Uses

A list of tools and hardware I use daily. Updated periodically as my setup evolves.

Hardware

• MacBook Pro M3 Max — 36GB unified memory, enough for local inference and light fine-tuning
• External Display — 27" 4K monitor for split-screen coding and documentation
• Keyboard — Keychron K2 with mechanical switches for long typing sessions

Development

• Editor — VS Code with Vim keybindings
• Terminal — Warp AI (integrated command explanations are transformative)
• Browser — Arc for organization, Chrome for compatibility testing
• API Client — Thunder Client for VS Code (lighter than Postman)

AI & ML

• Primary model — Claude Sonnet for code generation, Opus for deep reasoning
• Local models — Llama 3.1 8B via Ollama for fast local inference
• AI framework — Pydantic AI for agent development and structured outputs
• Vector DB — SQLite with sqlite-vec for RAG (no external dependencies)
• Notebook — Jupyter Lab for experimentation and model testing

Knowledge management

• Primary system — Obsidian with a custom agentic stack for note linking and discovery
• Capture — Mobile Obsidian for quick inputs during the day
• Publishing — Quartz for static site generation from my vault (in progress)

Hosting & infrastructure

• Static hosting — Cloudflare Pages (zero config, global edge)
• DNS — Cloudflare DNS (proxied for DDoS protection)
• Analytics — Cloudflare Web Analytics (privacy-first, no cookies)
• CI/CD — GitHub triggers Cloudflare Pages builds automatically

Writing

• Blog posts — Pages CMS (git-backed, browser-based editor)
• Docs — Markdown in Obsidian, synced via Git
• Grammar — Grammarly for final polish

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