By Rudy

Uses

Hardware, software, and services I rely on.

Hardware

  • MacBook Pro

    Daily driver for everything.

  • iPhone

    Where all the visit logging happens.

  • iPad

    Couch computing and reading.

  • Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID + Magic Trackpad

    Desk input; Touch ID everywhere is the underrated part.

  • External monitor

    Desk setup for real work.

  • eero Max 7

    Mesh Wi-Fi for the whole place.

Editor & AI tools

  • VS Code

    Default editor.

  • Claude Code

    AI agent in the terminal — built most of this site with it.

  • Codex

    OpenAI's coding agent.

  • Gemini

    Google's model for coding and everything else.

  • Antigravity

    Agent-first IDE.

Terminal

  • Ghostty

    Fast, GPU-accelerated, no nonsense.

  • zsh

    Shell of choice.

Apps

  • Obsidian

    Notes and thinking in plain Markdown.

  • Notion

    Docs and anything shared.

  • Termius

    SSH from any device.

  • iStat Menus

    System stats in the menu bar.

Network & home

  • Tailscale

    Private network across all my devices.

  • Home Assistant

    The brain of the smart home.

  • Philips Hue

    Lights.

  • Lutron

    Light switches that never miss.

Site infrastructure

  • Vercel

    Hosting for this site.

  • Supabase

    Postgres, auth, and photo storage.

  • Mapbox

    Maps and place search.