Uses

Here’s a ton of the stuff I use, from software to services to hardware!

software

qutebrowser (vi-like). This browser is absolutely fantastic for keyboard-based navigation of the web.
w3m (CLI-based). A terminal-only browser.
Clew. The search engine I developed myself.
urlref (CLI-based) is a bookmarking tool I designed (really, more of a URL shortener) to easily reference URLs from hand-written notes.

neovim (vi-like, duh) is what I use for all my writing and coding. Need I say more? I started with vim and ended up switching to neovim. (Both are good, though.) I’ve also written about my writing-focused neovim config
aerc (vi-like) as a terminal email client. Quite honestly, this is the first time I’ve actually enjoyed going through my mail. I use mbsync to sync my mail to a local directory, then open that with aerc.
khal (vi-like) and vdirsyncer (CLI-based). I use these to sync my calendar to a radicale server (self-hosted) through CalDAV.
khard (CLI-based) and vdirsyncer (CLI-based). Similar to khal, khard takes my contact list from my radicale server and lets me manipulate it from the terminal.

I almost exclusively play Linux-native, DRM-free games that work offline. Here are some favorites:

git (CLI-based). I mean, who doesn’t?
syncthing. Really great for syncing files between devices. Even better if you have a VPS or always-on machine connected, since you no longer have to have the other devices on at the same time to sync between them.
borgmatic (CLI-based) to make backups. Really cool!
Calibre is pretty much the final word when it comes to ebook management. Seriously, there’s nothing even in the same ballpark.
tomb is a great Linux file encryption tool. I use it to lock games and other potentially-distracting things away when I should be working.

Codeberg as my sourceforge to manage and host my git repositories.
Porkbun is where I buy my domain names.
I moved everything I host to an OVH dedicated server which has an amazing cost-to-performance ratio, since I’d outgrown my Uberspace account.
Weightless Books is where I buy DRM-free ebooks. Specifically, I currently subscribe to Clarkesworld through Weightless Books. I’ve paused my Forever Magazine subscription until I catch up with the back issues.
Zoho as my email host.
Polymaths.social, my own Fediverse instance, is where most of my online social life happens. It’s hosted using GoToSocial
Writing Month, my own site for tracking writing goals, inspired by NaNoWriMo, still needs some development but has come in handy already.

radicale, for hosting CalDAV and CardDAV
bin, for sharing quick snippets of code or text. My instance is public and you’re welcome to use it!
Miniflux as a feed aggregator.

I won’t give links here, but you should be able to find them.

Overall I try not to use my phone much. I prefer doing things on my laptop when possible.

Lume as a static site generator (SSG) for this site and most of my others.
readable.css as the base stylesheet for my sites. Full disclosure, I created readable.css myself, so I may be biased in favor of it, but I really do think it’s a great option.
Flask is my go-to framework for developing web-based applications like Clew and Writing Month.

cmus (vi-like) as a terminal music client.
tut-tui (vi-like) as a terminal Mastodon client.
mouseless for software-side keyboard remapping. I use it to match what I do with QMK on my mechanical keyboard so that I can use the same keybindings on my laptop.
abcde (CLI-based) to rip CDs for my music collection and beets (CLI-based) to manage the collection (both are CLI-based).
hledger (CLI-based) is plain-text accounting software that I’ve loved using to track my personal finances.

Framework Laptop 13 with 12th-generation Intel. I posted a full review here on Musings after my first semester using it.
A handed-down iPhone SE (2020).
A Tangara
A Kindle Paperwhite (jailbroken)
An old Kindle 4 (jailbroken)

Soundcore Life Q10 headphones. These are fantastic, with 60-hour battery life and pretty good sound quality for a great price. For $10 more, there’s a model with active noise cancelling, but it doesn’t use USB-C and I don’t care about ANC, so I went with these.
Keyboard
- Keychron V4 as the base board. It has QMK and hotswap for a great price. I got it instead of the Q4, since (1) it’s cheaper with a plastic chassis instead of aluminum and (2) it’s lighter and I do a good bit of traveling.
- I waffle between preferring Gateron Silent Black Ink switches or Durock T1 switches, both of which are fantastic.
Gaming Controllers
- 8bitdo SN30 Pro
- 8bitdo Ultimate 2C