$ 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 terminal 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