This page is inspired by Wes Bos’ uses page and all the others from uses.tech. This page will continually be updated as I change my uses and setup.

Tech Stack

Hugo for this site with PaperMod theme
Vercel Hobby for hosting

Hardware

Computers

Desktop

This is the primary computer where I spend most of my time at home. I use it for gaming, writing, and coding.

Development Laptop & Portable HTPC

I primarily use this for writing and developing on the go. This is also the laptop I bring with a USB-C to HDMI cable to (attempt) to plug-in to hotels on vacation to watch our shows!

Macbook Pro 2020 M1
16GB RAM
256GB SSD
MacOS Sonoma

Play Laptop

I use this at random times when I don’t feel like carrying around my MBP.

Dell Latitude 5420
Intel i7-1165G7
16GB RAM
256GB SSD
Fedora

HTPC

Dedicated computer for our Sony 55” 4K TV downstairs that we watch shows on or play Spotify for our guests.

Mac Mini 2020 M1
8GB RAM
256GB SSD
MacOS Sonoma

”Production” Server (Storage, pi-hole, and Plex Server)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950x
ROG STRIX X399-E GAMING
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x16GB) DDR4-2800 CL16 RAM & Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM
6x Seagate BarraCuda 8TB 5400RPM HDD with SnapRAID and MergerFS
EVGA BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular PSU
Proxmox VE 8.1

”Development” Home Server (Storage, pi-hole, and Plex Server)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core 3.7GHz
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM & Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM
3x Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 5400RPM HDD in RAID 5
3x Seagate BarraCuda 8TB 5400RPM HDD in RAID 5
EVGA BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular PSU
EndeavourOS

Work Desktop

Dell Precision 5820
Intel 10th Generation Core i9-10980XE 3.2GHz
AMD Radeon PRO WX3200
64GB RAM
Windows 11

Mobile

Phone

Pixel 6 with Google Fi Simply Unlimited Plan
Android 14

Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) - For reading comics and occasional Plexing
iPad 4th Generation - My dedicated work Spotify speaker

E-Readers

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2019

Headphones

Wearables

Network

Photography

Software

I use aautomatic-os-setup to imperatively configure my OS as I need some system packages installed.

I use dotfiles with Nix package manager with home manager to install user-level packages I need onto any *nix systems.

Development Tools

Editor: VSCode
Terminal: Wezterm (MacOS/Linux), Terminal (Windows)
Shell: oh-my-zsh/zsh, oh-my-posh/Powershell
SCM: GitHub w/ GitHub Desktop
Browsers: Firefox personally, Chrome professionally
Font: Fira Code Nerd Fonts

Productivity

Obsidian for note taking
Bitwarden Self-hosted Vaultwarden for the family
NordVPN for privacy
Ferdium on desktop to aggregate all chat protocols
Google Messages on mobile
DisplayFusion Pro (Windows) for better multi-monitor desktop background management and better taskbar support
Stretchly to remind me to rest my eyes and stretch
Rectangle (MacOS) for Windows-esque window snapping
AltTab (MacOS) for Windows-esque alt-tabbing
Scoop (Windows) for command line installs and package management
Homebrew (MacOS/Linux) for command line installs and package management

Miscellaneous

Desk Setup

Podcasts

Change Log

11-6-2024: Updated play laptop, home server, and software.
3-13-2024: Updated keyboards, new laptop, new home server, and software.
2-5-2024: Updated desktop, home server, and software.
10-29-2023: Updated work desktop, various OS versions, tablet, editor, terminal, and podcasts.
4-21-2023: Updated tech stack, desktop, home server, and work laptop.
4-22-2022: Initial Version

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