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Rohan

Uses

A living document of tools I use daily. Inspired by uses.tech.

Last updated: September 2026

Backend

Python↗

The daily driver for everything server-side.

FastAPI↗

API layer. Runs under Gunicorn with threads, not a pile of worker processes.

Celery↗

Background jobs across normal and priority queues.

MySQL↗

InnoDB on RDS for a multi-tenant SaaS. Composite indexes over clever WHERE clauses.

AWS↗

EC2 and RDS. Tune the config before buying the bigger instance.

AI tooling

Claude↗

Code review, architecture planning, and a growing library of Skills.

Claude Code↗

Agentic coding in the terminal. Built this site with it.

Git + GitHub↗

Version control and side projects.

This Website

Next.js↗

React framework with static generation for a fast, content-focused blog.

React↗

Interactive components.

Tailwind CSS↗

Utility-first, no context switching.

Geist↗

Vercel's clean sans-serif, self-hosted.

Client-side search

Static search index, no external dependencies.

Markdown

Posts and notes are plain markdown files in the repo.

Writing

Substack↗

Newsletter distribution as Null Tensor.

Monitoring dashboards

Where most of the post ideas come from.

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