My Setup

Manav Mehta Manav Mehta 411 words · 2 min read #setup#tools#productivity

Hardware and software I use daily for development, infrastructure, and productivity.

My Setup & Workspace

A curated list of the hardware that keeps me productive and the software that powers my daily development workflows.

Quick Overview

Category Component Key Feature
Hardware Laptop Primary development powerhouse
External Monitor High-res screen real estate
Peripherals Custom mechanical keyboard & ergonomic mouse
Networking Secure home lab infrastructure
Software Editors VS Code (Primary) & Neovim (Terminal)
Environment Custom Terminal, Shell, & Git CI/CD
Design & Data Figma & Visual Database GUI
Productivity Password Manager & Note-Taking “Second Brain”

Hardware & Workspace

Laptop

The primary development machine. Optimized and configured for heavy coding, daily productivity tasks, and seamless professional workflows.

External Monitor

A high-resolution display providing extended screen real estate. Essential for split-pane coding, monitoring logs, and precision design work.

Peripherals

  • Mechanical Keyboard: Custom build with tactile switches. Hot-swappable, wireless, and tuned for comfortable, long-form typing sessions.
  • Ergonomic Mouse: Wireless mouse featuring customizable buttons, silent clicks, and seamless multi-device switching.

Ergonomic Chair

An adjustable office chair engineered for long-haul work sessions. A crucial piece of gear for maintaining good posture and comfort during deep-work coding blocks.

Network Setup

Robust home network infrastructure featuring a managed switch, dedicated access points, and a hardware firewall for secure, high-speed, and reliable connectivity.


Software & Tooling

Code Editors

  • VS Code: My primary environment. Heavily customized with tailored themes, custom keybindings, and extensions for linting, formatting, and deep language support.
  • Neovim: A lightweight, blazing-fast editor for quick terminal-based edits. Outfitted with a custom configuration featuring LSP, a fuzzy finder, and tree-sitter syntax highlighting.

Terminal, Shell & Git

  • Terminal + Shell: A highly customized terminal emulator running a modern shell. Features a minimal prompt theme and custom aliases designed for rapid development workflows.
  • Git: Core version control for all projects. Backed by strict custom commit conventions, structured branch strategies, and automated CI/CD pipelines.

Design & Data

  • Database GUI: A visual management tool used for querying, browsing, and structure-mapping SQL and NoSQL databases during local development.
  • Figma: The go-to design platform for prototyping UI components, reviewing high-fidelity mockups, and collaborating with design teams.

Security & Productivity

  • Browser: A Chromium-based browser utilizing isolated workspaces to strictly separate personal and professional profiles. Loaded with dev tools and tab-management extensions.
  • Password Manager: Secure credential storage acting as a vault for API tokens, SSH keys, and shared team credentials. Essential for strict security hygiene.
  • Note-Taking App: My digital “Second Brain.” Used for documentation, daily project planning, and quick-access runbooks. Powered by custom templates for meeting notes and technical specs.