Wares I Use

I recently discovered uses.tech

I think the spirit of this sort of article is to showcase the peripherals and equipment (i.e. hardware), which I have done below, but I will also use this page to list out my various software tooling.

Some influences of mine include:

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Software Development

I have a familiarity with these technologies and prefer using them to their competitors. The bolded items I use daily.

• CI/CD: Atlassian tools, Earthly, Forgejo, GitLab, Gitea
• Databases: Prometheus, SQL
• Interface Description Languages: Protocol Buffers
• Markup: CSS, HTML, Markdown
• Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, and Twelve-Factor App
• Modeling: component, sequence, data flow, and C4 architecture diagrams
• Paravirtualization: Docker, Helm, Kubernetes (particularly k3s)
• Programming: C, C++, Go, Java, Rust
• Protocols: TCP, UDP, HTTP, Protocol Buffers, gRPC, NATS, VITA-49
• Scripting: AWK, Python, shell
• Serialization: JSON, YAML, TOML/INI
• Systems: Linux (Alpine, Arch, Red Hat, Debian)
• Versioning: Git
• Virtualization: Libvirt
• Visualization: Grafana

Hardware

I am taking any suggestions for hardware! I would really like to get a Framework Laptop.

PC

• CPU: Intel Core i5-8600L 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 54 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
• Memory (old): G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory
• Memory (new): G.SKILL Aegis 32GB 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-32GISB
• Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card
• Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
• Motherboard: ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING
• Case: azza-inferno-310-atx-mid-tower-case-csaz-310

Mobile

• Phone: Pixel 5a
• Lapdock: NexDock

Peripherals

• Monitor: Acer... something.
• Keyboard: E-Y0050 Super Scholar Z/88 (81-key)
• Mouse: Logitech G502
• Headphones: Corsair... something.

Software

OS

• Alpine Linux (for containers)
• Debian (for my base system)
• GrapheneOS (for my phone)

Editor

• VSCode
• Neovim (nvim)

Tools

• Firefox (Arkenfox.js)
• Ollama (generative AI)