current tools
Uses
Not a spec sheet. Just the tools I reach for often enough to mention.
Daily driver
- Linux Mint 22.3
- My main desktop runs Cinnamon on Linux Mint.
- Ryzen 7 5700G + 64 GB RAM
- A compact Gigabyte B550I build in a Terra case, with a 2 TB Samsung 990 PRO.
- Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT OC
- A 16 GB graphics card in the daily driver.
- Two screens
- A 34-inch Samsung ultrawide at 3440×1440 and a 24-inch MSI side display.
Editors and daily tools
- Zed
- My main editor on Linux at the moment.
- VS Code
- I still use it sometimes. I am trying both and have not decided which one fits me best yet.
- Bash, Python, TypeScript
- The usual mix for scripts, small services, and web projects.
- Windows laptop
- I still have a Microsoft laptop running Windows, connected to my own Microsoft tenant.
Homelab
- Five-node Proxmox cluster
- Cellar, Cipherbrew, Afterhours, Barista, and Foundry. The nodes range from 7th-gen Intel i3s to an i5-14500T.
- Capacity
- 104 GB RAM across the cluster: 88 GB DDR4 and 16 GB DDR5, plus roughly 4.5 TB of local SSD storage.
- Gitea + Docker
- Source code and containers stay close to the machines that run them.
- OpenMediaVault
- Storage is part of the lab, not an afterthought.
- UniFi UDM Pro Max + Tailscale
- The network edge and remote access.
Cloud and identity
- Microsoft Entra + Intune
- My own tenant for identity, devices, and the Windows laptop.
- OVH, Hetzner, and Azure
- The cloud services I use, depending on what a project needs.
- Hetzner Storage Box
- 20 TB of shared storage for backups and other data that should live outside the lab.
- YubiKeys + GPG
- Hardware-backed sign-in and keys where they are useful.
AI tools
- Claude + Mistral
- Tools I use to help with debugging, drafts, and trying approaches. They are helpers, not a replacement for judgment.
- OpenRouter + Microsoft Foundry
- API providers behind a few tools and experiments I run.
This is a snapshot, not a promise. It changes when the setup does.