Uses
Tools and stack I actually use day to day. This is a practical snapshot, not a forever list.
last updated: 2026-04-02
AI + model stack
- Coding: Codex 5.4 (primary)
- Search/research: Exa for AI search
- Fast/cheap tasks: Gemini + Claude Haiku/Sonnet
- Voice/transcription: OpenAI + ElevenLabs, with Whisper still useful when I want local transcription
- Image generation: Nano Banana Pro (still great)
- Routing: OpenRouter for one API key + easy model switching
Agent stack
- Harness: Hermes Agent
- Current direction: Hermes Agent with lean playbooks, skills, and crons. More deterministic, less swarm theatre.
- Experimental lane: Onchain agents + broader autonomy (shopping/email)
Automations I run a lot
- Morning briefing: Briefing -> actionable list
- YouTube summaries: Long videos -> skimmable markdown
- X research: Signal refresh -> skimmable markdown files
- Dump loop: Raw capture -> structured weekly/monthly review artifacts
Dev environment
- Editor/IDE: VS Code, with the terminal doing more of the heavy lifting now
- Terminal: Ghostty (macOS), Kitty (Linux)
- Shell: zsh + powerlevel10k
- Notes: Notesnook + markdown files in git
- Browser: Brave + Chrome
Comms + productivity
- Messaging: Agent-first; Telegram is mostly just one surface now
- Calendar: Google Calendar, usually handled through the agent
- Tasks: Mostly handled through the agent now; tools are secondary
- Focus: pomo CLI pomodoro app
Crypto stack
- Hot wallet: Rabby
- Cold wallet: Ledger hardware wallet
- Bridge: Agglayer UI
- DEX/swap: Jumper
- Analytics: Dune + DeFiLlama + Cielo
- Portfolio tracking: Dune dashboards + Cielo
Hardware + security
- Work machine: MacBook Pro M4
- Personal machine: Linux (TUXEDO OS)
- Phone: iPhone
- Peripherals: Logitech MX keyboard + mouse
- Password manager: Bitwarden
- Hardware auth: YubiKey everywhere possible
- Music: YouTube Music