Uses

The apps I open every day.

Two laptops on a café table, one of them running Kiro CLI

Take the whole setup

# Daily apps
brew install --cask visual-studio-code firefox bruno postman gitkraken dbeaver-community obsidian orbstack herd openvpn-connect orca

# CLI tools I wrote about
brew install mole gitleaks

Proof it runs on my Mac

Code

VS Code and Herd

VS Code does the typing; Herd makes PHP feel zero-config.

API

Bruno and Postman

Bruno for quick endpoint checks, Postman when a collection needs sharing.

Data

DBeaver and OrbStack

DBeaver when I need to see inside a database, OrbStack when I need a container.

Git

GitKraken

Branches and merges, seen instead of typed.

How I gate pushes

Network

OpenVPN Connect

The VPN client for private networks.

Notes

Obsidian

Markdown notes that actually get revisited.

Daily

Orca and Cubby

In the daily rotation alongside everything above.

Android Studio used to live here — shelved.