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What I use

My current setup (2026 edition)·Updated July 4, 2026

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Hardware, software and tools I use every day to build, run servers and ship projects. This is the 2026 edition: I update it every now and then, so you’ll find previous versions in the archive.

🖥️ Hardware

At the office

  • Mac Studio M4 Max — My main machine for development and daily work.
  • Dell 27” S2725QC Ultra HD 4K monitor — Primary display.
  • LG 27” 27UP650K Ultra HD 4K monitor — Display for secondary tasks.
  • Logitech MX Keys — Typing on this keyboard is genuinely pleasant.
  • Sony WH-1000XM6 Headphones — Thanks to the (outstanding) noise cancellation, I can focus while developing, listen to music and join audio/video calls.
  • Newline NewEye 62 Full HD — External webcam with privacy shutter and 2 microphones.
  • HyperX SoloCast — Microphone with tap-to-mute sensor and LED status indicator.

At home / On the road

  • MacBook Pro 14” M4 Pro — Great both as a fixed workstation and while travelling.
  • Samsung U28E590 monitor — At home I use it as a single display.
  • Arzopa Z1FC monitor — I use it as a secondary display when I’m out of the office.
  • OWC Thunderbolt 3 — A genuinely complete docking station.
  • Spedal Full HD — External webcam with privacy shutter.
  • HyperX SoloCast — Microphone with tap-to-mute sensor and LED status indicator.
  • M-Audio Air 192|6 — Essential audio interface for home recording.
  • PreSonus ERIS E4.5 — Compact studio monitors.
  • Logitech Pebble Keys 2 — Compact layout and soft keys; I can even carry it around.
  • JBL Tune510BT headphones — To avoid disturbing others during calls or to listen to music.

⌨️ Editor & Terminal

  • PhpStorm — Main IDE for PHP and Laravel (and beyond): best-in-class refactoring and inspections.
  • Visual Studio Code — For quick edits, notes and the occasional non-PHP project.
  • iTerm2 — The terminal I use every day.
  • JetBrains Mono — My favourite monospaced font.

🛠️ Development

  • PHP + Laravel — The stack I build most of my projects with.
  • Laravel Herd — Fast, frictionless local PHP development environment.
  • Docker — For reproducible environments when multiple services are involved.
  • Pest — The framework that makes writing tests enjoyable.
  • TablePlus — GUI for MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.
  • Git + GitHub — Version control and code review for every project.
  • Claude Code — AI-assisted development.

🧰 Apps & Utilities

  • Raycast — Launcher and automations: I use it dozens of times a day.
  • 1Password — Password and secret management.
  • BitWarden — Password and secret management for personal use.
  • Notion — Notes, personal jottings and tracking what I’m learning.

☁️ Hosting & Services

  • Cloudflare Pages — Hosting for this site, with automatic deploys.
  • Nginx — Web server and reverse proxy on my servers.
  • GitHub Actions — CI/CD: automated tests and deploys.