Uses

Tools, apps, and gear that help me design and build great products.

I get asked about my setup fairly often, so here's a comprehensive list of everything I use for design, development, and productivity. Some links might be affiliate links.

🎨Design Tools

Figma

Primary design tool for UI/UX, prototyping, and collaboration

"The gold standard for interface design. I love the real-time collaboration and component system."

Framer

Advanced prototyping and interactive design

"For complex interactions and motion design. Great for testing user flows."

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects for specialized work

"Still the best for photo editing, vector graphics, and motion graphics."

💻Development

VS Code

Primary code editor with extensive customization

"Fast, extensible, and great IntelliSense. The Cursor fork has been amazing for AI assistance."

Next.js

React framework for production applications

"Perfect balance of developer experience and performance. App Router is fantastic."

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework for rapid styling

"Once you go utility-first, you never go back. Incredibly productive."

Vercel

Deployment and hosting platform

"Seamless deployment experience. The preview deployments are a game-changer."

⚙️Hardware

MacBook Pro 16" M3 Max

Primary development machine

"Incredibly fast for design and development work. The screen quality is perfect for design."

Studio Display

27" 5K external monitor

"Beautiful color accuracy and plenty of screen real estate for design work."

Magic Keyboard & Mouse

Apple's wireless keyboard and mouse

"Clean, minimal setup. The keyboard feels great for long coding sessions."

Sony WH-1000XM4

Noise-cancelling headphones

"Perfect for focus work. The noise cancellation is incredible."

Productivity

Linear

Issue tracking and project management

"The fastest, most beautiful project management tool I've used."

Notion

Note-taking, documentation, and planning

"My second brain. I use it for everything from meeting notes to project planning."

Arc Browser

Primary web browser with great organization features

"Spaces and sidebar bookmarks have changed how I browse the web."

CleanMyMac X

Mac optimization and cleanup

"Keeps my Mac running smoothly. Great for clearing cache and optimizing storage."

📚Learning

Readwise

Article saving and highlighting with spaced repetition

"Helps me actually remember what I read. The AI-generated summaries are helpful."

Coursera

Online courses for deepening technical knowledge

"Taking AI/ML courses to better understand the technology I'm designing for."

Design Twitter

Following designers and developers on Twitter/X

"Great for staying up-to-date with design trends and best practices."

Questions About My Setup?

I'm happy to chat about tools, workflows, or anything else you're curious about.

Get in Touch

This page is inspired by uses.tech - a collection of /uses pages from developers and designers.