Uses
USES I: The Great Underground Desk
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The hardware and software I use daily.
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>look
Desk, London
You're at a desk in a flat in London. A monitor glows, a kneeling chair waits, and cables lead off in every direction. There is a small mailbox here.
Obvious exits: home, projects, resume, now, blog.
>inventory
You are carrying:
- laptopMacBook Pro M1 Pro (32GB RAM)
- monitorLG 23.7" UltraFine™ 4K Monitor
- phoneiPhone 17
- watchApple Watch SE 3
- headphonesSony WH-1000XM3
- earbudsAirPods Pro 2
- e-readerKindle Paperwhite (2013)Jailbroken. With KOReader.
- tabletiPad (A16)
- chairVarier Variable™ Kneeling Chair
>examine apps
Inside the toolbox you find:
- web browserZenPrivacy-focused and clean. See you never, Chromium.
- search engineKagiQuick answers alone are worth it.
- code editorVS Code
- terminaliTerm2Snazzy theme, FiraCode Nerd Font Mono.
- git clientlazygit
- launcherRaycastAlso handles window management and clipboard history.
- password manager1PasswordMostly for the developer tools.
- mail serviceFastmailMasked emails + tight 1Password integration.
- notesApple Notes, ObsidianTried a full migration to Obsidian. Notes is just too convenient.
- to-doTodoist
- calendarApple Calendar
- contactsApple Contacts
- shopping listsApple Reminders
- bookmarksRaindrop.io
- read laterReadeckSelf-hosted.
- rss readerFreshRSS
- chatSignal, iMessage, WhatsAppWould love to drop WhatsApp, but 99% of contacts live there.
- musicSpotify
- podcastsApple Podcasts
- cloud storageiCloud, Dropbox, MegaiCloud for the important stuff, Dropbox for legacy, Mega for overflow.
- photo libraryiCloud Photos
- web hostingPrivate VPS, NetlifySelf-hosted on a private VPS, static sites on Netlify.
>examine dotfiles
The dotfiles unfold into:
- shelloh-my-zshZSH and a bunch of plugins, out of the box.
- shell promptStarshipI feel lost without my custom prompt.
- navigationzoxide, fzfcd and Ctrl+R, but smarter.
- modern unixripgrep, fd, bat, ezagrep, find, cat, and ls — faster and friendlier.
- diff pagergit-deltaSyntax-highlighted git diffs.
- github clighPRs and issues without leaving the terminal.
- fontFiraCode Nerd Font MonoLigatures and icons, everywhere in the terminal.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet. It reads: "Ideas, projects or just a ciao, write to luca@sirlisko.com."
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