notebook LM](notebooklm.google.com)Dump PDFs and notes in, get summaries and weird podcast versions. Surprisingly handy for studying.
• -Cursor / IDE agentsRename across files, scaffold tests, run commands from the sidebar. Still check the diff like a paranoid person.

CLI:

• -[git & GitHub CLI](cli.github.com)Push, PR, review, repeat. `gh` saves me from clicking through GitHub.
• -[Package & runtime](bun.sh)Bun or Node depending on mood and what broke last week. pnpm-style installs when the project cares.
• -Search & navigationSearch code, find files, fuzzy pick. That's most of my terminal joy.
  • -[ripgrep](github.com)
  • -[fd](github.com)
  • -[fzf](github.com)
• -[Shell polish](starship.rs)Starship for a short prompt and a few aliases for commands I type fifty times a day.

Design & creativity:

• -[Figma](figma.com)Mockups, components, "what if this button lived here" experiments.
• -[Adobe](adobe.com)Photoshop and Lightroom for photos; Illustrator when I need vectors and patience.
• -[OBS Studio](obsproject.com)Screen records, simple scenes, the occasional stream when I'm brave enough.
• -[Excalidraw](excalidraw.com)Rough diagrams that still look fine pasted into a doc or a PR.