Uses

A page detailing my personal computing environment, inspired by usesthis.com and uses.tech. Updated March 8, 2026.

• Computer:
  • Personal: 13" MacBook Air (2020) with the M1 chip. Fantastic machine and probably my favorite laptop I’ve ever owned.
  • Work: 14" MacBook Pro M2 (2023) with the M2 chip. A real workhorse of a machine.
  • iPad Air, green (2019): For those times when I don’t want to pack a whole laptop. A surprisingly useful machine, but also a major consumption device for TV/movies.
• Mouse: The Humanscale Pro Click, a collaboration with Razer.
• Keyboard: Keychron Q1 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard. Paired with the knob and in shell white. It’s such a great keyboard.
• Headphones: Apple AirPod, and Bose QuietComfort.
• Editor: neovim with LazyVim.
• Browser: Chrome, or Firefox Developer Edition.
• Terminal: Ghostty. It’s nice.
• Reading: NetNewsWire for RSS, Obsidian Web Clipper for read-it-later, Apple Books for the very few ebooks I buy, and physical books.
• Email: Fastmail (referral link). I made a concerted move way from Google in the last few years, and Fastmail is a great email provider.
• Writing and Notes Management: Obsidian.md. This app, paired with a few plugins, ticks all the boxes for the kind of research and writing software I’ve been looking for. I’m also a fan of Scrivener for getting the writing done. I think the only suitable replacement at this point would be going all-in on org-roam.
• Hosting: Cloudflare.

Stuff I carry around every day:

• Benchmade Bugout knife, in bright orange.
• A Leatherman Wingman and a Ranchland’s leather sheath for it.
• Bellroy Hide and Seek wallet. Maybe my favorite wallet I’ve owned, although the old Tom Bihn minimalist wallet was great.
• An Apple Watch Ultra 3. It’s a ridiculous purchase, and sometimes I consider switching over to Garmin.
• A custom-made leather cover for my Fieldnote notebook.