ls -la ~/uses
Uses
The tools I reach for, on screen and off. This list changes as I do.
Editor and terminal
- Editor
- VS Code, dark theme, ligatures on
- Font
- JetBrains Mono, everywhere
- Shell
- zsh with a minimal prompt
- Terminal
- a fast terminal and tmux for long-running work
Stack I reach for
- CMS
- WordPress, custom themes over page builders
- Languages
- PHP, JavaScript, SCSS
- Data
- MySQL
- Version control
- Git, small commits, clear messages
- OS
- Linux for servers, and on the desktop when I can
How I keep sites fast
- Measuring
- Lighthouse and PageSpeed Insights on real pages
- Field data
- Core Web Vitals from real users, not just lab runs
- Caching
- page and object caching, sensible cache headers
- Images
- right format, right size, lazy where it helps
On the electronics bench
- Soldering
- a temperature-controlled iron
- Measuring
- a decent multimeter
- Boards
- microcontrollers for whatever the current project needs