Uses This

Tool use is everything and nothing. The most important thing is to get work done.

i3 Window Manager

Fast, uses screen space effectively. FOSS.

Emacs Editor

Runs everywhere (GUI, TUI), highly extensible. Used with evil-mode. Org-mode for personal organization pretty extensively. FOSS.

NixOS Operating System

Declaratively and centrally configured Linux distribution. Contrast with Ansible, which is more imperative-brained, vs functional. Useful for re-using configuration between systems, rollback stability. Comes also with general build system, "flakes", with a focus on purity and reproducibility. Technically source-based but purity and reproducibility means binary distribution "caching" is widespread. FOSS.

lf File Manager

Terminal-oriented, customizable, fast. FOSS.

ActivityWatch Automatic Time Tracker

Shows you what you do on the computer, without intervention on your part. Plugins for browsers, editors. Some work on Android. FOSS.

Barrier IP KVM

I use this to switch between work and personal computers. Cross-platform, although I only use it on NixOS. FOSS.

Zotero

Primarily billed as a reference/bibliography manager for researchers, but I use it mostly to read documents/books and take highlights on Linux.

Netbird Mesh VPN

Self-hostable Mesh VPN solution. Built on top of Wireguard, but with more advanced features like 2FA against an IDP and audit logs. Clients for many operating systems, incl. Android.

Requests

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