/uses

What I use

The hardware, software and small tools I rely on every day. People ask often enough that it earned its own page.

Workstation

14" MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 36 GB)
Fast enough that I stopped thinking about it.
Dell U2723QE 27" 4K monitor
USB-C hub built in; one cable to the laptop.
Keychron Q1 with Gateron Browns
Heavy, quiet, and a pleasure to type on.
Logitech MX Master 3S
Horizontal scroll wheel is great for wide tables.
IKEA Bekant sit/stand desk
Standing for the first hour of the day.

Editor & terminal

VS Code
With Vim keybindings, Error Lens and the axe Accessibility Linter.
JetBrains Mono, 14px
Ligatures off. Line height 1.6.
Ghostty + fish shell
Starship prompt, zoxide and fzf for jumping around.
Theme: Tokyo Night
Light mode during the day, dark after sunset.

Development

Chrome & Firefox DevTools
Performance panel and accessibility tree, daily.
Playwright
End-to-end and visual regression tests.
VoiceOver & NVDA
Every feature gets a screen reader pass before review.
Polypane
Testing many viewports and colour schemes at once.

Apps & everyday

Obsidian
Notes, drafts for this site, and a daily log.
Raycast
Launcher, clipboard history and window management.
Figma
Pairing with designers and inspecting specs.
AirPods Pro + Spotify
Lo-fi for focus, podcasts for chores.

A peek at my settings.json

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6,
  "editor.fontLigatures": false,
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Tokyo Night",
  "vim.useSystemClipboard": true
}