this is a living list of tools, devices, and experiments i’m using right now.
nothing here is permanent.
if it stops helping, it leaves.
apps
health & recovery
focus & boundaries
- OneSec — blocking and interrupting mindless social media usage
thinking & organization
- Apple Notes — my second brain, capture first, organize later
- TickTick — simple todos and deadlines
money & information
- Fold Money — tracking finances and awareness
- Meco — reading newsletters without inbox noise
music
- YouTube Music — background music while working and thinking
reading
- Apple Books — long-form reading without distractions
meditation
- Waking Up — meditation and mental clarity by Sam Harris
experiments
approach
- Tiny Experiments — small bets, low risk, fast feedback
recent
- 3 days digital detox
- 14 days no sugar
most experiments fail. that’s expected.
the signal is in what sticks.
devices
work setup
- MacBook Air 15” (M2) — main machine
- MSI MD271UL — external monitor
- Keychron K2 — keyboard
- MX Master 3S — mouse
mobile
- iPhone 13
- iPad Pro (M2) — reading, notes, thinking
- Apple Watch Series 9 — health and recovery signals
- AirPods Pro — focus and calls
browsers
studio stack
tools i use to design, build, and study good products:
design
- Figma — interface and product design
- Affinity Designer — vector and visual work
- Freepik — visual assets and references
build & ship
research & inspiration
- Mobbin — studying real-world UI patterns
thinking & diagrams
- Excalidraw — thinking visually and mapping ideas
docs & planning
- Notion — internal docs and lightweight planning
ai tools
- Claude — thinking, writing, and reasoning
- Perplexity — research and fast context
- Lovable — experimenting with ai-first workflows
mental models i lean on
- first principles
- essentialism
- contrast
rules
- tools should reduce friction, not add it
- simple systems beat clever ones
- action > organization
- if a tool needs constant tweaking, it’s suspect
last updated: jan 2026