tools

this is the stuff i use

i've wanted to do one of these pages for years, but the scope always ran away from me. to prevent this page from being miles long i'm taking some inispiration from Ángel's page on this. ^↗

software

operating system: Ultramarine (every edition) / macOS

browser: Firefox

i'm always playing with browsers, so my default changes all the time, right now it's that

terminal: Ghostty

shell: zsh +ohmyzsh+fino

editor: micro (cli)/ Kate (quick) / Zed (code) / Typst web (academia)

research: Zotero

email: Thunderbird/iOS mail

simple office tasks (i.e. PDF viewing): whatever my OS comes with

music: Apple Music / CD Rips

dev env: Flox / Pet Containers

it's a bit of both, i really like Flox, but since i mostly work on OS components+releng having a full reference environment is very useful. i'll write a blog post about the container workflow sometime.

hardware

workstation: 2009/10 Mac Pro with rx570 "Grater"

main laptop: Surface Laptop 5 "Sakura"

this is a small chunk of the computers i use, these are my main two devices that i use for more tasks. i have other laptops that can be my main at times, or come alongside the main for specialized tasks.

tablet: iPad Air 4 "scratchpad" / Surface Go 2 "yotta"

desk peripherals: System76 Launch (Unix Layout) + MX Master 3S for Mac

desk peripherals (gaming): Attack Shark X68 HE + Razer DeathAdder v3 Hyperspeed + Steam Controller 2

travel peripherals: Razer Joro + Logitech Mobi Fold + CRKD Atom

phone: iPhone 17 Pro

a lot of people ask me why i, as a linux person, use an iphone. it's because i need my phone to just work always. linux and android give me too much space to fuck around, iphone doesn't. also i like the apple watch a bit.

writing (on the go): Kaweco Sport / Rhodia Ballpoint

writing (at home): Twisbi Diamond / Retro51 Tornado

calculator: TI-84 CE Silver

security: Yubikey 5 + Yubikey 5C + Google Titan

camera: Canon Powershot SX540 HS

watch: Apple Watch Series 11

car: 2012 Chevy Equinox LT (115k mi)

pros: it runs, the AC mostly works, the radio mostly works / cons: it's a 2010-2014 Equinox

bike: some 21 speed i got for 500 bucks with the Biden Bucks during the pandemic