tools

inspiration

derek sivers

hardware:

• R5 9600X / 9070XT / 32GB ¹
• LG 27GP850-B ²
• AW3420DW
• Ducky One2 TKL ⌨
• Razer Basilisk V3 Pro³ 🐁
• Ampere A1 4OCPUs / 24GB⁴
• MSI GL63 8SD⁵ as a home server
• GL.iNet Beryl AX router

software:

• Debian / Ubuntu / Windows 💀
• Obsidian for notes⁶
• VSCodium primarily, JetBrains IDEs sometimes
• ssh whenever i can
• Caddy web server
• media: OBS to record, mpv⁷ to play
• Keyguard with vaultwarden
• OwnTracks location tracker
• Flexoki wherever possible
• Netbird mesh VPN
• Localsend and Syncthing for file sharing
• Pocket ID for OIDC
• Open WebUI / Ollama for local models

services:

• Spotify⁸
• iCloud with ADP⁹
• porkbun domain registrar
• TorBox to try out different Linux ISOs
• GoPro Cloud unlimited GoPro footage¹⁰

always open to suggestions

Footnotes

1. lucked out before the price hike(s)📈 ↩

2. vertical / secondary monitor ↩

3. since early 2026; was using a Basilisk X HyperSpeed previously ↩

4. Oracle VPS, PAYG ↩

5. i7-8750H / 1660Ti / 16GB DDR4 ↩

6. and this website you’re on rn! ↩

7. and Stremio ;) ↩

8. self-hosting music is just not worth it 🤷‍♂️. Navidrome is pretty good if you don’t care about recommendations ↩

9. looking to move away soon. till then, this is actually not the worst heh ↩

10. will move away suuuper soon :) ↩