What I Use

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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Josh Beard