Uses

Tools, apps and gear I reach for. Part of the /uses movement, so here’s mine. Not a wishlist. What I actually use.

Editor + Terminal

Warp — my terminal.
Antigravity Terminal
PhpStorm — where I write most code.
Antigravity IDE
Homebrew — everything on the Mac starts here.
TablePlus — databases.
Firefox

AI

Claude Code — AI right in the terminal. Does a lot of the heavy lifting now.
Claude Desktop

Hosting + Infrastructure

Laravel Forge — I don’t enjoy setting up servers or editing nginx configs. I find it confusing and tedious, so I hand it to Forge and move on.
Digital Ocean — every project I run lives here. The docs and tutorials alone are worth it.
Cloudflare

Cameras

Sony FX6
Canon R6
Canon R8
Logitech Brio 4K — the webcam for calls and quick recordings.
A few prime lenses and a cine lens.

Video + Photo Editing

DaVinci Resolve — main edit and color.
DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel — grading by hand beats grading with a mouse.
Premiere Pro
After Effects
Photoshop
TourBox Elite — one-handed controller for editing.

Audio + Screencasting

ScreenFlow — screen recording and editing.
Shure SM7B — the mic, with a Fethead inline preamp.
Focusrite 2i2 — audio interface for the SM7B.
Heil PL-2T — boom arm.
Auphonic — audio post.
Simplecast — podcast hosting.
Vimeo — video hosting.

Desk + Hardware

Apple MacBook Pro (2023) — M3 Max, 16 inch, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD.
Magic Mouse

Gaming

PS5
Xbox Series X

There’s plenty more I use that didn’t make this list. I’ll put those up someday, probably with the embarrassing backstory each one deserves.