Josh Beard

What I Use

This is my uses page.

My resume describes more of what I use professionally as a systems/devops 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.
• MacBook Pro (2021) 16” i9 2.3GHz/16GB (Work). Runs macOS.
• MacBook Air (2012). Runs macOS.
• Apple Magic Keyboard (2022). I’ve used many mechanicals and other styles over the years but can’t find anything I like more than this. I love the low profile and the feel.
• HP Chromebook 14a for periodic browsing. Runs ChromeOS and crouton.
• Home server: Dell PowerEdge T410 (Runs Proxmox on Debian)

The My Old Computers page lists some older computers I’ve had.

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Software

• Workstation OS: macOS
• Server OS: Linux (CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu, Debian, Alpine), FreeBSD
• Browsers: Brave Browser and Mozilla Firefox
• 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
• GIMP
• Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop)
• Finance: YNAB

Browser Extensions

• Dark Reader
• Proxy SwitchOmega

Providers

• Hosting: AWS
• E-Mail: Migadu
• Git Repo and CI/CD: GitHub for personal public things (ugh) and GitLab at work and private things.

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

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