Stack
What I reach for.
Software, services, and hardware that earn their place on the desk.
Design
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Figma
Daily driver for product design
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Framer
Design plus publish to web
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Lovable
AI app builder for first cuts
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Miro
Whiteboard for workshops
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Rive
Interactive animations for product
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Notion
Wiki, specs, and shared notes
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Loom
Async walkthroughs for stakeholders
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Adobe Illustrator
Vector work and editorial layouts
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Adobe Photoshop
Photo cleanup and texture work
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Adobe InDesign
Long-form print layout
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Adobe Firefly
AI assist inside the Adobe surface
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Sketch
Where I designed before Figma, rarely opened now
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Adobe XD
Prototyping before Figma took over, now retired
Motion + Video
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DaVinci Resolve
Colour grading and edit
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Adobe Premiere Pro
Video edit for case-study reels
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Adobe After Effects
Motion graphics and prototype reels
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GSAP
Hand-tuned animation in the browser
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LottieFiles
Animated icons and product flourishes
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Framer Motion
React-native physics and gestures
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Veo
Google video model for storyboards
Development
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VS Code
Editor for everything that is not iOS
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Cursor
AI pair programming for greenfield work
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Claude Code
Agentic refactors and long-running edits
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React
Component model for the front-end
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Astro
Content sites that ship fast
Written about in Vercel preview as the review loop -
Codex
OpenAI's coding agent
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GitHub
Code, reviews, releases
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Vercel
Hosting and preview deploys
AI
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Anthropic
Primary LLM provider for builds and writing
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ChatGPT
Second opinion and quick lookups
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OpenAI
API for production agents
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Perplexity
Cited answers for fast research
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Gemini
Long-context reads and image work
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Nano Banana
Google's image generation model in Gemini
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Figma Weave
Figma's AI generation surface
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ComfyUI
Local pipeline for image workflows
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Ollama
Local model runner for offline work
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MiniMax Hub
MiniMax's AI model hub
Data, storage, and low-code
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Supabase
Postgres, auth, and storage for real apps
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Airtable
Structured data with a friendly face
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Google Drive
Shared files with non-design teams
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Google Docs
Writing with the rest of the team
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Google Sheets
Numbers that need to be shared
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Webflow
Marketing sites with real CMS
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Baserow
Self-hostable spreadsheet-database
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Webstudio
Open-source visual web builder
Communication
Analytics + Ads
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Google Analytics
Site traffic and behaviour
Written about in I asked my own site what it was doing -
Google Search Console
Index coverage, sitemaps, and search performance
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Google Ads
Search and display campaigns
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Microsoft Clarity
Heatmaps and session replay for real behaviour
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Google Looker Studio
Dashboards for stakeholders
Written about in Apna Cricket Team
Domain + Infrastructure
Audio
Marketing
Hardware
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MacBook Pro 14-inch (M2 Pro)
Main machine
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Acer ED340CUR
34-inch ultrawide curved canvas, 3440x1440
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Logitech Wave Keys
Ergonomic wave keyboard for long days
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Logitech MX Vertical
Vertical mouse that keeps the wrist neutral
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Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster
Electric guitar that earned its place after a year
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Marshall MG10 Combo Amplifier
1x6.5 inch practice amp, fits beside the desk
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Amazon Echo Dot (5th gen)
Voice timer and ambient music on the desk
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EvoFox Bluetooth Gamepad
Smartphone controller for couch play