// Uses  ·  Tools of the Study

What the work runs on.

Tools are not the craft – but a craftsman knows his bench. The stack, the rituals, and the small choices behind the work.

Ghibli-style illustration of the desk – a central monitor with a watercolour landscape, a laptop on each side, a mechanical keyboard, headphones, and a bookshelf with a small forest spirit by the curtained window
// The bench – two machines, one monitor, and a small spirit keeping watch
Ghibli-style illustration of a sunlit living and dining room with a garden view, a green sofa, and a wooden dining table.
The room the desk lives in.
// Engineering, by day
// AI in the loop
Claude usage overview, all time from 28 May to 12 September 2026, across all my work: 269 sessions, 218,459 messages, 363 million tokens, 101 active days, longest streak 33 days, peak hour 9 PM, favourite model Opus 4.8, with a daily-activity heatmap. Claude token usage by day from 28 May to 12 September 2026, split by model: Opus 4.8 35.9%, Opus 5 25.6%, Sonnet 5 15.2%, Fable 5 14.6%, Fable 5.1 6.5%, Sonnet 4.6 2.1%.
// Claude, all time as of September 2026, across all my work  ·  269 sessions  ·  218,459 messages  ·  363M tokens  ·  101 active days  ·  Opus 4.8 still leads at 35.9%, with Opus 5 at 25.6%
Claude usage overview, last 30 days to 13 October 2026, across all my work: 75 sessions, 44,843 messages, 15.5 billion tokens, 28 active days, peak hour 9 PM, favourite model Opus 5.5, with a daily-activity heatmap. Claude token usage by day, last 30 days to 13 October 2026, split by model: Opus 5.5 38.9%, Opus 5 17.4%, Sonnet 5 16.8%, Sonnet 5.5 15.9%, Fable 5.1 11.1%.
// Claude, last 30 days as of 13 October 2026, across all my work  ·  75 sessions  ·  44,843 messages  ·  15.5B tokens  ·  28 active days  ·  Opus 5.5 leads at 38.9%, with Opus 5 at 17.4%
// This site
// The desk