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
MSI PRO Z790-A MAX Wifi
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
Peripherals
Alienware AW3423DW 34.2" 175Hz
Logitech G 502X Lightspeed
Keychron K2 HE

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: Ghostty
Win: Powershell 7
Powerlevel10k

CLI

GitHub CLI
Vercel CLI
Supabase CLI

AI

GitHub Copilot
xAI Grok

Tools

IDE

Zed / VS Code

VS Code Extensions:

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

Browser

Safari / Brave

Chrome Extensions:

React Developer Tools
uBlock Origin
Stylebot

Testing

React/JS:

Jest
React Testing Library

iOS/Safari:

Xcode Simulator

Software

Writing

iA Writer

Notes

Obsidian

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

Apple Music
Apple Podcasts