Updated · May 2026

What I'm using.

Dev

  • Claude Code — the main coding loop
  • Codex — when I need something a little more surgical
  • Stash — capturing thoughts, findings, and context I refer back to daily
  • Terminal.app + zsh

Stack

  • Ruby on Rails — always on edge
  • Python — for the trading systems and CLI tools
  • PostgreSQL — primary database, pgvector for semantic search
  • SQLite — for anything simple (like this site)
  • Tailwind CSS — the only way I'll write CSS
  • Hotwire — Turbo + Stimulus
  • Hotwire Native — shipped an iOS app with it

Infrastructure

  • Kamal — deployment
  • Hetzner — self-hosted
  • AWS — EC2 for the trading systems
  • Sidekiq + Redis — background jobs

Hardware

  • MacBook Pro 16" — 2021, M1 Max, 64GB