$ which --all everything
Uses
The tools behind the work. No affiliate links, no gear-acquisition syndrome — just what actually ships software.
Editor & terminal
- PhpStorm — primary IDE — the Laravel/PHP tooling is unmatched
- Claude Code — AI pair programmer in the terminal; a genuine multiplier, not autocomplete
- zsh on macOS — with the usual git-heavy workflow, gh CLI for everything GitHub
Backend
- Laravel + PHP — the workhorse — 9+ years of production systems
- Python — AI/data work: embeddings, pipelines, scripts
- Node.js — tooling and the odd service where JS fits better
- MySQL / PostgreSQL / Redis — data layer; Redis for queues, cache, and rate limiting
Frontend
- Vue / Nuxt — first choice for client SPAs
- React / Next.js — this site runs on it; TypeScript everywhere
- Tailwind CSS — utility CSS with a real token system on top
AI
- Claude API — production LLM features and this site's upcoming assistant
- OpenAI API — chat integrations from the article series and client work
Infra & delivery
- Docker — dev parity and deployment
- AWS — S3, EC2, the usual suspects for client hosting
- GitHub Actions — CI/CD — this repo alone runs four workflows
- Vercel — this site's home