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Hardware

Desk Setup

• Office Chair: Steelcase Gesture Amazon
  • Superb office chair that’s comfortable to sit in for hours.
• Foot Rest: ErgoFoam Foot Rest Amazon
  • Helps with ergonomics. My chair and desk height normally leave my feet dangling.
• Desk: Fully Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk Herman Miller - Fully
  • Great desk. Most underrated aspect is that this desk disassembles and reassembles easily when moving.
• Desk Mat: Silver Dual Sided Leather Desk Pad Amazon
• Keyboard: Code Keyboard Code Keyboard
  • My trusty keyboard for over 10 years and counting!
  • I dropped it out of a car trunk onto concrete once… barely a scratch.
• Keyboard Wrist Rest: Gimars Memory Foam Keyboard Wrist Rest Amazon
• Mouse: Logitech G502 Amazon
• USB Hub: SMK Link USB-C Hub
• Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm Amazon
  • Hand-me-down from my brother. Comfortable enough to wear indefinitely without fatigue.
• Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming 27" 2k 165hz Monitor (VG27AQ) Amazon
• Monitor Stand: Amazon Basics Monitor Stand (Discontinued?)
• Webcam: Logitech Brio 4k Webcam Amazon
• Laptop Stand: Rain Design Silver Laptop Stand Amazon
• Laptop/Phone Charger: Apple MacbookPro USB-C Charger and Cable

Desktop

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x Amazon
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080 Suprim X Amazon
• RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 Amazon
• Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS w/ WiFi Amazon
• Power Supply: Corsair CX750M Amazon
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Amazon
• Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Amazon

Mobile

• Laptop: Apple M3 MacBook Pro Apple
• Laptop Case: MOSISO MacbookPro Case Frost Amazon
• Laptop Sleeve: Incase Laptop Sleeve Amazon
  • Has held up really well over 7+ years!
• Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Apple
• Phone Case: SuydanBox Case Grey Brown Amazon
• Battery Pack: Anker 5,000mAh Magnetic Wireless Charger Amazon

Smart Home

• TV Console: Ikea Besta Ikea
  • Was a huge pain to assemble… but looks great IMO.
• TV: TCL 55S425 55 inch 4K TV Amazon
  • Has Roku built-in, but I never connected it to the internet.
• Streaming Stick: Google Chromecast with Google TV (4K) Amazon
• Router: ASUS AC1900 (RT-AC68U) Amazon
  • Has AsusWRT-Merlin firmware flashed on it.
• Modem: Motorola MB8600 Amazon
• Home Server: Rasberry Pi 4 8GB Amazon
  • Running Home Assistant OS
• PI Case: Flirc Rasberry Pi 4 Case Amazon
• Mesh Network Hub: GoControl CECOMINOD016164 (Z-Wave + Zigbee) Amazon
• Security Camera: Some random old Logitech webcam
• Smart Bulbs: Sengled Smart Bulbs Amazon
• Lamps: Onewish Dimmable Lamp Amazon
  • It’s compatible with the above bulbs if you leave the physical dimmer at max.
• Air Quality Sensor: Awair Element Amazon
• Extra Environment Sensor: Aeotec Z-Wave Multisensor 6 Amazon
  • I use this to sanity check readings from the Awair.
• Air Purifier: Coway Airmega AP-1512HH Amazon
  • I use these replacement filters from Amazon.

Software

Smart Home Software

• Home Automation Server: Home Assistant
  • Amazing game changer for running home automation.
• Network Adblocker: Adguard Home
  • Works alright, but still good to supplement with uBlock Origin.
• Network Video Recorder: Motioneye
  • Great, reliable NVR that even works with USB webcams you have lying around.
• Automation Scripting: Node-RED
  • Much easier to use for complex automations than HA’s built-in automations.
• Mesh Networks: Z-Wave + Zigbee
• Smart TV Software: Google TV

Desktop Software

• OS: Arch Linux
  • Works pretty well… but I’ve been considering trying NixOS next.
• Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
• File Manager: Dolphin
• Terminal: Kitty
• Non-Steam Games: Flatpak + Flatseal + Bottles + Lutris
• Steam Games: Steam

Laptop Software

• Editor: Vscodium
• DB Administration: Beekeeper Studio Community Edition

Phone Software

• 2FA App: Undisclosed
• Selling Stuff: Offerup
• Air Quality: Paku (PurpleAir wrapper)
• Music Identification: Shazam
• Health Tracking: Apple Health
• Cards: Apple Wallet
• Ride Sharing: Uber + Lyft
• Home Automation: Home Assistant Companion App

Multiplatform Software

• Browser: Firefox + uBlock Origin
• Email: FastMail Referral
  • Works great for my custom-domain email.
• Calendar: Apple Calendar + iCloud
• Contacts: Apple Contacts + iCloud
• Notes: Apple Notes + iCloud + Notion
• TODOs: Apple Reminders + iCloud
• Photos: Apple Photos + iCloud
• Password Manager: Undisclosed
• Bank: Undisclosed
• Investments: Undisclosed
• Finance Tracker: Monarch Money Referral
  • See my post here for why I switched to Monarch.
• Maps: Apple Maps + Google Maps
• Splitting Payments: Splitwise
• File Syncing: syncthing
• Messaging: iMessage + WhatsApp + Signal
• Calls: Phone + FaceTime + Discord
• RSS Reader: Newsblur
• Music: Spotify
• Books: Libby + Library Card
• Streaming Services: YouTube + Netflix + Max + Disney+
• Encyclopedia: Wikipedia

Web Hosting

• Cloud: Digital Ocean Referral
  • Much easier to use than the big 3 clouds for smaller projects.
  • I say that as someone who’s worked professionally with AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Git: GitHub
• Web Analytics: Plausible
  • Great privacy-respecting analytics site for a very reasonable price.
• Static Site Generator: Hugo
  • What I build this site with!