The Tech Stack™
This is a list of the hardware I own and software I use frequently! :)
Hardware
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Main laptop: Framework Laptop 13
- Mainboard / CPU: Intel i5-1340P
- RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 (2 x 8GB)
- Storage: 1TB WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe M.2 2280
- Bezel: Translucent
- Input cover: International English - Linux (1st Gen)
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Secondary laptop: Apple MacBook Pro (Early 2011; 8,1)
- Currently dual booting Mac OS X Lion and Arch Linux with swaywm
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Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S25 (navy)
- Case: Otterbox Commuter Series (black)
- Dumbphone: Kyocera Cadence S2720 (blue)
- PDA: Handspring Visor Deluxe (black)
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Keyboard: System76
Launch 3b
- Switches: Silent Pink Kailh Box
- Drawing tablet: Wacom Intuos (small, black)
Software
When searching for new software, if possible I will always choose the free and open source option over a closed-source one, and I try my best to avoid applications with LLM contributions. Unfortunately I do have to make exceptions in some cases (notably TIDAL for music streaming and Logic Pro for music production) :/
- Daily driver operating system: Linux
- Programming languages: Python, Lua, Rust, Zig
- Music streaming service: TIDAL
- File sharing: LocalSend
Linux
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Distribution: Artix Linux
- Service supervisor: dinit
- Display manager: ly
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Wayland compositor: River
- Window manager: Canoe
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Status bar: i3status-rs
- Made compatible through i3bar-river
- Notification daemon: mako
- Wallpaper daemon: awww
- Application launcher: fuzzel
- Web browser: LibreWolf, chawan, or surf
- Email client: aerc
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Shell: zsh
- Prompt: bobtheshell-ii
- Terminal emulator: foot
- Terminal multiplexer: tmux
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Code editor: Neovim
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Preferred color schemes: lackluster, nightfox (specifically terafox)
- and no, it's not just because foxes are my favorite animal lol
- Configuration: nvim-config
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Preferred color schemes: lackluster, nightfox (specifically terafox)
- Text editor: l3afpad
- Screenplay editor: lottie
- Digital notebook: vulpine headmate
- Calculator: rink
- Dictionary: Goldendict-ng
- Password manager: KeePassχ
- Backup tool: borg
- Syncing service: Syncthing
- Music player: mpd + rmpc
- Image viewer: swayimg
- Video player: mpv
- Mastodon client: tooi or Tokodon
- IRC client: weechat
- XMPP client: profanity
Android
- Launcher: FokusLauncher
- Keyboard: HeliBoard
- F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid frontend: Neo Store
- Email client: K-9 Mail
- File explorer: Prism
- 2FA: Aegis
- Web browser: IronFox
- RSS reader: Feeder
- To-do list: tasks.org
- Voice recorder: Fossify Voice Recorder
- Habit tracking: Loop
- Navigation: CoMaps
- Calendar: Etar
- Gallery: Aves
- Weather: Breezy
- Dictionary: OSS-Dict
- Stoat client: Clerotri
- IRC client: Goguma
- Mastodon client: Tusky
- Lemmy client: Voyager
- Syncthing client: Syncthing-Fork
- KeePassXC client: KeePass2Android
- Tor client: Orbot
Music production equipment
- DAW: Logic Pro
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Plugins:
- Aberrant DSP Digitalis, Lair, Lofi Oddity
- TAL Vocoder
- Xfer OTT
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Digital instruments:
- Sonic Charge Microtonic
- Vital
- Xfer Serum
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Synthesizers:
- Teenage Engineering OP-1 (original)
- Teenage Engineering pocket operators
- Yamaha S30
- Yamaha SHS-10 (red)
- Audio interface: Universal Audio Volt 276
- Headphones: Bose QC25s