Software and other things I use, consume and recommend.

A list of some things I rely on to build, learn and explore.

Engineering

  • Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini-CLI etc.

    I've been heavily using AI assisted coding since 2022 when GitHub Copilot was released. I'm 2-10x more productive depending on the stack and also have the ability & patience to build things I would never have built otherwise.

  • Lightning.ai

    Jupyter Notebook user for a long time. I recently switched to running Notebooks on Lightning AI for AI/ML dev. Easier to share code & provision GPUs on-demand. Next best thing to a local 4090 build.

Learning

  • Goodreads + Kindle + Readwise Reader + Snipd

    Goodreads to track Books, read on Kindle. Readwise Reader for everything else (articles, Papers, PDFs, Videos, etc.). Snipd for podcasts. Highlights across Kindle, Reader & Snips sync to Readwise.

  • Media

    I avoid 'news'. I use X, subscribe to a few newsletters and listen to the All-in Podcast, Odd Lots, Sean Carrol's Mindscape, No Priors, The Drive, Translating Aging, 80,000 Hours, The Knowledge Project, Lenny's Podcast, The Memo by Howard Marks, Dwarkesh, Lex etc.

  • The Beginning of Infinity

    One of my favourite books. I read this book in 2015 and have read it a number of times since.

Productivity

  • Things

    The best Personal task manager I've ever used. I've tried them all. For work nothing really stuck, Linear is OK but I often end up using Notes or Notion instead.

  • Clay

    Clay is a personal CRM, I use it to remember things about people I've met, remind me to keep in touch & find experts in my network.

  • Banktivity

    Not perfect, but the best app out there for tracking personal finances on Mac in detail. Without this I wouldn't know if I had any money or where it was.

  • Beeper Texts

    Combines messaging across WhatsApp, Telegram, X, LinkedIn, Signal etc. into one unified inbox on iOS and Mac. I'm using it for all my personal messaging now.