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Light

Lighting2

  • Philips Hue bulbs
    “21 different DMX light fixtures along with a bunch of Philips Hue bulbs and my voice to issue commands to the AI”
    View source at 1:11from March 2026
  • DMX stage lighting

    positive about it

    “So, this is my studio where I work out of and you know, I went crazy with a bunch of DMX stage lighting and you know, smoke machines and all that stuff.”
    View source at 0:16from March 2026

Editing and post

Editing software6

  • Adobe Photoshop

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “And the reason I would use Photoshop is because I want access, direct access to all the raster tools so that I can I can do everything. I can handle everything from within one interface and that's it. So that's what I'm going to use.”
    View source at 4:14from June 2026+ 1 more source
  • Remotion

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So, first off, with this project, I already have Remotion integrated and I'm not going to tell you how to install it because that would be stupid.”
    View source at 2:09from April 2026+ 1 more source
  • Topaz Video Upscale

    first cited September 2026positive about it

    “And as you can see over here, we can have the uh Topaz video upscale. So Topaz is a separate service that they use that provides like really good upscaling for videos going from like 720 to 1080p.”
    View source at 7:48from September 2026
  • ElevenLabs Studio 4.0

    first cited October 2026

    “So I cut the whole thing in ElevenLabs Studio 4.0.”
    View sourcefrom October 2026

Coding software10

  • Claude Code

    cited in 20 videosspeaks highly of it

    “This is a single Python script created by Claude Code which is running on a single computer that is orchestrating two different cameras going into an ATM mini pro, an overhead projector, 21 different DMX light fixtures along with a bunch of Philips Hue bulbs and my voice to issue commands to the AI.”
    View source at 1:02from March 2026+ 19 more sources
  • Python

    cited in 4 videos

    “This is all based on Python, and then we can retest it to see if that feature request actually worked.”
    View source at 2:58from March 2026+ 3 more sources
  • Three.js

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited May 2026

    “2 days ago I decided to try my hand at a browser-based game in Three.js.”
    View sourcefrom May 2026+ 2 more sources
  • Cursor

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited June 2026

    “I'm going to go ahead and choose cursor, installing cursor, and then once it's installed, um you either have to open up, you know, a blank uh project folder with nothing in it if you're starting from scratch, or open up an existing project.”
    View source at 0:50from June 2026+ 1 more source

AI software22

  • Gemini

    cited in 5 videosmixed views on it

    “I think I find that let's do Gemini. And what I'm going to do is copy this. Place a CQ ball onto the table with appropriate size.”
    View source at 31:23from June 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Opus

    cited in 5 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Then I spent three months using claude code opus 4.6 six back in December to about February completely redoing refactoringdesigncourse.com.”
    View source at 3:11from May 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Claude Fable 5

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited June 2026speaks highly of it

    “And really, I worked mainly when Fable 5 was out. You know, I never got onto the open claw Hermes nano claw, you know, bandwagon. But Fable 5 was so like good that I saw I was like, you know, we just built our own from scratch essentially.”
    View source at 0:13from June 2026+ 2 more sources
  • Fable 5.1

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited July 2026speaks highly of it

    “So, I'm going to show you how to use Framer to build a quick landing page with the help of Fable 5 and their new agent system. This is extremely powerful.”
    View source at 0:06from July 2026+ 2 more sources

Productivity software3

  • Discord

    cited in 7 videos

    “I'm very close to release, the discord server I've setup has nearly 60 users in it, many are getting their environments ready and some have been testing.”
    View sourcefrom July 2026+ 6 more sources
  • Instant Domain Search

    first cited May 2026positive about it

    “And I went to instant domainarch.com. That's why I've been using for like 12 years.”
    View source at 5:24from May 2026
  • Zoho Mail
    “And it's set up through Zoho Mail, which has an API endpoint that it can, you know, interface with.”
    View source at 1:20from April 2026

Creator tools9

  • Figma

    cited in 18 videospositive about it

    “So this is all about getting a bunch of different ideas in terms of the layout and what this layout could possibly be so that I can narrow in on one and then really make my own custom adjustments as a designer in Figma and then take all those changes and reimpport it back into this page for a final version.”
    View source at 0:28from April 2026+ 17 more sources
  • Google Maps

    first cited May 2026

    “And by the way, these buildings, they actually come from Google Maps.”
    View source at 2:06from May 2026
  • Archivo (font)

    first cited October 2026

    “I'm going to be using archivo because I actually use that in my design style and design system.”
    View source at 5:12from October 2026
  • Kyle's Concept Brushes

    first cited June 2026

    “Kyle's concept brushes. Just kind of looking through these.”
    View source at 1:13:09from June 2026

Platforms

Hosting platforms5

  • Framer

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So that's why I've always said I ever since I started covering Framer, it is my favorite tool. It's my favorite no code tool and now it's become even more p powerful with AI itself.”
    View source at 16:35from July 2026+ 1 more source
  • Vercel
    “It's a complete SaaS application with authentication, payments, credit systems, and a real AI pipeline, deployed and running on Vercel.”
    View sourcefrom March 2026
  • Modal (modal.com)

    first cited May 2026speaks highly of it

    “So, I used one service called modal.com. This is not a sponsored video. And it worked really well.”
    View source at 4:09from May 2026
  • YouTube

    first cited June 2026

    “That's where I'm streaming to X and YouTube right now.”
    View source at 34:49from June 2026

Ecommerce platforms1

  • Stripe

    cited in 2 videospositive about it

    “We're building with the modern stack that top startups are using right now: Next.js 16 with App Router and server components, Tailwind CSS 4, Supabase for the database, auth, and file storage, Stripe for subscriptions and one-time purchases, and Google's Gemini image generation API for the AI backbone.”
    View sourcefrom March 2026+ 1 more source

Desk

Computers1

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

    $1,739.99first cited May 2026

    “So, generating 10,000 Blender renders on a single 4090 GPU like the like the workstation that I use here in the PC would take about 3 days.”
    View source at 3:55from May 2026

Everything else

Other1

  • Twilio API
    “And there's a ton of different services that you can choose and interface and add to your routine, but in this case, I'm going to be using Twilio API for the text messages.”
    View source at 2:04from April 2026

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