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title: What I Use
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date: 2025-06-20
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## Hardware
- Lenovo LOQ laptop (personal), Framework laptop (work).

- Google Pixel 7 phone.

- Wide IKEA GALANT desk (discontinued).

- [65" curved 4k TV](https://www.zkelectronics.com/tv/samsung-qn65q7camfxza/), attached to the wall 1ft behind the desk so the image fills my field of view and 96dpi text is comfortable to read.

- [Unitek KVM switch](https://amzn.to/3FEyxSs) to swap which laptop is "live".

- [MOKOSE CS-lens 4k webcam](https://amzn.to/3FMLbyG) next to the TV for meetings.

- [High-output LED light](https://amzn.to/4kUm2ku) in an [IKEA REGOLIT shade](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/regolit-pendant-lamp-shade-white-handmade-70103410/) for mood regulation and for the webcam.

- [USB microphone with boom](https://amzn.to/4lgbwob) but I recently got [a better mic arm](https://amzn.to/4l2wE16).

- [Sony WH1000XM2 headphones](https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/wireless-headphones-bluetooth-headphones/wh-1000xm2/specifications).

- TOSLINK-to-bluetooth adapter, so headphones get HDMI audio passed through from the TV.

- Mechanical keyboard, AJazz AK510 or DAS Keyboard S blank.

## Software

- [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/) desktop operating system. I recently switched from Manjaro. XFCE window manager with [Chicago95](https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95) theming.

- [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) server operating system.

- [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/) OS for Android with a privacy focus.

- [SyncThing](https://syncthing.net/) file sync. P2P alternative to Dropbox, supports mobile and desktop. Synchronizes folders of content across all my devices.

- [Mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/) Dev environment manager, replacing `nvm`, `pyenv`, `venv`, and dozens of others. Great DX.

- [Stack-PR](https://github.com/modular/stack-pr) PR stacking tool, the best way I know to handle feature branches.

- [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/) IDE. VSCode with less Microsoft.

- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) for notes and reference.

- [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) secret management.

## Services

- [FastMail](https://www.fastmail.com/) email, calendar, and contact hosting.

- [DartNode](https://dartnode.com?aff=WigglySalmon747) VPS. Good value and specs, lets me bring my own server OS image.

- [NameSilo](https://www.namesilo.com/?rid=df01e27pr) domain registrar. Good prices, doesn't charge extra for domain privacy.

- [Umami](https://umami.is/) analytics, self-hosted.

- [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) git forge, self-hosted. Mirroring GitHub for now.

- [Webhook](https://github.com/adnanh/webhook/) to pull static sites when they are built.

- [Shaarli](https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli) link site, self-hosted.

- [Isso](https://isso-comments.de/) comments API, self hosted.

- [HedgeDoc](https://hedgedoc.org/) markdown document collaboration, self-hosted.