Tools I use

Pragmatic, local-first, maintainable.

Not an exhaustive list — this is the stack I actively use and keep maintained.

Daily cockpit

• Cursor — editor and daily AI coding workflow
• Tana — connected notes and thinking workspace
• glab — GitLab from the command line
• gh — GitHub mirror and PR workflows

AI agents

• AI Hermes Agent — terminal-first agent workflows
• Claude Code — coding agent for fast repo execution
• OpenClaw — open-source tooling for operational automation
• OpenRouter — multi-model routing and API access

My repositories

• streamdeck-agent-workflows — workflows, skills, and templates for Stream Deck profiles, icons, and agent-readable automation

Website and publishing

• Astro — static site + content collections
• Cloudflare Pages — deployments and global CDN
• Resend — contact-form mail delivery

Homelab and automation

• Home Assistant — local home automation platform
• ha-mcp — MCP layer for AI-assisted HA workflows
• Homarr — service dashboard for homelab operations
• GitLab (self-hosted) — private source control and CI ownership
• AdGuard — DNS and network-level filtering
• ZeroByte (backup) — backup and recovery routines
• Termix — terminal and SSH workflow for server operations
• Paperless-ngx — document archive and OCR workflow
• paperless-ai — AI-assisted document classification
• Pangolin — secure access and tunneling workflows
• Proxmox — homelab virtualization base
• Semaphore — web UI for Ansible automation runs
• n8n — workflow automation and integration flows
• Ansible — declarative infrastructure management

How I choose tools

• Open source before closed source when quality and operability are comparable
• Terminal-first — I prefer bash/CLI because logs, diffs, and automation stay most transparent there
• TypeScript as default — strong types are a safety net for fast, clean iteration
• Bun where it fits — I use bun for fast local loops and tooling, without dogma
• Local before cloud when privacy and reliability matter
• Continuous self-improvement with AI when tools help me learn, reflect, and improve workflows over time
• Small reversible changes over one-shot migrations
• UI only when it adds clarity — UI is a means to an end, not an end in itself
• Maintainability over novelty for long-term use

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