What I Use
If it moves me forward, it's a tool. Hardware, software, systems — and one motorcycle.
The Machine
M5 Max MacBook Pro, 128GB unified memory.
Configured for running local AI stacks and large context models. This is not a laptop — it's a workstation.
AI / ML Stack
- • Python + FastAPI
- • LangGraph, LangChain, Pydantic AI
- • LangSmith & Langfuse for observability
- • OpenAI API & Anthropic API
- • Ollama for local models
Vector Databases
- • MongoDB Atlas Vector Search
- • Qdrant
- • Pinecone
- • QdrantMD
Development
- • PyCharm / VS Code
- • Claude Code
- • Warp terminal
Languages & Frameworks
- • Python — primary language now
- • PHP / Laravel — the roots
- • TypeScript
- • FastAPI & React
Cloud & Infrastructure
- • AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS)
- • Google Cloud
- • Kubernetes
- • Terraform
- • Docker
- • GitHub Actions
Knowledge System
Obsidian with custom YAML frontmatter, wiki-link hubs, and epistemic belief-update framing.
Every note has a confidence level. Knowledge isn't static — it updates like a Bayesian prior.
The Harley
2017 Sportster Forty-Eight · 1200cc
Yes, it's on the uses page. If it moves you forward, it's a tool.