Stack

Tools I reach for and why.

Languages

Pythonprimary — scripts, agents, data pipelines

TypeScripteverything frontend and Node backend

Backend & Infra

FastAPIasync Python APIs

Honoedge-first TypeScript API framework

Node.jsgeneral server-side TS/JS

Dockercontainerization, local dev parity

GCP (GKE, GCS, Cloud Run, Firestore, KMS)primary cloud

AWS (S3)object storage

Pulumiinfra as code — TypeScript

AI / LLM

Google ADKagent framework for multi-step LLM pipelines

LangGraphstateful agent graphs

LiteLLMunified LLM proxy, rate limiting

Vercel AI SDKstreaming LLM responses in Next.js

MCPModel Context Protocol for tool-calling

RAGretrieval-augmented generation systems

Databases & Vector Stores

PostgreSQLprimary relational DB

Rediscaching, pub/sub

Firestorereal-time NoSQL on GCP

Qdrantvector search, production RAG

Weaviatemultimodal vector store

ChromaDBlocal RAG experimentation

Frontend

Next.jsapp router, RSC, SSR

Tailwind CSSutility-first styling

Observability

OpenTelemetrytraces, metrics, spans

Axiomtrace ingestion and search

Sentryerror tracking

Editor & Terminal

VS Codedaily driver

Claude CodeAI pair programming

Gitobviously