Uses
Tools and setup. Nothing fancy, everything functional.
I run a split ecosystem — Samsung/Android for personal, Apple/Mac for work — stitched together with Google services.
Hardware
- MacBook Pro M4 — work machine
- MacBook Air M1 — personal dev and side projects
- Mac Mini M4 — home setup
- Galaxy A16 — primary phone (Android, always)
- iPhone 13 Pro — work phone when needed
- Galaxy Tab S9 FE — reading, reference, light work
- Keychron V1 Max — mechanical keyboard, the good kind of loud
- Galaxy Buds 3 Pro — daily audio
- AirPods 2 — work calls
- Galaxy Watch 4 — health tracking, prayer times
- Al Fajr Watch — tells me when to pray, nothing else
Development
- Android Studio — still the best for Android
- Xcode — when KMM demands it
- VS Code — for web, scripts, and everything else
- Claude Code — AI pair programmer that actually understands context
- Charles Proxy — network debugging
- Figma — design to code
Daily Drivers
- Obsidian — second brain, synced via Google Drive, works on every device
- Chrome — syncs everywhere across the Samsung/Apple split
- Gmail — the glue that holds the ecosystem together
- Google Drive — files, photos, everything
- Bitwarden — cross-platform passwords
- Warp Terminal — finally, a modern terminal
- Slack — work chat
- WhatsApp — personal chat (default in Pakistan and Dubai)
Health
Samsung Health → Google Health Connect. Wearable data flows from the Galaxy Watch through Samsung Health into Google’s health hub. Simple pipeline, no Apple Health needed.
Life
- Quran.com — Quran and Arabic
- Physical notebook + pen — for thinking, not capturing
- Coffee — black, no sugar
Philosophy
I don’t chase the latest tools. I use what works and stick with it until something is significantly better.
Two ecosystems sounds complicated. It’s not. Google is the bridge — Drive, Photos, Chrome, Gmail, Health Connect all work on both sides. Pick tools that are ecosystem-agnostic and the split disappears.
Simple > Complex. Fast > Pretty. Done > Perfect.
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