THE
WORK
BENCH.
The hardware, runtimes, and small utilities behind the work. Everything here has earned its place through repeated use.
01 / Physical setup
Work laptop
MAQ-issued / Windows 11
Personal rig
32 GB / NVMe / Windows 11
27-inch display
Primary canvas + vertical secondary
Wired IEMs
No Bluetooth in the loop
02 / Daily execution chain
From blank file to a running, tested system.
- 1
VS Code Insiders
Primary editor
- 2
GitHub Copilot
Agent mode / implementation partner
- 3
PowerShell 7
Automation + daily shell
- 4
WSL2 / Ubuntu
Linux runtime
- 5
Docker
Local services + deploys
03 / Application layer
The default
building blocks.
React
Interface default
TypeScript
Everything new
Next.js
Routing + content
Tailwind
Styling system
Vite
Libraries + SPAs
Three.js
3D / R3F
.NET / C#
Enterprise backend
Python
AI + automation
Node.js
Tools + services
Flutter
Mobile
04 / Intelligence
Azure AI Search
Hybrid retrieval
Azure OpenAI
Production inference
OpenAI
Personal builds
Ollama
Local models
Hugging Face
Embeddings + pipelines
Copilot Studio
Enterprise agents
05 / Data
PostgreSQL
Relational default
SQLite
Embedded + desktop
Redis
Cache + queues
Azure SQL
Enterprise data
06 / Utility belt
GitHub CLI
PRs + issues
Insomnia
API work
Excalidraw
System sketches
Figma
Design passes
Obsidian
Notes + specs
PowerToys
Windows ergonomics
07 / This site
The type system carrying the interface you are looking at now.
Space Grotesk
Display + body
Instrument Serif
Editorial accent
JetBrains Mono
Data + code