My Complete AI Tech Stack In 2026 [gPmJQSEfUEj]

In 2025 I bought a Mac Mini and my entire workflow changed. Here's my complete AI tech stack the hardware, storage, connectivity, models, and the custom harness I built to run it all.

Chapters

00:00 Intro Why the Mac Mini brent burns Changed Everything

01:20 Hardware The Mac Ecosystem

02:52 Storage Drives & the 3-2-1 Rule

05:25 Voice Capture Anker vs Plaud

09:09 Connectivity Jump Desktop & Tailscale

12:32 AI Models Terminal + Claude

16:30 The Harness Build Your Own (Prevail)

18:48 Coding & Git Workflow

19:37 What's Next

Tools & gear mentioned

Mac Mini (2025) + MacBook Pro / Air

Crucial / Micron 4TB SSDs, Seagate / Western Digital HDDs (3-2-1 backup rule)

Soundcore by Anker voice recorder (vs Plaud)

Jump Desktop (remote access) + Tailscale (mesh networking)

Claude / Opus, LM Studio, OpenRouter

Prevail my own open-source AI harness

Git for version control

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