The Setup.

The loyal fallback. Still open in another window, just in case Cursor has opinions.

npm was slow. yarn was a phase. Life is short. Bun it is.

The only font that makes me look like I genuinely know what I'm doing.

Lightweight shell that keeps Windows from completely ruining the Unix experience.

Fast, minimal prompt engine that turns your terminal into a context-aware HUD without asking for permission.

The only terminal you tolerate because it’s already inside your editor.

Main design tool for building and iterating interfaces before they hit code.

Used for layout ideas, quick UI direction, and exploring visual options faster than manual trial-and-error.

Reliable color system used when I need consistency and accessibility without overthinking palettes.

Company-issued workhorse. Not glamorous, but stable enough to survive actual development work.

Used for side projects, experiments, and breaking things safely before they hit production.

Daily earbuds. Good enough for focus, calls, and pretending the world is not noisy.

Home assistant for music, timers, and occasionally arguing with voice commands.

Primary browser. Fast, clean, and handles daily dev + research without turning into a distraction farm.

Used selectively for Twitch and media-heavy browsing when I want tabs contained and system resources “managed”.

Idea capture, planning, and documentation space. Some things get organized, most things get archived emotionally.

Background soundtrack for writing code, thinking, and pretending deadlines don’t exist.

Deployment platform for frontend projects. Push code, deploy instantly, fix regrets in production.

DNS, caching, and protection layer between my apps and the internet’s bad intentions.

Version control, collaboration, and a permanent record of every commit I told myself was “final”.

Backend-as-a-service for auth, database, and real-time features without spinning up infrastructure at 2 AM.

Serverless Postgres for when I want a database that scales without emotional damage.

API hosting and backend deployment made simple. Push services, scale fast, worry less about infrastructure pain.

Email API that actually delivers emails instead of disappearing into the void.

Essential runtime dependency. Without it, build times increase and motivation decreases.

Where half-baked ideas, architecture sketches, and “I’ll fix this later” lives permanently.

Non-technical and technical reading in bursts. Mostly for thinking breaks, not consistent enlightenment arcs.