Uses
Tools I work with
AI-assisted development
Claude Code — Architectural decision-making and LLM-augmented UI/UX design exploration.
Codex — Backend implementation, system design, debugging, and deep code reviews.
GitHub Copilot — Day-to-day multi-modal completion across implementation workflows.
Google Antigravity — AI-driven development IDE, powered by Gemini Pro.
Backend & infrastructure
Node.js + TypeScript — The default stack for services, tooling, and everything in between.
PostgreSQL — First-choice relational store; DynamoDB and Redis where the shape fits.
AWS serverless — Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, CDK and Terraform for infrastructure.
Docker — Local environments and self-hosted deployments.
This website
Astro + MDX — Static output, zero framework JavaScript shipped to visitors.
VitePress — The Grimoire documentation site, built into the same deploy.
Netlify — Builds, deploys, and edge caching.
GoatCounter — Cookieless, privacy-friendly visit counting.
Article audio pipeline
Qwen3-TTS via MLX — Local text-to-speech narration generation on Apple silicon.
ffmpeg — Chunked concatenation and transcoding to Ogg/Opus plus AAC fallback.