My Setup

The hardware and software I use daily to build, create, and explore

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Main Machine

• CPU: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500

• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

• RAM: 32 GB

• Storage: 2 TB internal SSD + lots of external storage

• Motherboard: Can't remember it specifically but it's an MSI board

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Peripherals

• Keyboard: Logitech G915 X LS TKL

• Mouse: Logitech G502 X Plus

• Monitor: AOC 27" 1440p @ 155 Hz + Asus 23" 1080p @ 60 Hz

• Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-M50x on my desktop, Sony WH-1000XM4 when I'm out and about

• Microphone: Blue Yeti

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Laptop

• Model: Acer Swift from 2020

• OS: NixOS (currently giving it a shot. I distro hop often)

• CPU: Uhhhhhh... some Qualcomm cpu iirc

• RAM: 16 GB

• Storage: 512 GB

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Desktop OS & Basic Stuff

• Primary OS: Arch Linux (btw). CachyOS is my current flavour of choice

• Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 6 (In the war between KDE and GNOME, I'm ride or die for KDE)

• Shell: ZSH with Oh My Zsh

• Terminal: Ghostty

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Development Tools

Code Editor:

  • • VS Code (primary)
  • • Intellij Idea (for Java)

Version Control:

  • • Git (command line)
  • • GitHub

Web Development:

  • • Node.js & npm (one day I'll switch to Bun)
  • • React DevTools
  • • Chromium DevTools
  • • Vite

Other Tools:

  • • Docker
  • • Postman
  • • ESLint
  • • Relational Databases (Usually SQLite)

Productivity & Daily Drivers

🌐 Browsers

  • • Zen (primary)
  • • Chromium (if I need to use a Blink-based browser)
  • • UBlock Origin Extension

📝 Note Taking

  • • Obsidian (plus SyncThing for syncing)
  • • Notion
  • • LaTeX (for more advanced note formatting)

💬 Communication

  • • Discord (don't ask me for it, I use this for my personal life)
  • • Signal (go ahead here 😁)

🎵 Music & Media

  • • Spotify
  • • VLC Media Player (my go-to for video playback. I will never use MPV sorry lol)
  • • Poweramp (my preferred music player on mobile, and one of the few times I'd recommend purchasing something like a media player. It's that good.)
  • • Jellyfin (self-hosted media server. I mostly just use this to watch stuff stored on my external drives in bed lol)

📚 Learning

  • • Documentation sites
  • • Stack Overflow
  • • YouTube tutorials

Note: This setup is always evolving so it will likely be out of date a lot! I'm constantly experimenting with new tools and configurations to improve my workflow, so feel free to reach out if you have recommendations or questions about any of these tools.