What's actually on my machine

The stack I reach for every day, and what each thing is genuinely for. No affiliate links, no sponsored picks, nothing I don't open in a normal week.

9 tools · 5 free

Editor

Cursor
Paid
AI-powered VS Code fork. My primary daily driver for coding. Best Copilot++ experience available.

AI & LLMs

Claude by Anthropic
Paid
Best LLM for coding, planning, and architecture discussions. Sonnet 4 is the sweet spot.
Ollama
Run LLMs locally. I use qwen2.5:7b for offline AI assistance. Zero cost, full privacy.

Terminal & Shell

Git Bash (Windows Terminal)
Git Bash inside Windows Terminal — best shell setup for Windows devs who want Unix-ish tooling.

Design

Figma
Paid
Design tool of choice. Coming from a design background, Figma is where I start every project.

Dev & Deployment