
Design Resources
My design stack
Tools I use daily to make software.
- Paper
Connected canvas for design, agents, and code—HTML/CSS-native handoff without losing intent.
(opens in new tab) - Excalidraw
Hand-drawn diagrams and whiteboards—fast sketching for flows, maps, and thinking in the open.
(opens in new tab) - Cursor
The AI-native editor I use for day-to-day shipping: context-aware refactors and fast iteration.
(opens in new tab) - Claude Code
Agentic coding in the terminal—repo-wide context, edits, and runs with clear permission boundaries.
(opens in new tab) - Replit
Spin up ideas in the cloud when I need a full environment without local ceremony.
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GhostlyOpenTelemetry-first observability—maps, context, and signal when systems get real.
(opens in new tab) - Obsidian
Local markdown graph for notes, writing, and long-running thinking—my second brain.
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Additional resources
Books and typography — go-to references I use and recommend.