A collection of products, services, companies, and projects I genuinely recommend. Some I use every day, others have helped me with design, real estate, building products, or running my own projects
Recommendations List
ChatGPTAn AI assistant for discussing ideas, writing, research and everyday tasks
CodexOpenAI’s agent for development: working with code, fixing bugs, testing and reviewing changes
ClaudeAnthropic’s AI assistant for writing, document analysis, thinking through decisions and coding
AntigravityGoogle’s development environment with AI agents for working on projects, code and verification
CursorAn AI code editor for understanding a project, writing code and making changes
AstroA web framework for fast, content-focused sites. It powers the pages of this website
EmDashA CMS built with TypeScript and Astro. I use it to edit this site’s articles, translations and shared copy
SvelteA framework for interactive interfaces. I use it where a page needs logic and responses to user actions
WebflowA visual website builder with a CMS, responsive layouts and integrated publishing
FramerA tool for designing and publishing websites, with visual layouts, animation and a CMS
GhostA platform for independent publishing, newsletters and memberships on your own website
These are the tools I use in everyday life, design and development. I discuss ideas and work on writing in ChatGPT; Codex, Claude, Antigravity and Cursor help me turn an idea into a working product. Astro, EmDash and Svelte form the foundation of this site: its pages, content editor and interactive interfaces.
Behind each of these names are people who spend years making complicated things easier to use. Thank you to the authors, designers, developers and communities for their work, documentation and open source code. This list comes from my own experience, and I will add to it as my projects and tools change.
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On Instagram: Dubai beyond the postcard — family, the city, discoveries and life between projects. On Threads: thinking out loud about design and AI. On YouTube: videos that need more room than a story. Follow me wherever you feel at home, and let’s keep in touch