Glenn Kimble Jr

Hardware

• MacBook Pro 13-inch, 16G of RAM, Apple M1 (2020)

  My daily driver. Still going strong years later.

• Beats Studio Pro Wireless ANC Over-Ear Headphones

  They’re comfortable, block out background noise really well, and last long enough that I don’t have to worry about charging them all the time.

• Herman Miller Aeron Chair (Size B)

  If you're going to sit for hours, don't cheap out on your back.

Editor

• Sublime Text 4

  I know VS Code exists. I'm not changing.

Packages

• Git Blame — inline blame annotations
• AdvancedNewFile — quickly create files and directories from the keyboard
• ChangeQuotes — swap between single and double quotes in one keystroke
• PHP Companion — use statements, class instantiation helpers
• SublimeLinter + SublimeLinter-php — inline PHP linting

Terminal

• iTerm2

  No complaints. It's where I live.

• zsh with a custom git-aware prompt

  Shows the current branch and dirty state right in the prompt. Built on git-aware-prompt.

(Some of) My Aliases

• pa → php artisan
• phpu → ./vendor/bin/phpunit
• gap → git add --patch
• gs → git status
• gl → git log --oneline

Development

• Claude Code

  Worked its way into my daily development flow. Past the initial excitement, I've got a clearer picture of where it earns its keep and where it falls short.

• Laravel Herd

  My local PHP environment. Manages multiple PHP versions (7.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4) and Node with near-zero config and serves local sites over .test domains.

• Sequel Pro

  A.k.a pancakes. Classic MySQL GUI for Mac. Running the nightly build and sticking with it until the wheels fall off.

• ScreenFlow

  What I use for editing screencasts.

Hosting

• GitHub Pages

  Where this site lives.

• DigitalOcean + Laravel Forge

  My go-to for personal projects that need more than static hosting.