Things I Use

2022-11-01 Update: I recently switched to Windows 11 from Manjaro. Expect an article explaining this change and how I’m continuing to use the best features of Linux on Windows 11 using WSL2.

Inspired by tdarb and korayer (and many old Lifehacker articles from yesteryear), here are the tools I use to build Minsilo and the various other projects I work on.

Hardware

What’s in my main dev machine
  • Dell Precision T7910 (2017)
    • CPUs: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 (22-core)
    • RAM: 128GB
    • Storage:
      • 1TB NVMe primary
      • 2TB NVMe storage
      • 4x 6TB WD Red (for virtualized TrueNAS)
      • 1TB SSD (Windows)
    • GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX Titan X (12GB)
    • OS: Windows 11 Pro
    • Peripherals:
      • Kinesis Advantage2
      • Logitech MX Ergo
      • Stream Deck MkII
      • 2x LG 27″ 4K monitor
      • Dell 27″ 4K monitor
  • MacBook Pro 16″ (2019)
    • CPU: Intel Core i9-9880H
    • RAM: 32GB
    • Storage: 1TB
    • OS: macOS Ventura
  • iPhone 14 Pro (256GB, Purple)

Software

  • Minsilo
  • Windows 11 Pro
    • WSL2
    • X410
  • Webstorm
  • Rubymine
  • Datagrip
  • Pycharm
  • neovim
  • Docker
  • Shortcut (project management)
  • i3wm (window manager)
  • Firefox (main browser)
  • Brave (main Chromium browser)
  • cmus
  • ncspot (Spotify TUI)
  • Figma
  • Gitlab
  • Linux (Manjaro/Ubuntu primarily), macOS, and Windows
  • A collection of (many) SaaS tools