Hardware
MacBook Pro 16" (Nov 2024)
Apple M4 Max, 48GB RAM. The daily driver for everything: development, content creation, and life.
LG 39GS95QE
39" ultrawide OLED gaming monitor. Gorgeous colors, plenty of real estate for code + browser side by side.
Apple Magic Keyboard
Simple, reliable, and matches the ecosystem. No mechanical keyboard phase. Yet.
Apple Magic Trackpad
Gestures are too good to give up. The trackpad stays.
CalDigit TS3 Plus
Thunderbolt dock. One cable to rule them all. Monitor, peripherals, power, everything.
Kanto YU2
Compact powered desktop speakers. Big sound from a small footprint. Perfect for the desk setup.
Secretlab Chair
Comfortable for long coding sessions. Worth the investment.
Fully Jarvis 72×30
Black bamboo standing desk. Sit-stand with plenty of room for the ultrawide and all the gear.
Development
Visual Studio Code
My editor of choice. Fast, extensible, and the ecosystem of extensions is unbeatable.
Warp
Modern terminal with AI built in. Getting a little bloated though. Eyeing Ghostty as a leaner alternative.
Laravel Herd
Local development environment. Zero-config PHP, nginx, and dnsmasq on macOS.
Laravel Forge
Server management and deployment. Push to main and it's live.
GitHub
Version control, CI/CD, and open source home.
TablePlus
Database GUI. Clean, fast, and works beautifully with MySQL, SQLite, and Redis.
Firefox
Primary browser for development and daily use. Looking at Arc for something fresh.
Ray
By Spatie. A beautiful debugging tool that replaced dd() in my workflow.
Pest
Testing framework for PHP. Elegant syntax, powerful assertions. Three suites: Feature, Integration, Unit.
Content Creation
Shure SM7B
The industry standard broadcast mic. Warm, rich sound that makes everything sound professional.
RØDECaster Pro
All-in-one podcast production studio. Handles audio processing, mixing, and recording in one box.
Sony ZV-E10
Mirrorless camera made for content creators. Great video quality, compact body, interchangeable lenses.
Elgato Key Light
Edge-lit LED panel. App-controlled brightness and color temperature. Clean, even lighting for video.
Elgato Stream Deck XL
32 programmable LCD keys. Scene switching, shortcuts, and macros for streaming and productivity.
Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
15-key companion to the XL. Extra controls for when one deck isn't enough.
Productivity
This Site Is Built With
Laravel 12
Framework
Filament 5
Admin panel
Tailwind CSS
Styling
Blade
Templates
SQLite
Database
Pest
Testing
Laravel Forge
Deployment
Intervention Image
OG images
Prism.js
Syntax highlighting
Resend
Alpine.js
Interactivity