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title: Uses
date: 2017-06-25T12:01:00-04:00
author: John Morton
canonical_url: "https://supergeekery.com/uses"
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# Uses

If the stuff I use every day is of any interest, here's what I'm using.

## Editor & Terminal

* [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) is what I use most often for coding HTML, JS, and CSS. Out-of-the-box, it's quite busy, but [Make VS Code Awesome](https://makevscodeawesome.com) really helps fix that.
* [Claude Code](https://claude.ai) is my AI tool of choice.
* [PHPStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/) is what I turn to when doing PHP which is almost always in the context of working on a Craft CMS plugin.
* [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/) is my *other* text editor. Yes, a third text editor seems like overkill, but Sublime Text is fast and unfussy.
* [Warp](https://www.warp.dev/) is my terminal. 
* I use [Monolisa](https://www.monolisa.dev), a beautiful mono-space font for my code.

## This site

* The site is built with [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com) with a MySQL database. 
* I built the server with Laravel Forge on Digital Ocean

## Desktop Apps

* I'm a huge fan of [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/).
* [Keyboard Maestro](https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/)
* [Git Tower](https://www.git-tower.com/) is the GUI I rely on to interact with my git repos.

## Recording

* If you are a client of mine, you've probably received personal screencasts from me. I use [Camtasia for Mac](https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html) to make these videos.
* I use a [Shure MV51](https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv51) microphone.

## Computer

* I'm currently using a MacBook Pro.
* I have the LG Ultrafine 5K external monitor and an inexpensive Dell 4K monitor.

*updated 04FEB2026*