What I Use
This is my uses page.
My resume describes more of what I use professionally as a systems/devops/cloud engineer.
It nags at my security conscience to publish information about software and equipment I use but in the spirit of community, here it is.
Computers
- MacBook Pro (2015) 13” Retina i7 3.1GHz/16GB. Runs macOS. Daily driver.
- 2x Dell Precision (work). Runs Windows + WSL2.
- Keyboard: Logitech MX Mechanical Mini.
- Keyboard: Apple Magic Keyboard (2022).
- Monitors: Phillips 32” 4k UHD curved, 2x Viewsonic 22” IPS 1080p
- MacBook Air (2012). Runs macOS.
- HP Chromebook 14a for periodic browsing. Runs ChromeOS and crouton. Not used much.
- Home server: Dell PowerEdge T410 (Runs Proxmox on Debian); containers and VMs of different flavors.
The My Old Computers page lists some older computers I’ve had.
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Software
- Server OS: Linux (Rocky, Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Alpine), FreeBSD
- Browsers: Mostly Mozilla Firefox. Sometimes Brave.
- Shell: zsh with zprezto
- Music: Spotify
- Notes: Bear and Obsidian
- A password manager
- Lagrange: Gemini, Gopher, and Finger browser. See Small Internet
- Marked 2 for Markdown reading outside VS Code
- Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop)
- Finance: YNAB
Browser Extensions
Providers
- Hosting: AWS
- E-Mail: Migadu
- Git Repo and CI/CD: GitHub for personal public things and mainly GitLab at work.
Development and Work
- Visual Studio Code is what I’ve been using for the last couple of years after being a long-time Vim user. I do have the Vi plugin enabled for familiar keybindings. An assortment of extensions.
- Docker - invaluable part of my workflow for using things like Terraform and Ansible, especially for things that will run somewhere else.
- Ansible
- Python
- Terraform
- Ruby (not much these days)
- Shell
- AWS
- tmux
- draw.io
- saml2aws - AWS credentials with SAML
- ColorSlurp
- google-webfonts-helper for downloading and serving Google web fonts locally
- Hack monospace font
- See my dotfiles
Desktop Utilities
- itsycal: tiny menu bar calendar for macOS
- Contexts: window and task switcher for macOS
- Magnet: window manager for macOS
- Amphetimine: keep-awake utility for macOS
- Bartender: menu bar management for macOS
- Homebrew: package manager for macOS
Homelab
See my Homelab page for information about my home servers using Proxmox as a platform.
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