The Operator Stack

What I actually use.

No affiliate links, no sponsorships. The exact hardware, software, and services I run a 5-property Pantheon on as a one-person operator.

→ See the live web stack in action at /lab

Hardware

Daily DriverMacBook Pro · M-seriesFor Aether builds, web shipping, AI work.
PhoneiPhone 15 ProAether dogfooded daily — the Daily Ritual landed at 6:47am every morning since v1.
WorkstationWindows 11 desktopWhere the production Aether repo lives. PowerShell native. Yes — Mac for portable, Windows for power.

FrameworkReact Native 0.83 · Expo SDK 55Managed workflow. EAS for builds and OTA updates.
Auth + SubRevenueCatStoreKit 2 + 7-day trial offer. One source of truth for subscriptions.
DistributionApp Store Connect · TestFlightCurrently build 39 in production. v15.61.8 OTA channel.
RepoGitHub privateworkspace-poseidon/aether-native. Daily commits, branch-protected develop track.

HostingCloudflare PagesFree tier covers everything. Direct upload via Wrangler CLI. Zero infra cost.
DomainCloudflare RegistrarAt-cost pricing. WHOIS privacy default. lucaslib.com, tridentscan.com, freq43.com — all under one account.
EmailCloudflare Email Routing[email protected] forwards to a Gmail inbox. Free, DMARC-enforced, BIMI-ready.
DNS HardeningSPF · DMARC · DKIM · CAAEat-own-dog-food before pitching Tridentscan. p=quarantine on every owned domain.

BackendNext.js · Cloudflare WorkersEdge-first. 22 modules across 8 dimensions, no signup required.
StorageSQLite · TridentgraphOne file. Every prospect, every scan, every finding, every remediation. Backups daily.
AlertsTelegram Bot APIFree. Daily diff per owned domain delivered to my phone in real-time.

EditorVS CodeVim mode on. Zero theming flair. Just JetBrains Mono and a high-contrast palette.
AI PairClaude (Cowork)Long-context Sonnet for ops. Hermes agent for Aether iOS.
CLIPowerShell · BashPowerShell on Windows for shipping. Bash in sandboxes for everything else.
NotesMarkdown in /.openclaw/Every checkpoint, every ledger entry, every audit. One folder. Synced.

Daily RitualAether · 8 minutesThe same product I built. Three movements. Logged daily since v1.
CoffeeGreater Goods · AustinLocal roaster. House blend, single origin when feeling fancy.
Walking thoughtEast Austin loops · 6:30amPhone in airplane mode. Most of the Pantheon was solved on this loop.