Sometimes people ask me what my setup looks like for remote work. I decided to try to keep a list of the hardware and software I’m using.

People call usually call such pages “my /uses page”.

So, here’s mine. Hope you’ll find this useful, somehow.

Hardware

Machines & Phone

• Apple MacBook Pro 16" with 36gb ram, from 2023
• Apple iPad Air (5th gen)
• Linux Desktop with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor, with 64 GB of ram, 1 TB NVME, 1 TB spinning, and a GeForce GT 1030
• 2 nodes Raspberry Pi cluster running random stuff (mostly home automation related)
• Synology DS720+ NAS, for backups et al
• iPhone 15 Pro
• Apple Watch series 9

Keyboard, Mouse, and ergonomics

• Herman Miller Aeron chair
• Moonlander Mk1 keyboard (firmware config)
• Magic Trackpad 2
• Magic Keyboard (when traveling with the iPad only)

Sound & Video

• Dell UP3221QE, 31.5", 4K, WLED
• Bose QC35 II
• Apple AirPods Pro
• Logitech C920 webcam
• Blue Yeti USB Microphone
• Apple HomePod mini

Rack

I’m a nerd and I like racks. So, I built my own. 100% over engineering for my home network, but I always wanted to work on one, and now I have. I also have a backup link with Starlink.

It has some Unify gear, UPS, plus the aforementioned NAS and Raspberry Pies.

Software

Here are some of the apps I use everyday and/or enjoy using:

• Neovim: Editor.
• Ghostty (beta): Terminal emulator.
• Tmux: Terminal multiplexer.
• Zoxide: z/autojump.
• Fish: Shell.
• Proxmox: main OS on my PC, runs multiple Linux/Windows VMs.
• NixOS: OS used on most of my Linux VMs.
• Nix and home-manager: Configuration management of (eventually) all my computers
• Berkeley Mono: Font.
• Hammerspoon: To script macOS with Lua.
• dotfiles: My dotfiles.

I’m a simple man, and no particular email, notes, or calendar app seems worth the trouble/money for me, so I use macOS/iOS default ones.

Retired

• MacBook Pro 14", from 2021
• Logitech MX Master 3 mouse
• Logitech MX Keys keyboard
• Baseus light bar
• Dell U2718Q, 27", 4K, IPS (daisy chaining doesn’t work on macOS, not a big fan of multiple displays anyway)

Changelog

• 2024-09-26: Updated some links
• 2024-08-03: Updated MacBook, others
• 2024-05-09: Updated display, Desktop, iPhone, removed Baseus light bar, others
• 2023-07-10: Fixed typos, improved some descriptions;
• 2023-07-06: Added software, update hardware, added rack, /uses
• 2022-09-21: Typo updates, added NAS;
• 2022-05-17: Added the Moonlander Mk1 and reorganizing/simplifying page
• 2021-12-02: Added M1 Pro, Desktop and others
• 2020-12-07: Updated setup photo
• 2020-09-22: Updated mouse and Keyboard
• 2020-02-05: Updated display
• 2020-01-29: First edition