Uses — Amir Ardalan

Devices

Laptop

14" M3 MacBook Pro
Silver

Specs:

M3 Pro
12-core CPU
18-core GPU
36GB RAM
1TB SSD

Desktop

Custom PC

Specs:

Intel i7-14700KF 5.6GHz
Deepcool LT720 AIO
Asus ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI II
Gigabyte RTX 4090 AERO OC 24GB
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 CL32 64GB
Corsair RM1000x SHIFT 1000W
WD Black SN850X 4TB NVME
NZXT H7 Flow
ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140mm
Alienware AW3423DW 34.2" 175Hz

Audio

Interface

Motu Audio Express

Monitors

KRK VXT 8

Headphones

Beyerdynamic DT770Pro
Sennheiser HD25-1 II
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen.)

MIDI Controllers

Korg nanoKONTROL 1
Korg nanoPAD 1

Stack

Web Dev

Next.js
TypeScript
Emotion
Tailwind CSS
PostgreSQL
Supabase
Prisma
SWR
React-Markdown
React Syntax Highlighter
React Testing Library
Vercel
Cloudinary

Shell

macOS: iTerm 2
Win: Powershell 7
Powerlevel10k

CLI

GitHub CLI
Vercel CLI
Supabase CLI

AI

GitHub Copilot
xAI Grok

Tools

IDE

VS Code

VS Code Extensions:

GitHub Copilot
Tokyo Night
Material Icon Theme
Tailwind CSS IntelliSense
vscode-styled-components
Prisma
ESLint
GitLens
Prettier

Browser

Arc

Chrome Extensions:

React Developer Tools
uBlock Origin
Stylebot

Testing

React/JS:

Jest
React Testing Library

iOS/Safari:

Xcode Simulator

Software

Writing

iA Writer

Design / Photo

Figma
Adobe Lightroom
Aseprite
Excalidraw

Music Production

Ableton Live 12

VSTs:

Synapse Audio Dune 3
Serum by Xfer Records
Waves API 2500
Waves C1 Compressor
Waves H-Delay
Waves L2 Ultramaximizer
Waves Renaissance Bass
Waves TrueVerb
FabFilter Pro-Q 2
Valhalla Super Massive
Valhalla VintageVerb
Sonic Academy Kick 2

Listening

YouTube Music
Apple Podcasts