Things I Use

Inspired by Wes Bos's “awesome-uses” collection.

Coffee

Making & Delivering Software

  • Claude Code (agentic coding)
  • Codex
  • MCP servers (grounding agents in my own data)
  • LazyVim (my Neovim setup)
  • Ghostty (terminal), Tmux (multiplexer), ZSH (shell)
  • Chezmoi (dotfile management)
  • Homebrew (macOS software manager)
  • Docker (containment), Kubernetes (orchestration)
  • Vercel (Next.js sites), self-hosted k3s cluster (everything else)

Productivity & Organization

  • Notebook (doodling in meatspace)
  • Todoist (todo list / inbox)
  • Notion (my hierarchical, canonical knowledge)
  • Obsidian (inbox and graphing relationships)
  • Readwise (highlight aggregator)
  • SimpleFIN plus my own finance agent and dashboards
  • Google Suite (documents, calendar, email)
  • 1Password (password manager, personal and shared)
  • Internal NAS backups
  • Rectangle (window management)
  • Bartender (menu bar)

Health, Wellness, & Quantified Self

  • My own journaling tool (part of Quantified Self)
  • Waking Up & Ten Percent (meditation)
  • MacroFactor (nutrition)
  • Oura Ring (sleep)
  • Omron 10 Blood Pressure Monitor

Supplements

My current daily stack:

  • AG1 (greens)
  • Whey and casein protein
  • Metamucil and oat beta-glucan (fiber)
  • Carlson fish oil
  • Magnesium (Slo-Mag) and magnesium L-threonate
  • Vitamin D3 with Jarrow MK-7
  • Theracurmin (curcumin)
  • Vital Proteins collagen peptides
  • CoQ10
  • Lutein and zeaxanthin
  • Jarrow B12/B6/folate
  • L-theanine

Plus a sick stack when I'm fighting something: zinc, quercetin, NAC, and vitamin C.

Language Learning

Hardware

Network & Home Infrastructure

The whole house runs on a UniFi stack, which also backs a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster and Home Assistant:

  • UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max (gateway, controller, IDS/IPS)
  • USW Pro Max 24 PoE core switch, plus USW Flex and USW Flex 2.5G
  • WiFi 7 access points throughout: U7 Pro indoor, in-wall, and outdoor (and a U5G)
  • UniFi Protect cameras: AI 360, G6 180, and G6 Instant
  • UNAS for network storage and NVR
  • Home Assistant (the house controller)