Services

• Kagi ($) for web searches.
• NextDNS ($) to filter DNS across devices.
• Tailscale for personal VPN.
• Pinboard ($) to save links (me).
• GitHub to host and collaborate on code (me).

Software

• Nix (single-user mode) with home-manager for sharing tooling and dotfiles.
• Syncthing to replicate files across systems.
• Podman for containers, rather than Docker (commercial).
  • quadlet to run podman containers as systemd services.
  • tsnsrv to expose services on my Tailscale network.
• direnv to load project settings upon entry of directory.
  • devshell to install project-local tooling via nix (example).
• Helix for editing code with integrated LSP and tree-sitter support.
• Jujutsu (jj) for version control.
• Hugo to generate my website.

Software Libraries

• Textual for interactive TUI programs in Python.

Hardware

• HP EliteDesk 800 G4 home server
  • around $500 on eBay
  • Intel i7-8700 CPU (3.2 GHz base / 4.6 GHz boost; 6 cores / 12 threads), 64GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD
• Mac Mini (m1)
• Kinesis Advantage360 split keyboard (my keymap)
  • global VIM-like mode, mapping a-hjkl to arrow keys
  • programming symbol shortcuts, like caps-jk to ( and )
  • alt-tab window switch in thumb cluster
  • desktop workspace and tab switching via index fingers (inner column)
• Dell P3223QE4k Monitor with USB-C hub