uses
what i actually use.
setup, tools, and software. updated when things change.
editor & terminal
VS Code
main editor. extensions: Pylance, Go, GitLens, REST Client. nothing exotic.
Zsh on Ubuntu or Windows Terminal (on a bad day)
Make your life easier by not using Windows
Git + GitHub
GitHub Desktop, because life is too short for horrendous CLI commands /həˈrɛn.dəs/.
languages
Python
default for scripting, APIs, security tooling. FastAPI for anything that needs to be fast.
Go
network code, anything concurrent. wrote the discovery worker in IntraSec in Go. Right choice.
PHP + CodeIgniter + SuiteCRM
day job. not glamorous. but it ships.
infrastructure
Docker
everything runs in containers. if it doesn't work in Docker, it doesn't work.
Nginx
reverse proxy, rate limiting, the usual. Caddy when I want something simpler.
Azure
what SageTeck runs on. not my preference but I know it well now.
this site
Hand-coded site
hand-coded if claude code had hands.
Spectral + Space Mono
Spectral for body and headings (serif, readable). Space Mono for UI and code (monospace, distinctive).