Steve Cavender

What I Use

Updated November 3, 2025

Development

Editor: Zed – A beautiful, fast IDE with AI built in. Not built on electron. Still learning neovim.

Terminal: Ghostty with Tmux – GPU-accelerated, actually native. Tmux for sessions, windows, and panes.

Browser: Zen – Privacy-focused Firefox fork. A spiritual successor to Arc.

Notes: Bear – Clean markdown notes that sync through iCloud.

Music: Brain.fm for focus sessions, Apple Music for everything else.

RSS: Newsboat – Terminal-based feed reader.

Hardware

Computer: MacBook Air M2

Phone: iPhone 16 Pro

Keyboard: Nuphy Mechanical

Headphones: Bose QC 35

Desk: Branch Sit/Stand

Chair: Secretlab

Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2

Fitness

Programming: Ladder – Great workouts and personalized coaching.

Equipment: Signature Fitness fold-out rack, EXmark olympic barbell, Vulcan fleck plates, Rep Fitness jump rope, Adidas lifting shoes, Reebok CrossFit shoes, knee wraps, assorted hex dumbbells.

Music

Guitars: Blue Fender Strat, Red Strat, Fender acoustic, Taylor acoustic

Amp: Marshall mini

Effects: Boss ME-60