Things i use to build things

Staying productive in the most comfortable way while travalling and work has always been my top priority. Here are some of the gadgets I used while building things.

Workstation

  • 13” MacBook Pro, M1, 16GB RAM (2021)

    I was using an Intel-based Desktops prior, though light Macbook Pro has outshine it in every other way. Developer experience has been superb and smooth, though it has been tricky doing machine learning and deep learning related projects due to the lack of support for M1 chips.

  • iPad Air (5th Gen)

    A gift from my beautiful wife. Opting out of carrying a huge bulky screen has turn a need to use a second screen. An iPad is perfect for this job as it is directly compatible with MacBook using SideCar. Seamless integration and it does not lag at all! Contrary to some forums feedback, my experience has been perfect.

  • Prism+ C315 MAX

    A large 31.5 inch display with slight curvature. Not the best screen for color works, though I do not do them but it does get irritating when I have to watch some videos on it. However, it is perfect for a developer as it has enough real estate to host 2 windows side by side comfortably without compromising font visibility.

Development tools

  • VsCode or Cursor

    VsCode has been my goto for as long as I know, it has all the tools i need. Cursor on the other hand, seems great but I have yet to find the correct fit for its use case.

  • DeepSeek

    Superb code and logic generation, has been my go to for coding problems. It is much superior to both OpenAi and Gemini.

  • Gemini Pro

    Used for fact checking and reading long documents. However, after building a RAG myself, I would eventually stay in gemini for its 2TB storage perks. lol.

TechStack

  • JavaScript

    I use python for pretty much any algorithm based projects now. My goto for backend framework too.

  • ReactJs

    VsCode has been my goto for as long as I know, it has all the tools i need. Cursor on the other hand, seems great but I have yet to find the correct fit for its use case.

  • TypeScript

    Superb code and logic generation, has been my go to for coding problems. It is much superior to both OpenAi and Gemini.

  • Python

    I use python for pretty much any algorithm based projects now. My goto for backend framework too.

  • FastApi

    I use python for pretty much any algorithm based projects now. My goto for backend framework too.

  • PostGresql

    Relational database that i uses when complicated projects requires it.

  • Dynamodb

    Quick db setup choice.

  • AWSAmplify

    Deployment framework that I use.

  • GCP

    Alternate Deployment framework that I use.