✅ Things I Use ✅
December 21, 2025 · View on GitHub
Computer Hardware
- 💻 MacBook Pro 16-inch
- 🖥️ BenQ PD2710QC
- 🐭 Logitech M720 Triathlon Mouse
- Das Mechnical Keyboard (Model: DASK4MKPROSIL-3G7-r1.4)
- Bose QC 35 II Headset (if you need replacement pads, these are what you want)
Computer OS
- macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 (Laptop)
IDEs/Editors
- IntelliJ IDEA (Kotlin, Java, Typescript) - Light mode all the way 💡 (😈😂)
- IntelliJ PyCharm (Python)
- Visual Studio Code (everything else)
- Vim (console)
AI Tooling
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Github Copilot
Version Management
- Mise
Programming Languages
- Kotlin
- Java
- Ruby
- Python
- Typescript
Distributed Systems
- Temporal
- Kafka
Data
- Postgres
Libraries/Frameworks/SDKs
- Tailwind CSS
- React
- Next.js
- Alpine
- Azul JDK
- Spring / Spring Boot
- Ruby on Rails
Other Programming Tools
- GitHub
- kslint
Terminal
- Warp
- Termius (SSH)
- Bash (Linux), Zsh (Mac)
Fuel
- Coffee: Gevalia
- PC 1L Cold Brew Maker
- Gunpowder Green Tea
Key Phone Apps
- Pockect Casts (podcasts)
- Spotify
- Reeder (RSS)
- Goodreads
- Nature: iNaturalist, eBird, Merlin, Sibley V2, Leps
- YNAB (budget)
- SayHi (Translation)
- Duolingo (language learning and now math and music)
- ESV
- YouVersion
Collaboration Apps
- Slack
- Google Meet
- Tuple
Other Software/Services
- 🎨 Gimp
- Docker
- Postman
- 🔒 Bitwarden (password management)
- Audacity (sound recording/editing)
- NX Studio (processing RAW Nikon images)
- FileZilla (SFTP/FTP)
- Gramps (Geneology)
- Willow.camp
Hosting Providers
- Vercel
Photography Gear
- 📷 SLR Camera: Nikon D7000
- Lens 1: Nikor 70-300mm AFS VR
- Lens 2: Sigma 17-70 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM
- Lens 3: MIAO Lab Smartphone Macro Lens (clip on)
- MIAO Lab 200X SmartPhone clip on Microscope with CPL Lens/LED Light
- SD Cards (2X): SanDisk Ultra 64GB SDHC UHS-I Card
- EN-EL15 USB Charger for Nikon
- Fotodiox Nikon Macro Extension Tube Kit for Nikon
Outdoor/Nature/Lighting Gear
- Scope: Celestron Ultima 80
- 🔦 Flashlight: Olight S2R II 1150 Lumens Rechargeable LED Flashlight
- 💡 Moth Light 1: Lepiled Standard 1.0 - lightweight (only c. 410 g), small, robust and efficient composite LED USB-powered Light
- 💡 Moth Lights 2/3: Cheap USB Blacklight party strips
- 🔋 USB Powerpack 1: Gikwbc 38,800 mAH (4 USB Output, USB C & Micro USB Input)
- 🔋 USB Powerpack 2: Imuto 27,000 mAH QC 3.0
- 🔋 USB Powerpack 3: YHO 26,800 mAH QC 3.0