Tools

VS Code

My go-to editor for most projects, thanks to its extension ecosystem and built-in terminal.

Zed Editor

A fast, GPU-accelerated editor I reach for when I want a snappier experience.

Sublime Text

Lightweight editor I use for quick file edits and large file viewing.

Helix

A modal terminal editor with built-in LSP and tree-sitter support.

Vim

For quick edits directly on servers and inside containers over SSH.

Bash

My default shell for scripting and day-to-day command-line work.

GNOME Terminal

The terminal emulator I use on my Linux desktop.

OpenSSH/sshd

SSH daemon for remote server access; also the client I use for all SSH connections.

nethogs

Per-process network bandwidth monitor — useful for spotting unexpected traffic.

ncdu

Interactive disk usage analyser; my first stop when a disk fills up.

Ubuntu

My main desktop OS for development.

Debian

Preferred for stable, long-running servers.

AlmaLinux

RHEL-compatible distro I use for enterprise-style server environments.

Arch Linux

Used for learning and experimenting with a minimal, rolling-release setup.

Fedora

Used for testing on a more cutting-edge package set.

Alpine

My default base image for lightweight Docker containers.

Chrome

Primary browser for development and DevTools.

Brave

Privacy-focused browsing for everyday use.

Firefox

Used for cross-browser testing.

C

Systems programming and understanding low-level fundamentals.

PHP

Used for backend development, mainly with Laravel.

Python

Used for scripting, automation, and ML experimentation.

JavaScript

For frontend interactivity and Node.js backends.

Go

My preferred language for building CLIs and backend services.

Rust

Exploring it for systems programming and performance-critical tools.

Laravel

My main PHP framework for building backend applications.

Nuxt.js

Vue-based framework I use for this site and other SSR/static projects.

Node.js

JavaScript runtime for backend services and tooling.

Vue.js

Frontend framework for building UIs.

React

Frontend framework for building UIs.

Nginx

My go-to web server and reverse proxy for serving applications.

Apache/Httpd

Used for hosting PHP applications, especially with .htaccess-based configs.

Traefik

Reverse proxy and load balancer I run in Kubernetes for automatic TLS and routing.

PHP-FPM

FastCGI process manager for serving PHP apps behind Nginx.

MySQL

Primary relational database for most projects.

MongoDB

Used for projects needing a flexible, document-based store.

Redis

In-memory store used for caching and queues.

Docker

For containerising and running applications locally and in production.

Podman

A daemonless alternative to Docker, useful for rootless containers.

Portainer

Web UI for managing Docker containers, images, and stacks.

Ansible

Configuration management and automated server provisioning.

MinIO

Self-hosted S3-compatible object storage for backups and assets.

Let's Encrypt

Free TLS certificates for all my domains via cert-manager.

Dokploy

Self-hosted PaaS for quickly deploying apps and databases to my own servers.

Hetzner

My preferred cloud provider for affordable VPS and dedicated servers.

AWS

Used for EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudFront on cloud-native projects.

Kubernetes

Orchestrating containerised workloads.

K3s

Lightweight Kubernetes distribution for my home lab and small clusters.

Talos

Immutable, API-driven OS for running Kubernetes securely.

Helm

Packaging and deploying applications on Kubernetes.

ArgoCD

GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes.

Harbor

Self-hosted container registry for storing and scanning images.

k9s

Terminal UI for navigating and managing Kubernetes clusters in real time.

krew

Plugin manager for kubectl — how I install and update kubectl plugins.

kro

Kubernetes Resource Orchestrator for defining reusable, composable resource groups.

Obsidian

My personal knowledge base and note-taking app, backed by plain Markdown files.

Bitwarden

Open-source password manager I self-host for all credentials.

Prometheus

Metrics collection and alerting for my Kubernetes clusters.

Grafana

Dashboards and visualisation for infrastructure and application metrics.

Ollama

Running open-source LLMs locally for experimentation.

Hugging Face

Source for open models, datasets, and ML tooling.

PyTorch

Deep learning framework I use for ML experiments and model training.

Git

Version control for everything I work on.

GitHub

Hosting for personal and open-source projects.

GitLab

Used for private repos and self-hosted CI/CD pipelines.

Sublime Merge

My preferred Git GUI for reviewing diffs and resolving merge conflicts.

Jenkins

Self-hosted automation server for CI/CD pipelines.