uses

I often get asked about my computing setup—my computers, the software I run on them, how I host my services, and other choices of personal technology. This is a relatively up-to-date list detailing what I’m currently using.

desk oct 2024

at home machine (wyndle)

My primary laptop that I use for everything non-work is my Asus ROG Flow X13 (2021). It’s got a Ryzen 9 5900HS, Nvidia GTX 1650 Max-Q, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. The 4K display doesn’t help with its battery life (about 5 hours) but it looks absolutely fantastic. This machine runs NixOS.

Other software I use on this machine:

GNOME: I’m liking it a ton more than KDE Plasma. Especially love the trackpad gestures and general feel of the UI.
tmux: Most of my actual “window” management happens here. I have it configured to show my current working directory and git info in the statusline—this helps me keep my actual prompt clean and quick.
neovim: My editor of choice. I made the switch to the famously awaited 0.5.0 branch that introduced Lua support very early and haven’t looked back since. I use a custom duotone colorscheme.
Zed: I’ve been dailying Zed for while now and it has replaced Neovim for most of my editing tasks scoped to projects. I still reach for Neovim for one-off edits in the terminal.
Bitwarden: I run a Vaultwarden server in my homelab K3s cluster and use the official Bitwarden clients everywhere else.

on the move machine (kvothe)

I also use a 14” M1 MacBook Pro. I use nix-darwin to configure most of my basic applications (neovim, tmux, bash, …). Software of note:

alacritty: Much faster than iTerm and a whole bunch lighter. And I can configure it using Nix!
Raycast: Launcher and window management.
Orion: Safari but better.

homelab k3s cluster

3-node K3s cluster:

sini: 8GB, i5–6500T, 256GB SSD
iso: 8GB, i5–6500, 500GB HDD
denna: 8GB, N100, 128GB eMMC

More info at git.icyphox.sh/infra.

other technology

Some hardware and software that are in frequent use across all my devices:

Ferricy: 34-key wireless split keyboard designed by me, based on the Ferris Sweep. I have both the MX (Gazzew Boba LT switches) and the Choc (Kailh Sunset switches) variants, but I find myself favoring the low actuation force of the MX one more. Some pictures here.
Airpods Pro: Great quality, even better noise cancellation.
iPhone 13 mini: The only actual small phone—it’s unfortunate Apple killed this line.
Kindle KT4: Jailbroken using WatchThis and running KOReader.