$ cat uses.md

Uses

The gear, tools, and software I use daily. Updated occasionally as things change.

My desk setup

$ echo $HARDWARE

Current Hardware

  • Apple M2 Max Studio — Primary machine. Handles everything I throw at it.
  • Apple M3 Ultra Studio — Backup and Local LLM Inference.
  • Apple Mac Mini M2 — Dedicated to running OpenClaw.
  • Apple Studio Display x2 — Dual monitor setup. Sharp, colour accurate, and pairs perfectly with the Studios.
  • Apple MacBook Pro M1 — Travel machine. Five years old and still going strong.
  • Apple iPad Pro & Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 — Tablets for reading, annotating, and quick tasks on the go.
  • Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max — Daily phone.
  • Apple Watch Ultra 2 — Notifications, workouts, and staying connected on the move.
  • Apple AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max & HomePod — Sound setup across desk, travel, and home.
  • Apple iCloud 2TB, Oyen 4TB & Samsung T7 SSD — Backup strategy across cloud and local drives.
  • Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarer — Camera, mic, and speakers built into normal looking glasses. I use them with OpenClaw for hands free voice queries and quick photo capture while on the move. Gift from the lovely team at Rank Math.
  • Meta Quest 3 — VR headset for mixed reality and immersive demos. Also a generous gift from the team at Rank Math.
  • YubiKey 5C NFC — Hardware security key for two factor authentication. Phishing proof and works across USB C and NFC.

$ echo $WISHLIST

Wishlist

  • Apple Vision Pro — Spatial computing for immersive workflows. Not enough value for the price right now. Waiting for the second generation before committing.
  • MacBook Pro M5 — The M1 has earned its retirement. The M5's unified memory bump would make it a proper portable LLM machine.
  • NVIDIA DGX Spark — Desktop class AI supercomputer with 128GB unified memory. Local inference without compromise.
  • Apple Studio Display XDR — The Pro Display XDR but hopefully at a less offensive price point. Whenever Apple decides to ship it.

$ echo $STACK

My Tool Stack

  • Claude — My primary AI for writing, thinking, and coding (through Claude Code).
  • Codex — OpenAI's coding agent for generating code and pair programming.
  • Gemini — Google's model for long context tasks and a useful second opinion.
  • Obsidian — Markdown knowledge base where all my notes and project docs live. My second brain.
  • Manus AI — General purpose AI agent for autonomous research, data analysis, and complex multi step tasks.
  • OpenClaw — Runs on my Mac Mini M2. Anthropic Opus 4.6 as the primary model with MiniMax 2.5 as backup.
  • Pinecone — Vector database for semantic search and retrieval.
  • Replit — Cloud based coding and deployment.
  • Apple Notes — Fast capture for ideas and quick thoughts.
  • VoiceInk — On device voice to text for quick notes, drafts, and dictating prompts.
  • Spark — Email client that keeps the inbox under control.

I also use many of the tools listed on my resources page.