What I Use

Inspired by uses.tech. This page showcases the tools, AI systems, automation workflows, hardware, and software that power my everyday development and productivity.

Hardware

24" 4K Monitor

High-resolution display

Arctic Fox

Wireless mouse

HP Scanner + Printer

Multifunction device

HUION HS640

Graphics tablet

JBL 660 NC

Noise-canceling headphones

JBL 670 NC

Noise-canceling headphones

Lenovo IdeaCentre 3

Desktop computer

MacBook Air M2

Primary laptop

Portronics bubble

Mechanical keyboard

Portronics Buddy

Laptop stand

Portronics POR

Wireless mouse

Operating Systems

Custom Linux (Arch-based)

Customized environment

macOS Sequoia

Primary OS

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Server and VM OS

Windows (VMs)

For testing

Web Browsers

Brave (privacy‑first)

Minimalist browsing

Chrome (stable)

Default browser

Firefox Developer

For dev tools

Safari

macOS default

Dev Stack & AI

Django

Admin UIs, dashboards

FastAPI

AI backends

N8N

No-code automation

Next.js

App router, Turboflakes

Node.js v22-LTS

Backend services

OpenAI APIs

GPT-4, embeddings

Python

FastAPI, DS

React v19 + Remix

Frontend framework

VS.Code

Web & AI coding

Writing & Notes

Google Docs

Document editing

Medium Publishing

Blog publishing

Notion

Notes and docs

Obsidian (Deprecated)

Knowledge management

Tools & Collaboration

Cloudflare (DNS & CDN)

Figma

Design & prototyping

GitHub

Code repository

Homebrew

macOS package manager

Miro

Wireframes & collaboration

Postman

API testing

Reddit (community learning)

Comm & Meetings

Confluence

documentation

Google Chat

Team comms

Jira

Issue tracking

Microsoft Teams

Meetings

Microsoft Teams

Collaboration

Slack

Collaboration

Trello

Project management

Zoom

Video calls

Infra & DevOps

AWS

Lambda, Infra

Cloudflare

DNS & CDN

Docker

Containers

Google Cloud Platform

Cloud services

Heroku

Deployment

MongoDB

Atlas/local

Nginx

Reverse proxy

PostgreSQL

Main SQL DB

Raspberry Pi

Home server

Redis

Caching/session

Vercel

Frontend deploy

Media & Streaming

Netflix

Video streaming

Spotify

Music streaming

YouTube

Video streaming

Home Automation

Alexa Assistant

Smart home control

Raspberry Pi

Automation hub