What I Use

For my laptop, I use a Macbook Pro 15".

For my mouse, I use a Razer Viper Pro (White). I found this mouse to be the most lightweight from what I researched but honestly more for gaming (which I haven't done in a while) so a majority of the time I am trying to just use the keyboard.

For my keyboard, I use a Custom Keyboard. As of right now the custom build uses a Glorious keyboard base but I think eventually I am going to give in on the split keyboard hype as it seems overall more ergonomic.

For my laptop stand, I use a Rain Design, Inc. 10084 mBar Pro+ Foldable Laptop Stand - Silver. This is essential if you want to avoid the typical back and neck pain associated with being hunched over a laptop all day. It also folds small enough to stuff it into a backpack to work outside, which I often do.

Of course like many others, I use Arch Linux (btw). Yes, it is a pain in the ass to set up but yes this was absolutely worth the time. Why? Because of:

1. The Wiki
2. Rolling releases
3. Simple and FOSS

I currently use Iterm2 for my terminal due to it simply being the most popular tool for MacOS users. For my shell, I use zsh with a few plugins for niceties like syntax highlighting and auto-complete.

For my browser, I use Firefox with a user.js file (based on Betterfox) to disable trackers and bloat. Brave is also usually what I would use if I am not using Firefox.

For browser extensions I use:

• uBlock Origin to block ads and trackers
• Duckduckgo Privacy Essentials - Actively protects your data
• I Still don't Care About Cookies - Prevents cookie pop-ups
• Privacy Badger - Automatically blocks hidden trackers
• Decentraleyes - Local CDN access
• Vimium - Vim-like keybindings
• Bitwarden - Password management

I use neovim for text editing as it in my opinion although difficult at first is absolutely worth it.

I use primarily LaTeX which the first document I had ever finished writing was my resume back in 2019.

For email, I use ProtonMail. Yes I know this isn't like being as based as hosting your own email client like Mutt Wizard.

Bitwarden is the best password manager. It does everything you could need a password manager to do, and the premium subscription if you want a few more features is dirt-cheap.

This site is currently hosted by Vercel. Previously, I used Vultr with a cheap Debian VPS to host all my projects. Having your own VPS gives you a lot more freedom in hosting your own website instead of using services like Vercel, Netlify, Heroku, AWS.

I use Epik to purchase my domains which isn't anything special or particular, this just happens to be what I use.

I use the Catppuccin color scheme for just about everything.

For my terminal font, I use Maple Mono. Of course, I also use Nerd Font icons.