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Software I use, gadgets I love, and other things I recommend.

The things I use to plan world domination, order groceries, and stay productive. Here’s a big list of some of my favorite stuff.

Workstation

  • 14” MacBook Pro, M3 Max, 64GB RAM (2023)

    I have been a fan of apple laptops since I got my first 17" mac book pro back in college. This is my first 14" but with the my dual 27" monitors, I don't miss the laptop screen size difference. Does all that I need, and more.

  • Apple Studio Display (Nano Textured Glass)

    Once you get used to 5k it's hard to go back, even to a bigger monitor. With that nao-textured class, my code has no glare, unless it's coming from me during a code review...

  • LG 5k Display

    The OG 5k 27" display.

  • MoErgo Glove80 Keyboard

    I used to be able to type on any kind of keyboard, as I've gotten more wise I prefer something designed to deliver the best ergonomic typing experience possible for a wide range of hand sizes. Plus it is programmable and has lights!

  • Logitech MX Vertical mouse

    Something about all the gestures makes me feel like a wizard with special powers. I really like feeling like a wizard with special powers.

  • Herman Miller Embody Chair

    Upholstered in Blue Grotto. If I am going to sit most of the day building the future, I might as well do it in a great ergonomic chair.

Development tools

  • Windsurf by Codium

    Built on Visual Studio, with AI powers. Sometimes the magic works, other times it hurts. Windsurf makes it easy to keep a human in the loop and take advantage of AI agents to turbocharge my workflow.

  • Parallels Desktop

    I work with a ton of different environments, and I find the easiest way to keep things separated and prevent breakage or leakage between clients is to have a virtual machine for each of them. Plus no more updating something via brew and breaking some work that had been paused for a bit.

  • Neon.tech

    The hosted postgres that doesn't suck. Who knew you needed branches in your database? The folks at Neon, that's who.

  • Fly.io

    Easy to setup and manage virtual machines for my stateful workloads.

  • Vercel

    The best way to deploy and manage your Next.js applications.

  • Doppler

    Managing secrets and keeping things in sync across teams and environments used to be a pain. Doppler makes it easy, secure, and reasonably priced.

Productivity

  • Raycast

    The shortcut to everything! A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. Fast, ergonomic and reliable.

  • Akiflow

    Managing time effectively is essential for achieving my goals and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Akiflow provides a structured approach to productivity that focuses on capturing, processing, planning, executing, and reviewing tasks. It also integrates with all of my calendars and various tools like slack, github, linear, etc.

  • SavvyCal

    Great tool for scheduling meetings while protecting my calendar and making sure I still have plenty of time for deep work during the week.

  • Clay.earth

    Where I manage all my personal and professional relationships. Clay helps me automatically organize, intelligently search and keep my entire network in sync.

  • Granola

    My AI notepad that helps me capture and organize my meeting notes. Generates the best meeting notes of anything I've tried.