Uses

A curated collection of hardware, software, and services I use daily. From my workspace setup to my homelab and development tools — each item earns its place.

This page also serves as my bookmark system. Items are filterable by category and tags.

34

Workspace

20

Homelab

9

Software

7

DevOps

14

Archived

Ikea SKARSTA

Standing desk with manual crank. Simple and reliable.

desk ergonomic

Herman Miller Aeron

Remastered edition. The best office chair investment I've made.

desk ergonomic

MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)

Archived

Main machine. Still going strong.

Replaced by MacBook Air 2025 M4

laptop daily-driver

Google Pixelbook Go

Archived

Lightweight ChromeOS laptop for outdoor work and travel.

Replaced by MacBook Air 2025 M4

laptop portable

Keychron K2 v2

Archived

Wireless mechanical keyboard with Gateron switches. My daily driver.

Replaced by Ajazz AK820 Pro

keyboard daily-driver

Logitech MX Keys

Archived

Premium low-profile wireless keyboard. Great for quiet typing.

Replaced by Ajazz AK820 Pro

keyboard

Logitech K780

Archived

Multi-device keyboard with integrated phone and tablet stand.

Replaced by Ajazz AK820 Pro

keyboard

Logitech K380

Archived

Compact Bluetooth keyboard that's always in my bag for outdoor work.

Replaced by Ajazz AK820 Pro

keyboard portable

Apple Magic Trackpad

Secondary input for Mac gestures and precision work.

mouse

Logitech MX Vertical

Ergonomic vertical mouse that fixed my wrist pain.

mouse ergonomic

Logitech MX Master 3

Archived

Main mouse. Best scroll wheel and multi-device switching.

Replaced by ProtoArc EM05 NL

mouse daily-driver

Logitech Pebble M350

Archived

Ultra-portable wireless mouse for travel.

Replaced by ProtoArc EM05 NL

mouse portable

Elgato Wave 3

Main microphone for calls, recording, and streaming.

audio daily-driver

Behringer C3

Archived

Condenser microphone. Great value for podcast-quality audio.

audio

Behringer UMC202HD

Archived

USB audio interface for the Behringer C3 condenser mic.

audio

Logitech Z533

2.1 speaker system with subwoofer. Solid desk audio.

audio

Bose QC 35 II

Archived

Noise-cancelling headphones for deep focus work.

audio daily-driver

Sony a6000

Mirrorless camera used as main webcam via capture card.

video daily-driver

Sigma 16mm f1.4

Wide-angle lens for the Sony a6000. Great depth of field.

video

Feelworld T7

7-inch field monitor for camera framing during recordings.

video

TeleprompterPAD iLight Pro

10-inch teleprompter for scripted video content.

video

Logitech c920 HD

Archived

Backup webcam. Reliable plug-and-play for quick calls.

Replaced by Sony a6000

video

ATEM Mini

Video switcher for multi-camera setups and live streaming.

video streaming

Elgato Key Light Air

Key light for video calls and recordings. WiFi controlled.

lighting daily-driver

Viltrox L132T

LED panel light for fill and accent lighting.

lighting

Wiz Smart Light

Smart ambient lighting for the workspace.

lighting smart-home

Caldigit TS3 Plus

Thunderbolt 3 dock. Single-cable setup for the MacBook.

desk daily-driver

Logitech Spotlight

Wireless presentation remote for conference talks.

presentation

Google Nest Mini

Smart speaker for quick timers and music while working.

smart-home

MacBook Air 2025 M4

Main daily driver laptop. Incredibly fast and portable.

laptop daily-driver portable

Mac mini M4 Pro 2024

Powerful desktop workstation for heavy workloads.

desktop daily-driver

Ajazz AK820 Pro

75% mechanical keyboard with screen. Excellent typing feel.

keyboard daily-driver

ProtoArc EM05 NL

Ergonomic vertical mouse for comfortable extended use.

mouse ergonomic daily-driver

Proxmox VE

Hypervisor running across both nodes. 52 CPU cores, 144 GB RAM total.

compute self-hosted

Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro

All-in-one gateway, firewall, and network controller.

networking

Pi-hole

Network-wide ad blocker running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.

networking self-hosted

HP DL360 Gen9

Refurbished rack server with 4x 3.5-inch drive slots. Main compute node.

compute

Dell Precision 5820

Refurbished tower workstation. Secondary compute node.

compute

Synology DS923+

4-bay NAS with 20+ TB RAID storage for backups and media.

storage

GitLab

Self-hosted GitLab instance for private repositories.

devops self-hosted

GitLab Runner

CI/CD runner connected to the self-hosted GitLab instance.

devops self-hosted

Portainer

Archived

Container management UI for Docker environments.

Replaced by Dokploy

containers self-hosted

Nginx Proxy Manager

Archived

Reverse proxy with SSL management for all services.

Replaced by Pangolin

networking self-hosted

Container Registry

Private Docker registry for container images.

containers self-hosted

Home Assistant

Smart home automation hub controlling lights, sensors, and devices.

smart-home self-hosted

Rancher

Kubernetes management platform for homelab clusters.

containers self-hosted

Uptime Kuma

Self-hosted uptime monitoring for all services.

monitoring self-hosted

Watchtower

Automatic container image updates.

containers automation self-hosted

Cronicle

Cron job manager with web UI for scheduled tasks.

automation self-hosted

CasaOS

Simple home cloud OS for personal cloud services.

self-hosted

Pangolin

Modern reverse proxy and web server.

networking self-hosted

Dokploy

PaaS alternative to manage deployments effortlessly.

containers self-hosted

Netbird

Zero-trust overlay network to securely connect devices.

networking self-hosted

VS Code

Main code editor with extensive extension ecosystem.

editor daily-driver

Neovim

Terminal-based editor for quick edits and remote work.

editor terminal

iTerm2

Terminal emulator for macOS with split panes and profiles.

terminal daily-driver

tmux

Terminal multiplexer for persistent sessions and panes.

terminal

Firefox

Secondary browser for testing and privacy-focused browsing.

browser

Notion

Knowledge base and project planning for personal and team use.

productivity daily-driver

Figma

Design tool for wireframes, mockups, and presentations.

design

Slack

Primary communication for work teams and communities.

communication daily-driver

Discord

Community communication for open-source and developer groups.

communication

Google Cloud Platform

Primary cloud provider. GDE (Cloud) since 2020.

cloud daily-driver

Amazon Web Services

Secondary cloud for specific workloads and services.

cloud

Hetzner

European cloud provider for cost-effective VMs and bare metal.

cloud

Docker

Container runtime for development and production workloads.

containers daily-driver

Kubernetes

Container orchestration. The core of my professional expertise.

containers daily-driver

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code for cloud resource provisioning.

iac

Ansible

Configuration management and automation for servers.

iac automation

Homelab at a Glance

52

CPU Cores

144 GB

RAM

20+ TB

RAID Storage

2

Proxmox Nodes

Services run on independent VMs or as containers managed with Portainer. Filter by self-hosted to see them all.