// Uses

What I use to build

The development environment, tools, languages, and design conventions behind every project in the portfolio. Inspired by uses.tech.

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Editor, terminal, AI, languages, frameworks, devops, hardware, and design.
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Tools Listed
The specific software, services, and conventions used day-to-day.
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Default Theme
Every UI ships with a dark theme first. Catppuccin Mocha is the go-to palette.

Setup

Everything listed here is actively used. Nothing is aspirational or dormant.

Editor

  • VSCodium Primary editor for everything except Android
  • GitHub Copilot Inline completions and chat

Terminal

  • Windows Terminal Tabbed host for all shells
  • PowerShell 7 Default automation shell
  • Git Bash POSIX tooling on Windows

AI Tools

  • Claude Code (CLI) Primary development agent
  • Claude Max Research, planning, and long-form work
  • Codex Background autonomous tasks

Languages

  • PowerShell Automation, WPF desktop tools
  • Python Desktop apps, AI tooling, scripting
  • JavaScript / TypeScript Extensions, web, userscripts
  • Kotlin Android apps with Jetpack Compose
  • C# WPF / .NET desktop applications
  • C++ Native desktop and system tools

Frameworks

  • Astro This portfolio site
  • React Interactive UI components
  • PyQt6 Python desktop GUIs
  • Jetpack Compose Modern Android UI
  • WPF / .NET Windows desktop with MVVM
  • Tauri Lightweight cross-platform desktop

DevOps

  • GitHub Actions CI/CD for every repo
  • Contabo VPS Self-hosted services
  • Caddy Reverse proxy with automatic TLS

Hardware

  • Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 Primary workstation OS

Design

  • Dark-first Every UI ships dark by default
  • Catppuccin Mocha Preferred color palette
  • Glassmorphism Frosted glass, shimmer, and depth
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