Uses
Hardware, software, and tools I use day to day
Things I use. Inspired by uses.tech.
Hardware
Machines
- Framework 13 laptop: for day-to-day stuff and where I do most of my coding
- HP NAS server: for storing backups of my other software, self-hosting Jellyfin and Immich
- PC: for gaming and GPU parallel programming
- Google Pixel 9a: I have this because the camera bump is not absolutely massive and it’s one of the more modern cheap phones that one is able to install GrapheneOS
- MP3 player: I cannot go around without listening to music from this: FiiO Snowsky ECHO Mini
Monitors
Right now, my gaming rig has both a 4K monitor for editing images (see more at /photos) and a 144Hz 1080p monitor (for gaming). I usually SSH into everything else from my laptop or phone if I have (Tailscale on an android phone is a great match BTW)
Keyboard
On my phone I have a simple QWERTY layout, but on my laptop and gaming rig I use a modified version of the MTGAP layout. My version puts several symbols in the middle between both hands, where it’s kind of complicated to reach usually and pushes unused letters like q and z to the upper right next to the numbers:
- TODO: add picture of this
I have tried several layouts for my phone, soon I’ll be trying a thumbkey layout and see how fast I can get with that.
Environment
| What | Tool |
|---|---|
| OS | NixOS |
| Shell | zsh |
| Dev environments | Nix flakes + direnv = match made in heaven |
| Editor | Neovim |
| Terminal | foot |
Writing & Research
| What | Tool |
|---|---|
| Notes / Zettelkasten | Obsidian |
| Mathematics notes | Published at mathematik.stau.space |
| Papers / documents | LaTeX via TeXLive and typst |
This Site
| What | Tool |
|---|---|
| Generator | Hugo static with no runtim |
| Hosting | SourceHut Pages via hut CLI |
| Task runner | just |
| Image processing | ImageMagick (Floyd-Steinberg dithering) + pngquant |
| Search | Pagefind (serverless) |
| Math rendering | KaTeX (loaded on-demand per post) |
| Webmentions | webmention.io |
| Secret scanning | gitleaks (pre-commit hook) |
| Commit linting | gitlint (pre-commit hook) |
Typography
| What | Font |
|---|---|
| Body | Spectral by Production Type (self-hosted) |
| Monospace | Mno16 by Velvetyne (self-hosted) |
| Toki Pona | linja lipamanka (loaded on demand and self-hosted) |
Philosophy
In the spirit of permacomputing I prefer durable formats and minimal dependencies.
- No tracking, no cookies, no analytics. See the privacy policy.
- No external fonts. No CDN dependencies except KaTeX (loaded only when needed).
- Images are palette-dithered PNGs: small, reproducible, and aesthetically intentional.
- Source is ONLY markdown.
- Total page weight target: under 512 KB per page.
Source
The site source is available at tangled.org/stau.space.