Tools I
actually use.

Codex

What I use it for: turning design direction into working software—building interfaces, connecting systems, deploying sites, debugging, and testing the result on real screens.

In practice: Codex assembled the SiR.DNA channel interface, 3D room, mobile entrance, audio behavior, and deployment into one experience.

Claude

What I use it for: establishing the design system before implementation—visual language, typography, layout rules, product structure, and the overall feel of a project.

In practice: Claude helped define the original SiR.DNA website direction before those decisions moved into the interactive build.

ChatGPT

What I use it for: thinking through ideas, refining prompts, generating production language, exploring variations, and helping move a loose concept toward something specific enough to build.

In practice: it has been part of the iteration loop for site concepts, image direction, and the sound-clip workflow behind the SiR.DNA television.

Meshy

What I use it for: translating an image or object concept into a 3D asset that can become part of an interactive environment.

In practice: the retro television at the center of SiR.DNA became a usable 3D object through Meshy, then moved into the website as the interface itself.

ElevenLabs

What I use it for: giving digital objects an audio layer—interface cues, menu sounds, transitions, voice, and the details that make an interaction feel produced.

In practice: sound was the layer that made the SiR.DNA television stop feeling like a model and start feeling like a real object in a world.

Higgsfield

Where it fits: cinematic image and video experimentation—camera movement, fashion imagery, motion studies, and ideas that need to feel closer to a commercial production than a static generation.

Why it stays in the kit: it aligns with the kind of visual work I want to make: polished, strange, highly directed, and built to move.

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Grok

What I use it for: fast visual concepting and experimental first passes—getting the object, mood, or direction out of my head so it can move into a more specialized production pipeline.

In practice: Grok and Grokbots have been part of early visual exploration and the first stage of the NDRS.ai administrative system.

OpenClaw

What I use it for: continuity and orchestration—capturing ideas, organizing references, tracking projects, running automations, checking live systems, and keeping the work connected across days.

In practice: it is becoming the operating layer between the things I imagine and the systems, sites, and archives that keep them moving.

Hostinger

What I use it for: hosting websites and server infrastructure without adding a complicated enterprise layer to projects that need to get online and stay manageable.

Offer: Use my referral link for an extra 20% discount.

OpenPhone / Quo

What I use it for: a dedicated business phone system—OpenPhone, now Quo—so company calls and messages do not have to live inside a personal number.

Offer: Try OpenPhone / Quo for free through my referral link.

n8n

What I use it for: connecting systems and building automations—moving data, triggering workflows, scheduling work, and giving SiteOS a way to operate across the rest of the company stack.

Offer: Try n8n through my partner link.

DigitalOcean

What I use it for: straightforward cloud servers for websites, prototypes, and infrastructure that needs a real machine without becoming a cloud-architecture project.

Offer: New accounts can receive a $200, 60-day credit. If you later spend $25 after the credit expires, I receive $25 in account credit.

ServerPilot

What I use it for: managing web applications on cloud servers without manually rebuilding every part of the PHP, database, SSL, and server-management layer.

Offer: Referred accounts receive a $10 credit. I receive a $25 credit after a referred account spends its first $25.

Capital One

How it fits: the finance side of the stack—credit, cash flow, and the less glamorous shit that still keeps projects moving.

Verified offer: Apply through this referral page, get approved, and make a payment with the new card within three months; you and I may each receive a $100 statement credit. Checking eligibility says it does not hurt your credit score. Card offers may differ. Terms apply.

Capital One Miles

How it fits: travel rewards for the flights, road trips, and wandering-around shit that eventually turns into another project.

Referral terms: If you are a new Capital One cardholder and open an eligible account through this link, I may earn 20,000 bonus miles, up to 50,000 miles annually. The miles are my referral benefit—not a promised bonus for you. Offers may change; terms apply.