Uses
The stuff I use
every single day.
People ask what tools I use to code, ship, create, and stay sane. Here is the honest answer. No sponsorships, no affiliates - just the things that have earned a permanent spot in my workflow.
Coding
Where the actual work happens.
Visual Studio Code
My primary editor for everything. Extensions, the terminal, the git integration - it does it all without getting in the way.
fish shell
Switched from zsh and never looked back. Autosuggestions out of the box, a sane scripting syntax, and it just works. The terminal finally feels friendly.
Docker
Containers have saved me from "works on my machine" arguments more times than I can count. Non-negotiable for any serious local development setup.
Postman
For testing and documenting APIs. The collections feature is underrated for keeping a team's API knowledge in one place.
Version Control & Infra
Shipping code reliably and sleeping well at night.
Git
The backbone of every project I have ever touched. The more you understand it beyond add, commit, push, the more you realise how much of it there is to know.
GitHub
Where my code lives, my PRs get reviewed, and GitHub Actions quietly does the deployment work I used to do by hand. Also home to a surprising amount of my reading - READMEs included.
Cloudflare
CDN, DNS, and domain registry all in one. This very website sits behind it. Fast, cheap, and the dashboard never makes me feel like I need a certificate to operate it.
AI
The part of the toolbox that did not exist five years ago.
Diagramming
For when words are not enough and a whiteboard is not nearby.
Draw.io
Free, fast, and exports to everything. I reach for it whenever I need to sketch a system architecture or explain a data flow without booking a meeting room.
Miro
When the diagram needs to become a conversation. Collaborative whiteboards for workshops, retros, and planning sessions where everyone needs to point at the same thing at once.
Music
The other thing I spend too much time on, without a single regret.
YouTube Music
Where I discover most of what ends up on repeat. The recommendation algorithm has introduced me to more good music than any human ever has.
QuickTime Player
Deceptively simple but surprisingly capable for capturing quick audio takes. First stop whenever I want to record something without setting up a full session.
Voice Memos
For capturing a melody or lyric idea the moment it appears. Phone out of pocket, tap record, done. More song ideas have survived because of this app than I would like to admit.
GarageBand
Where the ideas from Voice Memos go to grow up. Free, powerful enough for most things, and the learning curve never feels punishing. A remarkable piece of software for the price of zero.
Productivity
Keeping things organised without turning organisation into a hobby.
Weava Highlighter
A browser extension for highlighting and annotating anything on the web. Research, articles, documentation - it all ends up colour-coded and searchable instead of lost in a tab graveyard.
Slack
Work communication lives here. The threading keeps conversations from becoming a wall of noise, and the search is good enough to find that one message from eight months ago that you desperately need.
Google Authenticator
Two-factor authentication for everything that matters. Boring by design, which is exactly what you want from something protecting your accounts.