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(Surprised I learn that lesson from ,(em [Apple]))]) + (li [,(strong [Mac Mini (M4): ]) + Basically an entertainment center now. Suprise! I use it for ,(em [gaming]) (*ghast)]) + (li [,(strong [iPad Air 5: ]) + I doodle and... ,(em [Why did I buy this?])]))) + `(details + (summar [Accessories:]) + ,(ul + (li [,(strong [VXE Dragonfly R1: ]) + Cheap mouse that just works.]) + (li [,(strong [Logitech MX Keys for Mac: ]) + Got this after I fall out of love with machanical keyboards. Look how thin it is!]) + (li [,(strong [AirPods 4 (with ANC)]) + 🤘]))) + + `(hr) + + (h2 [Operating Systems]) + + `(div (@ (style "float: left; width: 120px; margin-right: 1rem")) + ,(image "/static/images/uses/openbsd.svg")) + (p [Recently fell in love with ,(strong [OpenBSD]). Love how it's ,(em [proactively secure]) by default. I also enjoy their ,(anchor "artwork" "https://www.openbsd.org/artwork.html") and ,(anchor "music" "https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html"). I run it on one of my VPSs.]) + + `(div (@ (style "float: right; width: 120px; margin-right: 1rem")) ,(image "/static/images/uses/archlinux.svg")) + (p [I used to run ,(strong [Arch Linux]) and KDE on my old laptop. I still use it for my server but I'm making my way out of Linux and dive into BSD.]) + + `(div (@ (style "float: left; width: 120px; margin-right: 1rem")) + ,(image "/static/images/uses/ubuntu.svg")) + (p [,(strong [Ubuntu]) is probably the default Linux distro and very ,(em [enterprise]). It's getting bloated and I never really liked aptitude. On my way to abandon it.]) + + `(div (@ (style "float: right; width: 120px; margin-right: 1rem")) ,(image "/static/images/uses/apple.svg")) + (p [Of course I use ,(strong [macOS]). Tahoe was a nightmare and Golden Gate was a lot better. Overall it's a fine Unix-like OS with ,(em [good]) UX.]) + + `(hr) + + (h2 [Terminal]) + + `(div (@ (style "display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/ghostty.png") + (alt "Ghostty terminal emulator") + (height "64px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "GhosTTY")"https://ghostty.org/")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/nushell.png") + (alt "Nushell, a new type of shell") + (height "64px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Nushell") "https://www.nushell.sh/")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/neovim.png") + (alt "Neovim the editor") + (height "64px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Neovim") "https://neovim.io/")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/babashka.svg") + (alt "Babashka logo") + (height "64px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Babashka") "https://babashka.org/"))) + + (p [I use ,(strong [Ghostty]) because it's fast and native. Plus it's ,(anchor "non-profit" "https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-non-profit") libre software. ,(anchor "Mitchell" "https://mitchellh.com/") has some really good ideas for Ghostty.]) + (p [I code and draft articles with ,(strong [Neovim]). And I configure it in ,(anchor "Fennel" "https://fennel-lang.org/"), a ,(em [Lispy]) Lua. I use folke's ,(anchor "lazy.nvim" "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim") to manage plugins.]) + (p [I love how ,(strong [Nushell]) makes it so easy and fun to manipulate data in shell. You can also get a POSIX-style experience on Windows without Cygwin.]) + (p [But I don't write nushell script that much. I use ,(strong [Babashka]) instead. Scripting in ,(anchor "Clojure" "https://clojure.org/") makes it less like a chore. Plus, it can make a really nice command runner with ,(code [bb.edn]). Say goodbyte to ,(code [Makefile])!]) + (p [Check out my ,(anchor "dotfiles" "https://src.eltr.ac/eltrac/dotfiles") for more.]) + + `(hr) + + (h2 [Desktop]) + + `(div (@ (style "display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/hammerspoon.png") + (alt "Hammerspoon logo") + (height "86px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Hammerspoon") "https://www.hammerspoon.org/")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/helium.png") + (alt "Helium logo, a white asterisk in blue background") + (style "transform: rotate(-9deg) scale(0.9)") + (height "86px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Helium") "https://helium.computer/")) + (div (@ (style "display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center")) + (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/vicinae.png") + (alt "Vicinae logo, a moon in dark background") + (style "transform: rotate(-9deg) scale(0.9); border-radius: 10px") + (height "86px"))) + ,(anchor (strong "Vicinae") "https://www.vicinae.com/"))) + (p [,(strong [Hammerspoon]) is a macOS system API which allows you to control your Mac using ,(em [Lua]). I run ,(anchor "PaperWM.spoon" "https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon") with it, a tiled scrollable window manager.]) + (p [,(strong [Helium]) is a privacy-by-default Ungoogled Chromium fork. It has uBlock Origin built in. I ,(anchor "donate" "/donates") to its developers monthly.]) + (p [,(strong [Vicinae]) is a cross-platform app launcher and more. I ditched ,(em [Raycast]) for it.]) + + `(hr) + + (h2 "Apps") + (p [Below are some of the apps I use across all devices.]) + (ul + `(li (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/netnewswire.jpeg") + (style "height: 1.35rem; display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5rem; vertical-align: middle"))) + ,(anchor "NetNewsWire" "https://netnewswire.com/")) + `(li (img (@ (src "/static/images/uses/keepassxc.svg") + (style "height: 1.35rem; display: inline-block; margin-right: 0.5rem; vertical-align: middle"))) + ,(anchor "KeePassXC" "https://keepassxc.org/"))) + + `(div (@ (style "clear: both"))) + + `(hr) + + (h2 "Self-hosted and paid services") + (p [I got lazy, so here's some plain lists with no links or images.]) + (p [Stuffs I self-host:]) + (ul + (li [,(strong [Akkoma]), as my Fediverse instance]) + (li [,(strong [Continuwuity]), as my Matrix homeserver]) + (li [,(strong [Miniflux]), as my RSS aggregator]) + (li [,(strong [Forgejo]), as my personal git forge. (,(anchor "Hydra" "https://src.eltr.ac/"))])) + (p [Sutffs I wish I could self-host but decides to delegate them to a service privider I trust:]) + (ul + (li [,(strong [Migadu]) micro plan, for my emails.]) + (li [,(strong [Kagi]) family plan, a search engine with no ads.])) + + `(hr) + + (h2 "Hosting") + (p [These European companies host my infrastructure.]) + (ul + (li [,(strong [Contabo]), they have really cheap prices.]) + (li [,(strong [,(anchor "SKRIME" "https://skrime.eu/a/eltrac")]), they have ,(em [very impressive customer service]).]) + (li [,(strong [,(anchor "Bunny" "https://bunny.net?ref=xwpnwvmoo5")]), they are decent Cloudflare alternative.])) + (p [If you need hosting in Europe. You can click my affiliate links above, so we both can get some discounts. :3]) + ) |