VOL.10 — FIELD VOLUME

▲ 8,500M

GEAR MANIFEST

MY SETUP

A running list of what I use every day. Updated occasionally when something changes.

SEC.01 — Editor & Terminal

04 ITEMS
  • 001

    VS Code

    Primary editor. Extensions: Pylance, ESLint, Prisma, GitLens, Tailwind IntelliSense

  • 002

    Windows Terminal + WSL 2

    Ubuntu on WSL for dev work, PowerShell for Windows-specific tasks

  • 003

    JetBrains Mono

    The only font I have used for three years and will not change

  • 004

    Vim keybindings

    VS Code Vim extension. Yes, I am one of those people.

SEC.02 — Stack Defaults

05 ITEMS
  • 005

    Next.js 15 + TypeScript

    Frontend default for anything serious. App Router only.

  • 006

    FastAPI + Python

    Backend default. Clean, fast, good type hints.

  • 007

    PostgreSQL

    Primary database. Prisma ORM for TypeScript projects.

  • 008

    Docker + Kubernetes

    Everything runs in containers. No exceptions for production.

  • 009

    Tailwind CSS

    Utility-first and I will not apologize for it.

SEC.03 — Design

03 ITEMS
  • 010

    Figma

    All UI design work. Shared with clients for feedback.

  • 011

    Adobe Photoshop

    Image editing and compositing for client projects.

  • 012

    Adobe Illustrator

    Vector work, logos, icons.

SEC.04 — Productivity

04 ITEMS
  • 013

    Notion

    Project management, sprint planning, documentation.

  • 014

    Obsidian

    Personal knowledge base and daily notes.

  • 015

    Linear

    Issue tracking on larger projects.

  • 016

    Postman

    API testing. Used daily.

SEC.05 — Hardware

03 ITEMS
  • 017

    Custom PC

    Ryzen 7 5700X, RTX 3060, 32GB RAM. Built it myself. Runs Ubuntu dual-boot.

  • 018

    Mechanical keyboard

    Budget mechanical with brown switches. Loud enough to annoy coworkers.

  • 019

    NAS at KS Photography

    Maintained and configured the studio NAS for photo backup workflows.

SEC.06 — AI Tools I Actually Use

03 ITEMS
  • 020

    Claude

    Code review, documentation, architecture thinking.

  • 021

    GitHub Copilot

    Autocomplete in VS Code. Genuinely useful for boilerplate.

  • 022

    Perplexity

    Research with citations. Better than Googling for technical questions.