// setup

Uses

The tools that survive daily use. A living list — updated as the setup evolves.

workstations

  • MacBook Pro work machine — where the scheduled vault agents live
  • Windows desktop personal rig at home
  • Phone mobile capture into the second brain via a Telegram bot

frontend

  • React 19 + TypeScript the day-job stack
  • Tailwind CSS v4 styling everywhere — work and personal
  • Astro this site — static, zero JS by default
  • shadcn/ui component registry, themed to my own tokens
  • MDX blog posts — markdown with components when needed

knowledge

  • Obsidian the vault — plain markdown, git-synced
  • Claude Code operates the vault, builds with me daily
  • MCP how other AI clients reach the vault
  • launchd agents four scheduled jobs that maintain the vault on a cadence
  • Python vault tooling — health checks, retrieval evals