Uses

things I'm using.

About ten years of buying random gadgets and software and slowly figuring out what actually stuck. Hardware on my desk, the boring self-care stuff, and the dev stack I reach for without thinking. None of this is sponsored or aspirational.

Hardware

Laptops, phones, the messy desk in the photo, earbuds, watch. What actually gets used, not what looks good in a spec sheet.

Workspace desk setup with monitor and gear — desk setup

Personal care

Skin picks that survived my bad experiments. Nothing fancy, just things that don't make my face angry.

[Desert Essence | Charcoal Carrageenan](https://www.desertessence.com/products/activated-charcoal-carrageenan-free-toothpaste?srsltid=AfmBOop8iwrclIqbvBi_hlploEZg4MvMMuKpCwe4VlYZXVGLOuYIdKQz) — Toothpaste
[Jamun Acne | Face Serum](https://www.jamun.in/products/jamun-acne-face-serum) — Face Serum
[N+ Mositurizer](https://www.npluscosmetics.com/products/nplus-mositurizer) — Moisturizer
Garnier | Invisible serum Sunscreen — Sunscreen

Peripherals

Random bits: bike, polishing cloth, whatever didn't fit above.

Development

Editors, browser, a handful of AI tabs, terminal tools, and the design apps I open when I'm not just writing code. Honest list, not a resume keyword dump.

Editor & environment:

[Cursor](https://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.
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TypographyGeist Mono in the editor, Geist in the UI. Line height bumped a notch so my eyes don't hate me.
- [Geist fonts](https://vercel.com/font)
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Product iconsWhatever icon pack reads fastest at a glance. I swap sometimes; not religious about it.
- [Material Icon Theme (VS Code)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PKief.material-icon-theme)
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Formatting & lintLet the machine handle spacing. I wire up whatever the repo expects and try not to fight it.
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ThemesDark mode first. Catppuccin vibes or flat grays, and I match the OS when I remember to.
- [Catppuccin](https://github.com/catppuccin/catppuccin)

Browser:

[Zen Browser](https://zen-browser.app)Firefox-based, vertical tabs, workspaces. Feels less noisy than Chrome for long sessions.
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ExtensionsSmall list on purpose. If something makes the bar crowded or the browser slow, I uninstall it.
- [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock)
- [1Password](https://1password.com/downloads/browser/)
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Zen mods & tweaksTighter layout, accent color, sidebar stuff. I add things, get bored, delete half of them.
- [Zen documentation](https://docs.zen-browser.app/)
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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](https://react.dev/learn/react-developer-tools)

AI & assistants:

[Claude](https://claude.ai)Good when I want something explained slowly or a draft that doesn't sound like a tweet thread.
[Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co)Poking at open models, comparing checkpoints, sometimes running stuff in the browser. Rabbit hole friendly.
[Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai)When I want links back, not a confident paragraph with no sources.
[Notebook LM](https://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](https://cli.github.com)Push, PR, review, repeat. `gh` saves me from clicking through GitHub.
[Package & runtime](https://bun.sh)Bun or Node depending on mood and what broke last week. pnpm-style installs when the project cares.
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Search & navigationSearch code, find files, fuzzy pick. That's most of my terminal joy.
[Shell polish](https://starship.rs)Starship for a short prompt and a few aliases for commands I type fifty times a day.

Design & creativity:

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