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The environment I've slowly assembled over the years.

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This is the hardware, software, and setup I’ve come to rely on over years of work, curiosity, and tinkering.

Every tool here solved a problem at some point. The ones that remain are the ones I still trust when things matter.

#Hardware

Computers
MacBook Pro M4 Pro24 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD. Daily driver.
ASUS VivoBook 14Ryzen 5 4500U, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD. Still special. Everything started here.
Mobile
Google Pixel 7a8 GB RAM, 128 GB storage. More flaws than I'd like, fewer reasons to replace it.
Audio
OnePlus Buds 3 ProEarphones. A surprisingly effective coping mechanism.

#Dev Environment

OS
macOSmacOS Tahoe.
Arch LinuxOn the VivoBook. And yeah, btw!
Theme
GitHub DarkOne theme for the editor's pride.
Fonts
JetBrains MonoThe evergeen coding font.
Maple MonoI stopped looking after this one.
Editor
ZedGiving it another shot. Still not convinced.
VS CodeThere to save me when Zed gives up.
VS Code Extensions
GitLensInline git blame. I ignore the other 90% of what it does.
Error LensErrors inline, where you're actually looking.
VsCodeVimVim keybindings in VS Code. Muscle memory wins.
Which KeyVim leader key discovery. Amnesia-free.
Material Icon ThemeFiles finally look like what they are.
Path IntellisenseAutocomplete for file paths. Sounds trivial, saves you constantly.
Project ManagerSwitch between projects from the command palette.
Shell
FishMy default shell these days. Turns out life exists outside POSIX.
Terminal
GhosttyPrimary terminal. It's good but the internet made it sound revolutionary.
iTerm2Ex primary terminal. Still have it installed for backup and some nostalgia.
Multiplexer
tmuxMultiplexing babe!
CLI Utilities
zoxideSmarter cd command.
fzfFuzzy finder for everything. I literally have everything piped to this, no joke.
atuinMagical shell history.
ezals but with fancy icons.
batcat with syntax highlighting.
lazygitTerminal UI for git. I use this more than git cli.
lazydockerTerminal UI for Docker.
k9sK9s is awesome, trust me!
Desktop Apps
ArcBrowser of choice.
RaycastKeyboard-driven productivity launcher.
SnapzyOpen-source version of Cleanshot X. Works flawlessly.
AltTabMacOS window management sucks. This makes it livable.
StatsOpen-source iStat Menus alternative. Works flawlessly.
ThawOpen-source Bartender alternative. Keeps the menu bar tidy on a notch Mac.
MPVOpen-source media player. Minimal and keyboard-driven.
CalibreOpen-source e-book manager and reader.

#AI & Agents

Dictation
FluidVoiceLocal voice-to-text for everything.
Harness
OpenCodeFeature-rich, opinionated open-source coding agent for the terminal.
Pi Coding AgentMinimalist, highly customizable open-source terminal-based harness. Trying to see if the hype checks out.
Claude CodeAnthropic's terminal-based coding agent. Because they will ban you if you use anything else.
CodexOpenAI's coding agent for the terminal, IDE, and cloud.
MCP Servers
ExaWeb search designed for AI agents.
Context7Up-to-date library docs, on demand.
DeepWikiAsk any public repo how it works.
Grep.appRegex search across a million public repos.

#Mobile Apps

Media
MetroListYouTube Music client for Android.
ReVanced YTPatched YouTube with no ads.
SealVideo and audio downloader based on yt-dlp.
Reading & RSS
Book's StoryMaterial You ebook reader.
FeedMeRSS reader, pairs with my self-hosted FreshRSS.
Utilities
LocalSendOpen-source AirDrop alternative.
LibreTorrentFree and open-source torrent client.
TermuxLinux terminal environment on Android.

#Browser Extensions

Privacy
uBlock OriginThe only ad blocker you need.
I still don't care about cookiesDismisses cookie consent banners automatically.
Dev & Media
VimiumVim keybindings for the browser. Muscle memory wins here too.
Refined GitHubSimplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features.
SponsorBlockSkip sponsored segments in YouTube videos.
Web ScrobblerScrobbles music from the browser to Last.fm.

#Homelab

Hardware
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB)Low power, runs all my services.
Distro
Debian 13 (trixie)Solid, headless server OS.
Self-hosted
AdGuard HomeNetwork-wide ad blocker.
JellyfinMedia system.
FreshRSSRSS aggregator.
MinifluxMinimalist RSS reader.
PortainerContainer management.
qBittorrentTorrent client.
Stirling-PDFPDF manipulation.
Infrastructure
TailscaleMesh VPN that just works.
AnsibleAgentless config management. Playbooks do the work.
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