My Dev Tools Stack as an AI Engineer

Sat Jan 24 2026 • 2 min read

My complete setup for AI engineering, development, and content creation.

Mac Studio M3 Ultra, 96GB RAM, 4TB storage. Running AI models locally and heavy video workloads.

System Setup

Git & GitHub SSH: Git installs with Xcode (git --version to check). For GitHub SSH, generate a key with ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com", start the agent with eval "$(ssh-agent -s)", add it with ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, copy the public key using pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub, then add it at GitHub Settings. Test with ssh -T git@github.com.

ohmyzsh:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Homebrew Installation:

# Homebrew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

nvm Installation:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash

Bun Installation:

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

System Preferences:

Keyboard: Key repeat → Fast, Delay → Short. Trackpad: Tracking speed → Above medium.

# Enable key repeat and speed it up (requires logout)
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

Terminal and Productivity

  • Warp - Modern terminal with AI
  • Raycast - Spotlight replacement
  • QuickPush - Utility for testing Expo Notifications
  • Magnet - Window management

AI and Developer Tools

Cursor Shortcuts (⌘+Shift+P → Open Keyboard Shortcuts JSON):

[
  {
    "key": "shift+escape",
    "command": "workbench.action.toggleMaximizedPanel"
  },
  {
    "key": "cmd+n",
    "command": "explorer.newFile"
  }
]

Notes

Design and Video

Audio

Communication

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