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Zubin Khavarian

Uses

What I build with: the machine, the editors and agents, the stack, and the small tools that keep the day moving.

❯ cat ~/.uses

// machine1

macOS: On a MacBook Pro, M4 Max, 128 GB.

// agents2

Claude Code: Most code starts as a conversation with it.
Claude desktop app: Where those sessions run, side by side.

// tools4

WebStorm: JetBrains' IDE, for reading and steering the code.
Tower: Git, with a proper history view.
iTerm2: The terminal.
Raycast: The launcher.

// stack8

TypeScript: Everything on the web is typed.
JavaScript: Where the typing stops: scripts and quick experiments.
React: The web apps' UI.
TanStack: Everything: Query, Router, Table and the rest of the set.
three.js: The 3D games and the three-kit tools.
React Three Fiber: three.js scenes as React components.
SwiftUI: The iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch apps.
Blender: Models and scenes for the 3D games.

// tooling4

Bun: Runtime, package manager and script runner.
Turborepo: Builds and tasks across the monorepo.
oxlint: Linting, fast enough to run on every save.
oxfmt: Formatting, from the same Oxc toolchain.

// this site5

Astro 7 + MDX: Static pages, with React islands only where a page needs them.
Tailwind CSS 4: Styles, on a warm paper palette.
Base UI: The ⌘K palette.
roughjs: The hand-drawn figures in posts.
Newsreader + JetBrains Mono: Type, for reading and for code.