Uses.
This is the short, honest list of what I actually reach for on a given day. It is not a review and it is not sponsored. If a tool is on here, I use it. If it falls out of rotation, it comes off.
The stack is boring on purpose. The interesting part is how the pieces talk to each other.
One note on the hosting and infra section: it’s here so you know what the backend looks like. Brand, copy, frontend, SEO, and measurement are what the practice leads with.
// Editor and shell
- $Claude Code (primary agent harness)
- $zsh with Warp as the daily terminal
- $VS Code Insiders for deep reads
- $Cursor for file-level LLM ops
// Local dev stack
- $Next.js 16 with React 19.2
- $Tailwind v4
- $Supabase for auth and data
- $Stripe for checkout and entitlements
- $Vercel for hosting and previews
// Languages and tooling
- $TypeScript (strict, everywhere)
- $Python for data and scripts
- $Go when I have to
- $Biome and tsc for linting and types
- $pnpm and npm
// Hosting and infra
- $Vercel for the app layer
- $AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3) when a client needs a compliance layer
- $Supabase for auth and Postgres
- $Cloudflare for DNS and edge rules
// Design and content
- $Figma for interface and brand work
- $Adobe Illustrator for vector
- $Flux running locally for imagery
- $DM Serif Display, DM Sans, DM Mono
- $FFmpeg for motion and audio
// Hardware
- $MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon, M-series)
- $Single 4K display
- $Mechanical keyboard
- $Wired mouse, no Bluetooth
// AI and agents
- $Claude Opus and Sonnet via the Anthropic API
- $Claude Code subagents for parallel work
- $ElevenLabs for voice
- $Whisper for transcription
If you want to see how this all comes together, see the Berserk Stack.
