Ian Provencher
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Apps & workflows · 24

The apps I lean on — and how they connect

Not just a software list — the kit behind the work, grouped by what it's for, with how I actually use each piece. The mobile + alert layer is how the systems reach me when I'm away from the desk.

Editor & shell

4

VS Code

Primary editor

Claude Code

The CLI coding agent I orchestrate — interactively and in headless fleets

Windows Terminal

Where the shells live

PowerShell

Default shell for scripts and ops

Languages & CLI

7

Git + GitHub CLI

Version control and repo automation

Node.js (LTS)

Runtime for the sites and build scripts

TypeScript

Primary language — the sites, the console, and the PDF suite

Python 3.12 / 3.14

Data tooling, automation, and analysis scripting

Rust (rustup)

Systems-level tools and the Tauri core of the cross-platform PDF suite

ripgrep + jq

Fast code search and JSON surgery

Android SDK · JDK · Gradle

Builds the Command Center OS phone app from the command line — no Android Studio

Infrastructure

3

Private mesh

How I reach my boxes securely — a WireGuard-based network with no port-forwarding

Cloudflare

DNS, tunnels, zero-trust access, Workers + KV, and where sites deploy

Operator-token access

A long-lived operator token plus private-mesh ACLs gate who reaches the console — scoped and revocable

Mobile & alerts

4

The pattern: my systems reach me on my phone, and I can dispatch work back from it.

GitHub Mobile

File an issue from anywhere; the agents pick it up

Self-hosted push

Job failures and heartbeats hit my phone

Chat bridge

Where my agents ping me with status and ask for a call

Mobile SSH

A live shell into my server from my Android phone, from anywhere

Capture & creative

3

Screenpresso

Fast screen capture for docs and demos

Adobe Creative Cloud

Brand and visual assets

CapCut

Short-form video edits

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