Tools
The following tools are what I use for most of my daily computing. I make no claim to keep this list completely up to date.
I prefer to use multi-platform tools. I switch between Linux and MacOS. I also distrust services, and prefer to manage files vs. having a service that I have to connect to, when this is possible. In general, I try to balance between: minimalism (owning fewer things and consuming less); digital minimalism (avoiding distractions and user-hostile designs); privacy/security; and freedom (as in "libre").
- Go for stuff that needs to be fast and correct
- JavaScript with TypeScript and Node.js for everything else
- vim
- tmux
- Debian
- Cloudflare Pages (which hosts this website)
- Cloudflare is my domain registrar as well
- ProtonMail for secure email
- Sony Walkman NW-A55
- Audio-Technica ATH-A990Z
- Audio-Technica ATH-SQ1TWBK
- MacBook Air M1, used for all my mobile computing needs
- System76 Thelio is my main desktop, constantly being modified and rebuilt
- Keyboard: Vortex Pok3r
- Intel NUC running LibreELEC for my media center
- For a while I had a Pixel 4a with GrapheneOS but now I am back to using a boring old iPhone
- Standard Notes, for e2e secure note taking using the "second brain" method
- LibreOffice
- Scrivener for novel and larger fiction project writing