Uses
The gear, software, and tools I use day-to-day — inspired by the uses.tech directory.
Hardware
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MacBook Pro 13-inch, 16G of RAM, Apple M1 (2020)
My daily driver. Still going strong years later.
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Beats Studio Pro Wireless ANC Over-Ear Headphones
They’re comfortable, block out background noise really well, and last long enough that I don’t have to worry about charging them all the time.
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Herman Miller Aeron Chair (Size B)
If you're going to sit for hours, don't cheap out on your back.
Editor
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Sublime Text 4
I know VS Code exists. I'm not changing.
Packages
- Git Blame — inline blame annotations
- AdvancedNewFile — quickly create files and directories from the keyboard
- ChangeQuotes — swap between single and double quotes in one keystroke
- PHP Companion — use statements, class instantiation helpers
- LSP + Intelephense — PHP language server for intelligent code completion and go-to-definition
- SublimeLinter + SublimeLinter-php — inline PHP linting
Terminal
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iTerm2
No complaints. It's where I live.
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zsh with a custom git-aware prompt
Shows the current branch and dirty state right in the prompt. Built on git-aware-prompt.
(Some of) My Aliases
- pa → php artisan
- phpu → ./vendor/bin/phpunit
- gap → git add --patch
- gs → git status
- gl → git log --oneline
Development
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Laravel Herd
My local PHP environment. Manages multiple PHP versions (7.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4) and Node with near-zero config and serves local sites over
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Sequel Pro
A.k.a pancakes. Classic MySQL GUI for Mac. Running the nightly build and sticking with it until the wheels fall off.
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ScreenFlow
What I use for editing screencasts.
Hosting
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GitHub Pages
Where this site lives.
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DigitalOcean + Laravel Forge
My go-to for personal projects that need more than static hosting.