$ which --all

The stack

Every tool on this page is connected and in use today — nothing here is an affiliate placement or a tool I tried once for content. The verdict tags are honest: some of these are load-bearing, some are nice-to-have.

## the engine

Where the actual work happens.

Claude Code

Primary workhorse
core

Desktop app on Windows. This is where I build apps, run audits, write content, and orchestrate everything else. Persistent memory means it knows my businesses across sessions. Most of what you see on this site was built inside it — including this site.

Claude API

Powers my products
core

Career That Lasts runs real Claude API calls for career analysis. When I ship AI features in my own products, this is the backend.

Claude in Chrome

Browser operator
core

Claude drives a real Chrome session for me — editing GitHub repos, changing DNS at my registrar, checking deploys — by operating the browser the way I would. Anything outward-facing, I confirm before it goes through.

MCP connectors

Claude's hands
core

The difference between Claude as a chatbot and Claude as an operator. Every connected service on this page reaches Claude through MCP — it reads my real data and drafts real actions, and I approve them before anything goes out.

## build & ship

From idea to live URL.

Next.js + Tailwind

Default app stack
core

Every product I've shipped with Claude Code uses this combo. Claude knows it cold, which matters more than your personal preference does.

Vercel

Hosting & deploys
core

Push to GitHub, it's live. Career That Lasts and this site both run on it. Deploying on day one changes how you build — everything gets tested against a real URL.

GitHub

Source of truth
core

Claude Code commits and pushes via the gh CLI. The commit history doubles as a build log — it's how I can tell you honestly how long things took.

Node.js

Local toolchain
core

Node 24 is the runtime behind every Next.js build and script Claude Code runs here. It is pinned and kept off the system path so builds stay reproducible.

Python

Automation & the iMessage bot
worth it

The AI Jeff iMessage bot is a Python process: launchd keeps it alive, it reads the Messages SQLite database read-only, sends through AppleScript, and reads its on/off Focus signal from iCloud. Claude Code wrote and maintains all of it.

## communication & workspace

The inbox, calendar, and docs Claude reads and drafts into.

Gmail

Email
core

Claude reads threads and drafts replies through MCP. It does the triage and the first draft; I keep the send button.

Google Calendar

Scheduling
worth it

Claude checks availability, suggests times, and drafts events through the connector, so scheduling is a sentence instead of a tab-switch.

Slack

Team comms
worth it

Claude reads channels and threads and drafts messages through MCP — useful for catching up on a busy channel without scrolling it myself.

Notion

Docs & knowledge base
worth it

Where longer-lived notes and project docs live. Claude reads and writes pages through the connector, so what it learns in a session lands somewhere I will actually find it again.

Google Drive

File storage
situational

Connected file storage Claude can search, read, and create files in, so documents move into and out of a session without a manual upload.

## business operations

The agency side — where automation pays rent.

ClickUp

Task management
core

Claude triages, creates, and updates tasks through MCP. A conversation about what needs doing becomes actual tasks with assignees and due dates.

HighLevel

CRM & funnels
worth it

Runs forms, booking, and pipelines for Humbear Media. Not connected to Claude directly — it's the system of record Claude's outputs feed into.

Make.com

Non-AI plumbing
worth it

When two apps just need data moved between them on a trigger, a Make scenario beats an AI agent. I use Claude to design the scenarios, then Make runs them deterministically.

Fireflies

Meeting memory
worth it

Records and transcribes calls. Through MCP, Claude pulls transcripts and turns them into summaries and action items without me re-listening to anything.

## marketing & content

Research in, assets out.

Semrush

SEO data
worth it

Connected to Claude via MCP. Keyword research, competitor gaps, and site audit data flow straight into content briefs and audit reports instead of living in browser tabs.

Canva

Design output
situational

Claude can generate and edit designs through the connector. I use it for social assets where the content matters more than bespoke design.

Gamma

Decks & one-pagers
situational

Claude drafts the narrative, Gamma makes it presentable. Client-facing decks in a fraction of the time PowerPoint would take.

## infrastructure & domains

Where the sites actually live.

Namecheap

Domains & DNS
worth it

Registrar and DNS for my domains. When godofclaude.com needed to point at Vercel, the records changed here.

Hostinger

WordPress hosting
worth it

Origin host for humbearmedia.com, the agency site.

WordPress.com

CMS & edge
worth it

humbearmedia.com is a WordPress site fronted by WordPress.com's edge. Content, schema, and redirect snippets live here, and a publish has to clear both the edge and the origin to go live.

## physical machines

The hardware fleet — where local AI and everything else runs.

Local AI workstation

Image-to-video & local AI
core

Custom AM5 build: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X on a B850E ATX board, an NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB), 64GB of DDR5-6000 (G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB), and 4TB of NVMe (a Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB plus a 990 Pro 2TB with heatsink), on a 1000W Corsair PSU, water-cooled with several fans, in a white Fractal North case with tempered glass and wood. It mostly runs image-to-video for content generation.

The desktop fleet

Mixed GPU workloads
worth it

About six more desktops for different use cases, with GPUs spanning an NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti (16GB), an RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), an RTX 4060 (8GB), and an AMD Radeon RX 6700 (10GB). Several run Windows, including the machine Claude Code and the browser operate from.

Mac minis

Always-on services
core

Three Mac minis — two M4, one M1. One of the M4s runs the AI Jeff iMessage bot around the clock.

MacBooks

Mobile work
worth it

Seven or eight MacBook Pro and Air, M4 and M5, for working from anywhere.

Raspberry Pi 5

KPI dashboards
situational

A small always-on box that tracks social-media and internal KPIs.

$ follow --the-build

Watch it happen, don't take my word for it

Every build on this site gets documented as it happens — the prompts, the dead ends, the results. No course at the end of this funnel. There is no funnel.

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