My Setup

From my editor of choice to my terminal configuration—here is the curated list of tools that power my development workflow and efficiency.

Editors & Aesthetics

PhpStorm

My daily driver for Laravel and heavy PHP backend engineering.

Visual Studio Code

Used for quick edits, frontend-heavy tasks, and reviewing snippets.

Catppuccin Mocha

The soothing dark theme applied across my editor, terminal, and system.

Dank Mono

My primary coding font with unique ligatures and a cursive italic style.

JetBrains Mono

My fallback and UI font, optimized for reading code.

Desktop Apps (macOS)

Zen Browser

A privacy-focused, Firefox-based browser that fits my workflow.

Raycast

The command center for my Mac—launcher, clipboard manager, and more.

Sublime Merge

A blazing fast Git client for reviewing commit history and resolving conflicts.

TablePlus

A modern, native GUI for managing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

CleanShot X

The ultimate screen capturing and recording tool.

Terminal & CLI

Warp

A modern, Rust-based terminal with AI integration and smart input.

JetBrains Mono

The typeface of choice for my terminal environment.

Linux Migration (ongoing)

Omarchy (using Arch, btw!)

Currently dual-booting my personal Desktop-PC to explore a non bloated Windows alternative.

Hyprland

A dynamic tiling window manager that offers incredible customization and fluid animations.
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