Tech I love
The gear I actually use every day, one piece at a time. What it is like to live with, what I like and what I do not, and why it earns a permanent spot in my setup. With photos and clips to go with it.
MacBook Pro (M4 Pro)
The 14-inch workhorse everything gets built on.
Where all of it happens: every project, commit, and late-night build. The M4 Pro chews through local dev, a stack of agents, and video edits without the fans ever really showing up, and the battery outlasts my focus.
Even Realities G1
Lightweight AR glasses with a subtle heads-up display.
Glasses that look like glasses but quietly show text in front of you. I am genuinely convinced ambient, hands-free reading is where computing is heading.
I liked them enough that I built my own BookReader app for them, so I can read on a screen that sits in the world instead of pulling me into a phone.
Amazon Kindle
A dedicated, glare-free e-ink reader with weeks of battery.
It is the one screen that never pings me. No tabs, no notifications, no algorithm, just the book.
Most of what I learn outside of building things, I read here. Taking the internet out of reading turned out to be the whole point.
Xteink 4
A pocket colour e-ink device for reading and quick notes.
E-ink that fits in a pocket. I like the calm of a paper-like screen for notes and longer reads. It slows me down in the good way and keeps my eyes happier than another LCD.
Xteink 3
The earlier pocket e-ink reader, the one that got me into it.
This is the device that sold me on pocket e-ink in the first place. It still earns its spot: a calm, paper-like screen I reach for when I want to read or jot something without falling into a glowing phone.
AirPods Pro 3
Noise-cancelling earbuds that disappear into the day.
My focus bubble. Noise cancelling on, a long playlist or silence, and the room goes quiet. A big chunk of my deep-work hours run through these.
Transparency mode is good enough that I barely bother taking them out.
Pavlok
A wristband that buzzes (or zaps) to break bad habits.
A literal electric nudge against my worst habits. It is half experiment, half accountability.
I wire it into my own focus dashboard so getting caught slacking actually costs me something.