Uses
Tools, hardware, and software I rely on daily for development, consulting, and building Developer Road. Updated occasionally when things change.
Hardware
- Primary Machine Custom Windows PC — AMD Ryzen 9, 64GB RAM, dual monitors
- Laptop Surface Pro — for client meetings and travel
- Keyboard Keychron K2 — brown switches
Development
- Editor Visual Studio 2022 for .NET work, VS Code for everything else
- Terminal Windows Terminal with PowerShell 7
- Source Control Git — GitHub for open source, Azure DevOps for client work
- Database GUI Azure Data Studio + SSMS for SQL Server work
- API Testing Bruno — open source, files live in the repo
- Containers Docker Desktop for local development
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Cloud Microsoft Azure — primary platform for all client and personal projects
- IaC Bicep for Azure infrastructure as code
- CI/CD Azure DevOps Pipelines + GitHub Actions
- Monitoring Azure Application Insights + Log Analytics
Productivity
- Notes Obsidian — local first, synced via OneDrive
- Tasks Microsoft To Do for personal, Azure DevOps Boards for client work
- Communication Teams for client work, Slack for communities
- AI Assistant Claude — daily driver for everything from code review to content drafting
This Site
- Framework Astro — static site generation with content collections
- Hosting Vercel — zero config deploys from GitHub
- Search Pagefind — static full-text search generated at build time, no API key required
- Pipeline AI categorization via a categorize skill run through my AI CLI, sync scripts built with Node.js
- Source Available on GitHub — this site is the reference implementation of the Authority Hub