What I use.

Hardware, software, and tools that power my daily workflow. Updated occasionally.

Desktop

  • Intel Core i9-12900K 16-core, 3.2 GHz.
  • Asus PRIME Z690-A ATX LGA1700 motherboard.
  • Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 64 GB 4x16 GB DDR5-5600 CL36.
  • Asus TUF GAMING OC RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB.
  • Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM liquid cooler.
  • Corsair AX860 860 W 80+ Platinum, fully modular.
  • Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX mid tower case.

Storage

  • Crucial T700 1 TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe with heatsink.
  • Samsung 960 Pro 1 TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe.
  • Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB 2.5" SATA SSD.

Displays

  • Dell S3422DWG 34" 3440x1440 144 Hz curved ultrawide.
  • Asus VG32VQ1B 31.5" 2560x1440 165 Hz curved.

Peripherals & Audio

  • IQUNIX OG80 Wormhole RGB, Bluetooth/wireless/wired keyboard.
  • EPOMAKER Ajazz AK820 Pro Gasket mount, TFT screen, Ajazz Gift switch.
  • KLIM Blaze X Rechargeable wireless mouse, up to 12000 DPI.
  • Razer Naga Trinity Interchangeable side panels.
  • Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise cancelling headphones.
  • Yamaha HS5 70 W studio monitors (pair).
  • Shure MV7 Dynamic microphone, USB/XLR.
  • Elgato Wave Mic Arm LP Low-profile boom arm.
  • Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) USB audio interface.
  • Behringer U-PHORIA UMC22 2x2 USB interface, Midas preamp.
  • Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam.
  • Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra Webcam.

Streaming & Production

  • Elgato Stream Deck XL Programmable macro pad.
  • Elgato Prompter Teleprompter with built-in screen.
  • Elgato Key Light x2 Studio lighting.

Editor & Terminal

  • Cursor AI-native editor. Main daily driver.
  • Neovim For quick edits and SSH sessions.
  • iTerm2 Terminal on Mac.
  • Windows Terminal Terminal on Windows.
  • Zsh + Oh My Zsh Shell setup with a handful of aliases.
  • JetBrains Mono Monospace font for code. Clean ligatures.

Dev Tools

  • Git + GitHub Version control and collaboration.
  • Docker Local dev environments and deploys.

AI Tools

  • Claude Code AI pair programmer in the terminal.
  • Claude Pro Research, writing, brainstorming.
  • ChatGPT Plus Second opinion and image generation.
  • Google Gemini Research and multimodal tasks.
  • NotebookLM AI-powered research and note synthesis.
  • Langfuse LLM observability, tracing, and evaluation.

Stack

  • TypeScript / JavaScript Default for almost everything.
  • Go Performance-critical services.
  • Node.js (Fastify) Backend APIs.
  • Bun (Elysia) Fast runtime and framework.
  • PostgreSQL Primary database.
  • Redis Caching and queues.
  • BullMQ Job queues and background workers on Redis.
  • Elasticsearch Search and analytics.
  • Docker / Docker Compose Containerized dev and deploys.
  • Kubernetes (k3s) Lightweight orchestration.

Services & Hosting

  • Bare-metal k3s cluster Self-hosted homelab. Documented at k3s.guide.
  • Longhorn Distributed block storage for Kubernetes.
  • ArgoCD GitOps continuous delivery.
  • MetalLB Bare-metal load balancer.
  • Velero Cluster backup and disaster recovery.
  • HashiCorp Vault Secrets management.
  • CloudNativePG PostgreSQL operator for Kubernetes.
  • Ansible Infrastructure provisioning and automation.
  • Traefik Ingress controller and reverse proxy.
  • Cloudflare DNS, CDN, and Workers.

Observability

  • Prometheus Metrics collection and alerting.
  • Grafana Dashboards and visualization.
  • Loki Log aggregation, Prometheus-style.
  • Promtail Log shipping agent for Loki.

Productivity

  • Obsidian Second brain. Notes, knowledge base, and thinking tool.
  • Linear Project management.
  • GitHub Projects Issue tracking and planning.
  • Figma Design collaboration and handoffs.
  • Napkin AI-powered visual storytelling and diagrams.