Uses
What I use
The hardware, software, configuration and self-hosted tools that make up my daily workflow as a developer and system administrator.
This page is inspired by the Uses page.
Hardware
My hardware setup is built around a powerful laptop, a large external display and comfortable peripherals that make long development and system administration sessions easier. I prefer gear that feels responsive, reliable and flexible enough for coding, writing, debugging, monitoring and remote server work.
Laptop: MSI Vector GP68HX 13VH, i9-13950HX, 64GB RAM, RTX 4080
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G55T
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro
Headphones: Bose QuietComfort Ultra
Screenbar light: BenQ Halo
Tablet: iPad Air 13" with Magic Keyboard and Pencil Pro
Software
My software setup is built around a Linux-first workflow, fast development tools and a configuration I can easily reproduce across machines. I prefer tools that are reliable, keyboard-friendly and flexible enough for both web development and system administration work.
Configuration: View my dotfiles on GitHub
OS: CachyOS on desktop, Debian on servers
IDE: PhpStorm for PHP/JavaScript, NeoVim for everything else
Terminal: Kitty with Oh My Zsh & Powerlevel10k
Tools: Tmux, Git, DBeaver, Postman, Thunderbird, Bitwarden
Email & Productivity: Google Workspace
Notes: Notion (planning to self-host soon)
Font: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font with ligatures
AI: A mix of Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Junie
Homelab & self-hosted tools
My homelab gives me a place to run the services I use every day, experiment with infrastructure, automate my home and keep improving my Linux, networking and server management setup. It is both a practical toolkit and a small learning environment where I can test ideas before using them on production servers.
Home Assistant: Smart home automation
Vikunja: Task management app that works best for me
n8n: Automation workflows
Immich: Self-hosted photo management
Jellyfin: Self-hosted Netflix-like app
Wakapi: Like a fitbit for code, tracks my coding statistics in all IDE's I use
FreshRSS: Keeps track of articles from RSS feeds I like to read
Linkding: Management of all my bookmarks and reading lists
Glance: Dashboard + start page for browser
Bytestash: Management of code snippets
Tailscale: Mesh VPN that securely connects all my devices, apps and servers
Monitoring: Icinga2 + Prometheus + Grafana
Automation: Puppet + Foreman
Webservers: Nginx + PHP-fpm + MariaDB + Redis + Supervisor (all heavily tuned, planning to test FrankenPHP soon)
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