GGoldwater.dev

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Uses

The tools, services, and hardware I reach for. Inspired by uses.tech. Opinionated, and always changing.

Editor & terminal

  • VS Code — Daily driver, with Vim keybindings.
  • Claude Code — Agentic pair-programming in the terminal.
  • iTerm2 + zsh — Starship prompt, a pile of aliases.

Languages & runtimes

  • TypeScript — Default for web and tooling.
  • Python — Data, scripting, and ML glue.
  • Go — When I want a single fast binary.

Cloud & infrastructure

  • AWS — Primary cloud — ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3.
  • Terraform — Infrastructure as code, modular and reviewed.
  • GitHub Actions — CI/CD and the boring glue that ships.
  • Cloudflare — DNS, CDN, and edge when it earns its place.

AI tooling

  • Claude — Reasoning, writing, and code.
  • Cursor / Copilot — In-editor completions.
  • Eval harnesses — Small, version-controlled, run on every change.

Hardware

  • MacBook Pro (Apple silicon) — Main machine.
  • External 4K display — More pixels, fewer tabs lost.
  • Mechanical keyboard — Tactile, quiet-ish.

This site

  • Next.js + TypeScript — App Router, static where possible.
  • Tailwind CSS — The whole design system.
  • Three.js — The subtle 3D hero.
  • Vercel — Hosting and previews.