Tools

All my posts about various tools

55 posts

Tooling posts from the messy, useful layer between idea and shipped thing - editors, command-line utilities, local services, helper apps, developer workflows, and the periodic day-to-day toolbox refresh. These are the notes I wish I had already written when setting something up for the second or third time.

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Introducing ssl-toolkit

A comprehensive SSL/TLS diagnostic tool built in Rust that I created to replace my ever-growing document of random certificate checking notes.

1 Feb 20268 min readTools Security macOS

Day to Day Tools, the 2025 edition

The 2025 edition of my day-to-day tools: Ghostty, Claude Code, Google's Antigravity IDE, and the AI services that have become central to how I work.

29 Dec 20255 min readTools macOS

Day to Day Tools, the 2024 edition

Day-to-day tools for a macOS user in 2024: Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Paste, 1Password, and more. Discover essential desktop, terminal, and online services for productivity.

16 Jun 20245 min readTools macOS

Rocky Linux and Packer

Explore Packer's use with Rocky Linux. Migrate CentOS projects efficiently. Use provided templates for Virtualbox and VMWare.

28 Aug 20215 min readPacker Linux Tools

Tracking costs in Terraform using Infracost

Track Terraform costs with Infracost. Install, register, and monitor changes in your Azure DevOps pipeline efficiently.

24 Aug 202116 min readTerraform ‍DevOps Azure

Tracking costs in Terraform using Infracost

Microsoft Azure Portal URLs

Access Microsoft Azure portals efficiently with handy URLs for Azure, Azure Active Directory, Resource Explorer, and Cloud Shell.

15 Jun 20193 min readAzure Cloud Tools

Shopping for Containers

Explore the Docker Store, your one-stop marketplace for Docker-related content. From Docker EE to plugins and containers, find both free and paid offerings.

28 Jan 20186 min readDocker Tools