my setup

the tools and equipment I use daily

Main Setup

Macbook Pro

My machine of choice over the years for engineering.

HHKB Professional Hybrid

My favorite keyboard for coding, that I've re-mapped using Kanata.

MX Vertical

Ergonomic mouse for wrist comfort during long coding sessions.

iPad Pro

To draw architectural diagrams and flowcharts during calls with clients and colleagues.

Workspace

Standing Desk

Made to order 200x80cm table, made from scaffolding boards. It probably does not get as much use as it should, but when it does, my back has thanked me!

Secret Lab Titan Chair

Quite comfortable, but I'm always keeping an eye out for more comfort as I am always working far longer than the typical 9-5.

Audio

Shure SM7B Microphone

I have yet to debut in my voiceover career, but for the time being this works great for calls!

Wave XLR interface

Audio interface for the microphone, it also helps me quickly toggle mute no matter what tab (out of the many!) I am on!

Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones

Noise-cancelling headphones for focus and great audio quality.

Software

Cursor

My current go-to IDE, used in conjunction with multiple LLMs to help speed up development.

Obsidian

My notes app of choice, organised into a knowledge base using the Zettelkasten system with many plugins, I use it as a second brain.

Arc

The browser I use, to keep all my projects separated amongst workspaces.

Terminal

I use zsh as my shell, tmux for managing multiple panes and neovim as my secondary text editor and starship as my prompt, all nicely integrated into iTerm as my terminal.

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