Tools of the trade.
A living inventory of the hardware, software, and engineering principles powering my systems work, writing, and daily focus. Refined over 12+ years of shipping software.
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Mac Mini M4
10-core CPU (4 performance + 6 efficiency) • 16-core Neural Engine • 120GB/s unified memory bandwidth
External Display
High-density workspace layout: IDE and Ghostty on primary pane, architecture specs and Azure telemetry side-by-side.
AirPods Pro 2
Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) with USB-C. Essential for entering uninterrupted deep-flow engineering sessions.
AI Agent Platform & Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Multi-model orchestration (GPT-5.2 & GPT-mini), memory persistence, dynamic evaluation pipelines, and Azure AI Foundry.
Microsoft Azure & Container Mesh
Device Health API platform serving 150M req/day at 99.999% SLA across 3M+ monitored Azure nodes. Event-driven Azure Container Apps.
TypeScript, Node.js & .NET 9
Type-safe modern web architectures and platform runtimes designed for durable reliability, zero telemetry drift, and high throughput.
Raycast
DAILY DRIVER // SHORTCUT HUBInstant application launcher, window management, clipboard history, custom scripts, and quick calculations. Replaces Spotlight with superhuman speed.
⌥ + SpaceChatGPT & Claude
ARCHITECTURE SPARRINGIterating on API interface designs, reviewing complex regexes, generating unit test fixtures, and technical writing draft reviews.
⌘ + Shift + GGoogle Chrome
INSPECTOR & RUNTIMEPrimary browser for web apps, Azure portal dashboards, Chrome DevTools performance profiling, and network diagnostics.
⌘ + ⌥ + IAsync messaging with collaborators, engineering peers, and family across time zones.
⌘ + 1Where ideas become resilient code.
Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and Ghostty. A focused, low-latency workspace from the initial architectural sketch to production deployment.
Explore editor & terminal →Hardware
- Mac Mini M4 — 10-core CPU, 16-core Neural Engine, silent desk powerhouse DAILY DRIVER
- External Monitor — IDE, terminals & telemetry dashboards side-by-side
- AirPods Pro 2 (USB-C) — Active Noise Cancellation for uninterrupted flow state ESSENTIAL
Editor & Terminal
- Visual Studio Code — primary development environment DAILY DRIVER
- GitHub Copilot — AI-assisted pair programming & inline completions PREFERRED
- Ghostty — ultra-fast GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Zig DAILY DRIVER
- OpenCode — terminal AI coding assistant OCCASIONAL
- Git + GitHub CLI (gh) — PR workflows, code reviews, release pipelines
- GitHub Copilot CLI — AI terminal assistant for complex bash & git pipelines PREFERRED
Engineering Stack
- TypeScript & Node.js — web platforms, tooling, and AI agent orchestration PREFERRED
- .NET 9 / C# — high-throughput backend services and cloud platform engineering
- Docker — local development parity and microservice containerization ESSENTIAL
- Microsoft Azure — cloud-native architecture, Container Apps, Cosmos DB DAILY DRIVER
Daily Apps
- Raycast — launcher, clipboard history, window snapping, and workflow shortcuts FAVOURITE
- Google Chrome — primary browser and DevTools performance profiler DAILY DRIVER
- ChatGPT & Claude — architecture design sparring, drafting, and test generation DAILY DRIVER
- WhatsApp — asynchronous team, peer, and family communication