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Development tools and technology stack:

LAST AUDIT 2026-08-27

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType

Workstation

The machine behind the backend work, native apps, and this site.

Mac mini

Primary development machine

Apple M4 Pro · 12-core CPU · 24 GB unified memory

macOS

Native target and workstation

Daily development environment

ls /Applications | sort

Tools

A deliberately small set of tools used to move from idea to shipped software.

Xcode

Native apps

Swift development, debugging, profiling, and release

Visual Studio Code

General editor

Web work, services, content, and quick edits

Ghostty + Zsh

Shell

Fast terminal workflow with ordinary Unix tools

Git

Source control

Versioning, experiments, and the publishing workflow

cat stack/backend.manifest

Backend

The professional foundation: maintainable systems, explicit boundaries, and operational reliability.

Java

Production systems

Primary language for backend engineering

TypeScript

Application layer

Services, edge functions, and strongly typed web work

Cloudflare Workers

Remember This

Narrow edge services and protected upstream integrations

OpenAI API

Explicit Pro actions

Structured visual analysis, grounded recall, and weekly synthesis

swift package describe --type json

Native macOS

Platform frameworks selected for direct integration, privacy, and a Mac-native interaction model.

Swift + SwiftUI

Oktoshot · Remember This

Primary native product stack

AppKit

macOS

Windowing, menu-bar behavior, and deeper desktop integration

Vision + ScreenCaptureKit

Remember This

On-device OCR and deliberate region capture

StoreKit + CryptoKit

Security and commerce

Subscriptions, entitlement boundaries, and encrypted backups

cat package.json

Web + publishing

A static-first web stack that keeps the portfolio quick to maintain and inexpensive to operate.

Next.js + React

Oktocore

Routing, static generation, metadata, and interactive UI

Tailwind CSS

Interface

Layout primitives paired with focused CSS modules

MDX

Publishing

Git-backed articles with code, drafts, tags, RSS, and SEO

Safari + Chrome

Testing

Cross-browser development and verification