Well, since everyone else seems to have a cool /uses page, I figured I might as well put one up myself. So while I do have a macbook pro that is used very often, I’m running Debian on it. So most of my applications that I tend to use are either Linux or Windows based. Sorry not sorry (though if you were to donate a new M3/M4 I’d be willing to make the switch).

Computers

  • MacBookPro 11,1 (2014?)

    • 8GB DDR3
    • Intel Core i5-4258U x 2
    • Mesa Intel Iris Graphics 5100 (HSW GT3)
    • 250gb HD
    • Debian 12 Bookworm w/ Xfce DE (with the Plank dock becuase I love it)
  • My Gaming/Workstation PC

    • ASUS Prime Z590-P Motherboard
    • 11th Gen Inten Core i7-11700K @ 3.6GHz
    • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti
    • 64GB ddr4 (2x 32GB)
    • 2TB NVMe
    • 27" Asus ROG PG278Q (2560x1400 @ 144hz) - for play
    • 24" Dell S2421NX (1920X1080 @ 60hz) - for work.
    • Windows 10 Pro

Terminal Icons Powershell Module

Applications

  • Terminal w/ oh-my-zsh running gruvbox theme for linux + WSL
  • Terminal w/ oh-my-posh running gruvbox theme & Terminal Icons for Powershell
  • Alacritty with Oh my Zsh and Tmux for the laptop.
  • Spotify w/ Spicetify mod - It makes the app so much better.
  • Steam - Gaming
  • Discord - Gaming and keeping in touch with friends/community
  • EarTrumpet - Best windows sound manager ever and it’s free.
  • Git CLI - local Gitea for private stuff, github for everything else
  • VSCode w/ you guessed it, the gruvbox theme.
  • Obsidian - I use this religiously, with templates and plugins you can do literally anything with this free software.
  • Raindrop.io - One of the best bookmark apps around…free as well.
  • FreshRSS - RSS Feed Reader
  • Firefox w/ uBlock Origin, Bypass Paywalls Clean, Multi-Account-Containers, Raindrop.io and 1password.
  • ShareX - Best screenshot app out there (and it’s free).
  • Flow Launcher - Great keyboard shortcut/launcher/task-master for windows (also free)
  • Qbittorent - for linux isos of course.
  • Figma & Affinity Designer 2 for design/mockups
  • Gimp for photoshop needs
  • ProtonVPN - For when I’m out and about
  • ProtonMail - recently switched off of my google workspace plan and have never been happier.
  • 1Password - Been using them since they first came out and they’ve only gotten better.
  • Docker

Mobile

Iphone 15 Pro

  • ProtonMail
  • 1Password
  • Firefox
  • Authy - I regret having used this as it’s one of the few apps you can’t export your accounts from in case you want to move to a different provider.
  • Carrot - It’s a weather app with an attitude, also pretty damn accurate.
  • Signal - End to end secure communications
  • Ice Cubes - Mastodon client
  • NetNewWire - To connect to my FreshRSS setup

Sound/Music

Homelab

Hosting

  • Porkbun - I use to own a LOT of domains and have used many registrars but Porkbun right now is the best in my opinion, great customer support, they’re US based (Oregon!), a working API and constant deals. Plus they haven’t had any of the issues that other big registrars have faced regarding locking people out of their accounts, getting social-engineered or straight up hacked. Plus they’ve made little piggie icons for their popular domains.
  • ZeroSSL - All the same benefits of Let’s Encrypt but with no rate limit, a working API and you can verify via email
  • Hetzner - Not only is their cloud offering on decent equipment, but fast and cheap. Why rely on 3rd party services when you do it yourself?
  • IOFlood - One of the best bare-metal dedicated server hosts in the US. They only do one thing, bare-metal servers. And they’re a no bs, here’s the testing/Passmark scores on this rig, honest type of guys. Plus they have servers in various configs. 10Gbps connections out of Phoenix, AZ.
  • Cloudflare - CDN/DDOS protection on the cheap (free depending on your needs)
  • BackBlaze - $6 per TB and they free egress if downloading through one of their partners like Cloudflare.
  • Fastmail.com and Protonmail - Both cheap, secure and have great support for teams/small biz. I’ve used both.

I’m skipping a bunch of categories and most likely leaving a bunch of stuff out but if you have any questions, especially about self-hosting or home-networking in general feel free to reach out! I love talking about FOSS and DIY setups.

Cheers,

~Brent