Uses
The hardware, software, and tools I actually use to build. Most of my daily software I built myself and ship under Blode. If you want more on who I am and how I work, start with about.
Editor and terminal
Where the code actually happens.
- Codex
- OpenAI's coding agent and the other half of my daily loop next to Claude Code. I switch between the two by task, and as a Codex ambassador it gets a lot of hours.
- Claude Code
- The core of how I build now. Every session opens with the same prompt: research deeply, plan in phases, fan out a swarm of subagents.
- cmux
- Parallel agent workspaces. I review what the agents change through DiffHub, my own local diff viewer.
Hardware
The physical layer deserves the same care as the software: High performing keyboards.
- MacBook Pro
- Runs Claude Code around the clock. I SSH in from my phone so the dev environment never sleeps.
- Kinesis Advantage
- A contoured split board with concave key wells and thumb clusters. It keeps my wrists neutral and my hands still through long Claude Code and Codex sessions.
- iPhone
- A remote control for a dev environment that never sleeps. I SSH into the MacBook to build from the couch or merge from bed.
Apps and glue
The glue layer nobody wants to invest in, and where a lot of the gains hide. It has one user, me, every day, for years.
- Raycast
- Snippets for every repeated prompt. Typing 'zcc' expands to my full Claude Code kickoff in three keystrokes.
My apps
Software I built and use every day.
What I built
The tools I reach for most are ones I made to scratch my own itch. Here is the short version. For the detail, see the full stack.
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