Uses
I'm a big fan of Omarchy Linux↗ - after trying several operating systems over the years, it's the one that finally feels like home.
A list of tools, software, and hardware I use daily. Inspired by wesbos.com/uses↗.
Desktop (Primary)
CPU
Intel Core i7-13700K (16-core, 8P + 8E, 30MB L3 cache)
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (MSI Ventus)
Motherboard
ASRock B760M PG Lightning/D4
RAM
32 GB DDR4
Storage
1TB Seagate FireCuda 530 + 2TB Samsung 990 PRO
Monitors
Dell U3415W (3440x1440 ultrawide) + ViewSonic VP2765 (1920x1080 vertical)
OS
Omarchy Linux (Arch-based)
Desktop
Hyprland (Wayland)
Laptop
Model
Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (NP750XED-KC3UK)
CPU
Intel Core i5-1235U (12th Gen)
RAM
8 GB LPDDR4x
Storage
256 GB SSD
Display
15.6" Full HD (1920x1080)
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
OS
Omarchy Linux (Arch-based)
Desktop
Hyprland (Wayland)
Editors & Terminal
PHPStorm
Primary IDE for PHP/Laravel development
Zed
Fast, collaborative code editor
Neovim
For quick edits and config files
Ghostty
Terminal emulator
AI Tools
OpenCode
AI coding assistant with Claude & Ollama models
Claude
Code generation and review
Ollama
Local AI models
GitHub Copilot
Inline code suggestions
Languages & Frameworks
PHP
Primary backend language
Laravel
Go-to PHP framework
Symfony
Enterprise PHP framework
Statamic
Flat-file CMS built on Laravel
Astro
Static site generator (this site!)
JavaScript
Frontend and Node.js
React
Frontend framework
AlpineJS
Lightweight JavaScript framework
TailwindCSS
Styling
CSS
Styling
GraphQL
API query language
JSON REST APIs
API development
Cloud & Infrastructure
20i
Primary hosting (reseller)
AWS
Cloud services
DigitalOcean
VPS and droplets
Hetzner
Cost-effective servers
OVH
Cloud hosting
Civo
Cloud-native Kubernetes
Linode
VPS hosting
Platform.sh
Cloud PaaS
Cloudfleet
Managed Kubernetes
Netlify
Static site hosting
Cloudflare
CDN and DNS
Cloudflare R2
Object storage
DevOps Tools
Kubernetes
Container orchestration
Docker
Containerization
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Terraform
Infrastructure as code
Ansible
Configuration management
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
Percy
Visual regression testing
Sentry
Error monitoring
Codecov
Code coverage tracking
Database
MySQL
Primary database
PostgreSQL
Alternative database
Microsoft SQL Server
Enterprise databases
MariaDB
MySQL alternative
SQLite
Lightweight local database
Redis
In-memory data store
KeyDB
High-performance Redis fork
Valkey
Redis fork
Other Tools
Git
Version control
Server Administration
Linux server management
Test-driven Development
TDD methodology
Pest
PHP testing framework
PHPUnit
Testing framework
Starship
Terminal prompt
Fastfetch
System info display
btop
System monitor
Lazygit
TUI for Git
My Hyprland, Neovim & Ghostty configs
Shared PHP coding standards (Pint, PHPStan)