Uses

Inspired by usesthis.com — a snapshot of the tools I reach for.

Editor / terminal

• VS Code with GitHub Copilot
• iTerm2 as terminal
• zsh + oh-my-zsh
• k9s — Kubernetes TUI, open more often than not
• kubelogin — exec credential plugin for OIDC kubectl auth

Languages I reach for

• Python — automation, scripting, bots
• TypeScript — web work (this site)
• Go — the occasional CLI or k8s operator
• HCL — Terraform, daily

Infrastructure

• Proxmox — homelab hypervisor
• Kubernetes — 3-node cluster on Proxmox, deployed with Kubespray
• Flux — GitOps controller
• Calico — CNI
• Envoy Gateway — Gateway API ingress
• Authentik — SSO for everything
• Vault — secrets source of truth
• Cloudflare — DNS and Pages hosting

Hardware

• Homelab: 3× Proxmox control-plane VMs, 3× Intel NUC worker nodes, Synology NAS for storage
• Daily driver: MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon)
• Keyboard: 65% wooden case (hot-swap), Gateron Silent Brown switches, OSA Marrs Green PBT keycaps, coiled USB-C cable