/usesUpdated 25 May 2026
What I'm running.
The hardware, editor, and tools behind the work. Inspired by uses.tech. Honest, dated, edited when anything changes.
Hardware
- Daily driver
- Custom Windows workstation (16-core, 64 GB RAM)
- Mobile dev
- iPhone for Celer iOS testing
- Audio
- Wired headphones — no Bluetooth in the dev loop
Editor + shell
- Editor
- VS Code with the GitHub theme and Vim keybindings
- Terminal
- Windows Terminal + PowerShell
- AI assist
- Claude Code — under senior human review every line that ships
Languages + frameworks
- Frontend
- Next.js 14 (App Router), React, Tailwind CSS
- Backend
- Node.js + TypeScript, Python + FastAPI for ML glue
- Data
- PostgreSQL + pgvector, S3-compatible object storage
- Testing
- Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E), enforced > 80% coverage
Hosting + ops
- Frontend hosting
- Netlify with prebuild env injection
- Data residency
- AWS eu-west-2 (UK region)
- Auth
- OAuth2 / OpenID Connect — no password auth shipped
- CI
- GitHub Actions, full suite on every PR
Reference + writing
- ADRs
- Plain Markdown, committed alongside the code they describe
- Note-taking
- Obsidian, daily
- Reading
- Hardback non-fiction, paper journal for daily review