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The pegboard.
People ask what I use. Here's everything hanging on the wall, from the first sketch to the server it ends up on. Give the tags a nudge.
Design
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Design tool
Figma
Where most brands and screens start life.
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Design tool
pen.dev
An agentic canvas: design with AI agents, refine by hand, ship it back to code.
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Icon library
Phosphor
Every icon on this site. Clean, consistent, and there's always the one I need.
Thinking
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Notes
Obsidian
A private, plain-text Markdown brain.
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Workspace
Notion
Projects, plans and the occasional spreadsheet I'll never finish.
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Voice memos
VoiceNotes
Talk now, get a transcript and a summary later. Great for rabbit trails.
Building
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Code editor
Cursor
The AI-first editor.
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AI model
Gemini
Brainstorming, coding help, and chewing through big documents.
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AI browser
Dia
A browser that helps with writing and planning.
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Product analytics
PostHog
Finding out what people actually do on the things I build.
Websites
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CMS
WordPress
Still the right answer for most client sites.
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Page builder
Etch
A WordPress builder made for people who know what a div is.
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CSS framework
Automatic CSS
Typography, spacing and layout that stays consistent.
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Forms
Paperform
Forms, bookings and payments that look like the brand.
Keeping it running
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WP hosting panel
GridPane
Managed WordPress hosting without giving up control.
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Cloud servers
Vultr
The servers under the hood.
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Monitoring
Better Stack
Logs and uptime alerts, so I hear about problems first.
What the side projects run on
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This site
Astro
Every page here, including the face that's watching you.
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Drawl & Roger
SwiftUI
Native iPhone apps, generated with XcodeGen.
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Signaround & Bidiocy
Cloudflare Workers
Plus D1, R2 and a Durable Object per game table.
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Signaround
Stripe
Pay once, and the whole group signs.