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I’ve been a fan of technology for as long as I can remember. I tried building computers long before my first lego. I remember browsing GitHub years before understanding a single line of code.

Along the way, I’ve bought, found, and/or built for some exceptional tech. Here’s a list of them that I use day-to-day and why. There’s also some highlights from days past.

This page is a bit verbose because it doubles as a way for me to keep track of some of these things I own. Bear with me.

Utilities

• Internet
  • ATT Fiber 1G @ $90/m
  • Google Fiber 1G @ $70/m
• Cell
  • Visible @ $25/m
• Electricity
  • Georgia Power @ ~$0.20/kWh
• DNS & Domains
  • Cloudflare @ ~$50/yr
• Hosting
  • See Servers
  • Github / Cloudflare Pages
  • Railway / Fly.io
  • Google Cloud Run / AWS EC2

Hardware

Peripherals

• Keyboards
  • Ducky Mecha 2 - Creator Edition
  • Cheapino2
• Microphones
  • Blue Yeti
• Webcams
  • Logitech C930e
  • Logitech C170
• Headphones & Earbuds
  • Apple Airpods Pro 2
  • Apple Earpods
  • Truthear Zero IEMs
• Monitors
  • 32” AOC 1080p@120Hz
  • 2x27” Samsung LF27T35 1080p@75Hz
• Phones
  • Apple iPhone Xs
  • OnePlus 7 Pro
  • OnePlus N200

3D Printing

ecc

Spec	Value
Model	Elegoo Centauri Carbon
Build Volume	256 x 256 x 256 mm
Print Speed	Up to 500 mm/s
Acceleration	20,000 mm/s²
Hot End	320°C max
Bed	110°C max
Motion	CoreXY, fully enclosed

Laptops

nixpad

Spec	Value
Model	ThinkPad P15v
CPU	i7-12700H 14C/20T @ 3.5-4.7GHz
GPU	NVIDIA RTX A2000 4GB
RAM	32GB DDR4
Storage	500GB m.2 SSD

nixpad - Unused, won’t charge

Spec	Value
Model	ThinkPad E15
CPU	i5-10210U 4C/8T @ 1.5-4.2GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel UHD
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	500GB m.2 SSD

macbook - Unused, broken screen

Spec	Value
Model	Intel Macbook Pro (2019 15”)
CPU	i7-9750H 6C/12T @ 2.6GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel UHD 630
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	512GB SSD

Work

Spec	Value
Model	2024 16” Macbook Pro
CPU	Apple M4
GPU	Integrated
RAM	48GB
Storage	256GB

Desktops

windoze

Spec	Value
Model	Custom Build
CPU	Ryzen 5 7600X 6C/12T @ 4.7-5.3GHz
GPU	NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM	32GB DDR5
Storage	1TB m.2 NVME, 500GB SSD

Servers

srv-bldr-amd

Spec	Value
Model	Custom Build
CPU	Ryzen 7 5600X 6C/12T @ 3.7-4.6GHz
GPU	-
RAM	32GB DDR4
Storage	1TB m.2 NVME

srv-mngr-g3

Spec	Value
Model	HP ProDesk 400 G3
CPU	i7-7700 4C/8T @ 3.6GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel HD 630
RAM	24GB DDR4
Storage	1TB m.2 SSD

srv-wrkr-g4

Spec	Value
Model	HP ProDesk 400 G4
CPU	i5-7500 4C/4T @ 3.4GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel HD 630
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	240GB SSD

srv-wrkr-g4 (spare)

Spec	Value
Model	HP ProDesk 400 G4
CPU	i5-7500 4C/4T @ 3.4GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel HD 630
RAM	0GB DDR4
Storage	240GB SSD

srv-wrkr-g5

Spec	Value
Model	HP ProDesk 400 G5
CPU	i5-8500 6C/6T @ 3.0GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel UHD 630
RAM	16GB DDR4
Storage	500GB m.2 SSD

srv-nas-ix

Spec	Value
Model	Custom Build
OS	NixOS
CPU	i5-8400 6C/6T @ 2.8-4.0GHz
GPU	Integrated Intel UHD 630
RAM	64GB DDR4
Storage	2x256GB m.2 SSD/NVME, 4x14TB Seagate Ironwolf (ZFS 2x2 Mirror), 12+6+8 HDD (bcachefs)

srv-prxy-rpi3b

Spec	Value
Model	Raspberry Pi 3b+
OS	NixOS
CPU	BCM2837B0 4C/4T @ 1.4GHz
GPU	Integrated VideoCore IV
RAM	1GB LPDDR2
Storage	128GB SDC + 3.5TB HDD

Software

Self-Hosted

• Services
  • Paperless
  • Traefik
  • Vaultwarden
  • Wakapi
  • Commafeed Miniflux
  • Flame Glance
  • Gitea Forgejo
  • Owncloud Syncthing
  • Searx
• Monitoring
  • NTFY
  • Mailpit
  • Grafana
  • Loki
  • Umami
  • Prometheus / IndexDB VictoriaMetrics
  • Telegraf
• Media Streaming
  • Jellyfin + Jellystat + Jellyseerr
  • Photoprism Immich

Command Line

• CLIs
  • bash → zsh w/ starship prompt
  • fzf
  • ffmpeg
  • jq
  • ranger → lf
  • git
  • docker/podman
  • ripgrep
  • nix
• TUIs
  • claude-code / opencode
  • tmux
  • htop
  • lazygit

Browsers

• Blink
  • Helium
  • Google Chrome
  • Brave
  • Thorium
  • Edge
  • Chromium
  • Arc
• Gecko
  • Zen Browser
  • Firefox Developer Edition
• WebKit
  • Safari
  • Orion

Editors

• Neovim
• Zed
• Cursor
• VSCode
• Brackets

Terminal Emulators

• Ghostty
• Kitty

Password Managers

• Bitwarden
• 1Password

Notes

• Obsidian
• Apple Notes

OS-Specific

MacOS

• Raycast
• Homebrew

Windows

• OrcaSlicer
• FreeCAD

Linux

• Distributions
  • Nix
    • NixOS
  • Debian
    • Ubuntu
  • Arch
    • Antergos EndeavourOS <3
    • Garuda
    • Arcolinux
    • Manjaro
  • RHEL
    • Nobara
    • CentOS / Rocky / Alma
• Desktop Environments
  • Gnome Cosmic
  • XFCE <3
  • KDE
  • Custom
    • Window Managers
      • niri
      • hyprland
      • herbsluftwm
      • i3wm
      • bspwm
    • Launchers
      • vicinae
      • walker
      • rofi
      • dmenu
    • Bars
      • quickshell (dank-material-shell)
      • waybar
      • polybar
    • Notifications
      • quickshell (dank-material-shell)
      • mako
      • swaynotificationcenter
      • dunst