uses
i've built up strong tastes for my tools throughout the years. Here's where i sit now.
principles
- portability: biggest emphasis at this point, i'm doing my best to undo the pretensions i've built up (e.g. not knowing qwerty, reliance on WMs, insane config files). learn how to get used to defaults and especially how to code switch.
- make yourself suffer: learning vim was a top skill for me, so i've been following that high (e.g. driving stick, meal prep, rpn calculators.) the more commonly mundane, the more worth it to force yourself to squeeze efficiency or enjoyment.

- obtain advisors: people have insane life hacks that they never tell anyone, so you gotta make friends with car autists on campus, get close with your accountant aunt, find your terminal tastes from friends on irc.
software
- operating system: alpinelinux🏔️ / macOS🍎
- browser: librewolf
- window manager: river + dam
- terminal emulator: foot / ghostty; sometimes running
dvtm(1)
- shell: zsh
- text editor: emacs (prose) /
vis(1)
(uni coding) /neovim(1)
(everything else) - e-mail client:
aerc(1)
/ thunderbird mobile /notmuch(1)
+isync(1)
- irc client:
senpai(1)
/ goguma / grepping throughchathistorysync(1)
- xmpp client:
profanity(1)
/ conversations - encryption:
gpg(🤮)
/rage(1)
- password manager:
pass(1)
/ android password store (rip) /diceware(1)
- rss reader: vore.website
- pdf viewer: zathura
- image viewer: swayimg
- music:
ncmpcpp(1)
+mpd(1)
/ Auxio + pano scrobbler - podcasts: AntennaPod
- pdf documents: typst /
pandoc(1)
-> latex article - math notes: markdown w/ latex for web and pdf exports / boox format for paper notes
- presentations: sent / orgmode -> latex beamer
- accounting: beancount /
sc-im(1)
/ R - filesharing:
croc(1)
(techy ppl) / rustypaste link (everyone else) - syncing: syncthing (content) / ~ git repo (dotfiles)
- backups:
restic(1)
- wiki: denote (interop w/ org-roam for a cool graph)
- keyboard: dvorak layout /
[caps]
-> ctrl+esc w/ keyd / compose key sequences (e.g.[comp]+[']+[a]
-> á ) - dev environment: non-posix tools that justify themselves
hardware
- desktop: decommissioned gaming pc, small form factor case, nvme only, no nvidia
- laptop: x86 ThinkPad🔴 / arm MacBook🍏
- peripherals: qmk corne keyboard / trackpoint ONLY for thinkpad (trackpad disabled)
- phone: graphene pixel
- tablet: boox eink reader
- calculator: ti-30xs + ba ii plus (actuarial math) /
dc(1)
(everything else) - security: yubikey 5 nfc a + nano c
- camera: fuji x series cam + 35mm lens
- watch: fossil hybrid hr / casio f-91w
- car: 100,000+ mile early aughts japanese coup / sedan; prefer manual transmissions
- misc: a cast-iron skillet lol