My Setup & Hobbies

I actually got into Linux thanks to the ricing community on deviantart back in the early 2000s. I used to contribute to pixelfuckers — which probably doesn’t exist anymore. These days I lurk on r/unixporn and /g/. More recently, people kept asking about my setup, and the /uses convention seemed fun. So here’s mine — a living document, updated as things change.

Last updated: June 2025

Hardware

Machines

All my machines run NixOS and are named after characters from Madoka Magica. My nix-config bootstraps everything from a single repo.

Machine	Type	CPU	GPU	RAM	OS
madoka	desktop	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	NVIDIA RTX 3080	96GB	NixOS
iroha	laptop (XPS 13)	Intel Lunar Lake	Intel Arc Graphics	32GB	NixOS
kyubey	server	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	NVIDIA GTX 1080	—	NixOS
homura	WSL2	ARM64 (Snapdragon X Elite)	host GPU	—	NixOS-WSL

kyubey runs Plex, Jellyfin, Minecraft, and file sharing off a ZFS pool. homura is TUI-only with clipboard integration to the Windows host.

• kyubey added Plex + Jellyfin, migrated to ZFS
• iroha swapped MacBook Pro M4 for Intel Lunar Lake laptop running NixOS
• homura migrated from XPS 13 to ARM64 Surface Pro via WSL2
• sayaka, mami, and sakura retired

Keyboard

I collect keyboards and swap between them, but my current daily driver is a custom build:

• Case: Rule60 V3 in polycarbonate
• Switches: Cherry MX Blossom — 35 cN linear, cute!
• Layout: HHKB

The rest of my collection floats between my desk and friends’ desks. Highlights: an HHKB Pro 2 in beige with JIS caps, an HHKB Hybrid Type-S in white with blank caps, an F62 Kishsaver in beige.

Mouse

I’m not picky, but I’ve settled on two:

• Lofree Touch — daily driver. It’s cute, it matches my keyboards, and I’m a sucker for aesthetics.
• MX Master 3S — travel. Objectively the better mouse, but it’s not as pretty.

Desk

My desk setup is minimal. I can’t stand any display that isn’t 4K at 144Hz, and I use a single monitor — which some people find surprising.

Thing	What I Use
Desk	Fully Jarvis in walnut
Monitor	ASUS ROG Strix XG27UCS, 4K at 160Hz, no scaling
Monitor Arm	Herman Miller Flo
Chair	Herman Miller Aeron
Webcam	Elgato Facecam Pro
Mic	Blue Yeti
Speakers	Audioengine A2+
Headphones	Sony WH-1000XM4
Earbuds	Google Pixel Buds Pro
Phone	Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

• keyboard new custom build — Rule60 V3, Cherry MX Blossom, HHKB layout
• phone Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 (was Pixel 6 Pro)
• earbuds Google Pixel Buds Pro (were AirPods Pro)
• speakers Audioengine A2+ (were Logitech Z906)

Software

Terminal

Thing	What I Use
Emulator	Ghostty
Font	Maple Mono NF
Colorscheme	Rose Pine on everything — Neovim, Zellij, Ghostty, even my git diffs
Shell	nushell with atuin, starship, direnv, and zoxide
Multiplexer	zellij with custom Rose Pine theme and per-project layouts

• shell nushell replaced zsh (with atuin, starship, direnv, zoxide)
• terminal Ghostty replaced wezterm
• font Maple Mono NF replaced tamsyn
• colorscheme Rose Pine everywhere — previously only in Neovim

Editor

I use Neovim for everything. My full config is here.

Plugin	What For
Lazy	plugin manager
Mason	LSP management
Telescope + fzf	fuzzy finding
git-signs	git blame in the gutter
neotree	file tree
copilot.vim	AI completions

I don’t use splits much, and I’ve mostly dropped tabs. I navigate between buffers with :Telescope or LSP goto-definition.

LLM Agents

I run opencode as my primary agent, with models swapped depending on the task:

Model	What I Use It For
GPT 5.5	planning and complex analysis — the slow, careful one
DeepSeek V4 Pro / Flash	writing code — fast, sharp, no nonsense
Kimi K2.6	prose and writing — better at sounding human than the others

My workflow leans heavily on git worktrees. I keep my repos as bare clones with a custom git wt helper.

git wt clone <url> creates a bare repo with worktrees for each branch. Switching contexts means changing directories, not stashing or juggling state.

git wt dev opens a new zellij workspace tab pointed at the current branch. My nushell config auto-detects the .bare/ directory and routes commands through worktrunk behind the scenes.

Each agent session gets its own worktree, its own zellij tab, and its own direction — they never step on each other.

• LLM agents new section — opencode + worktrunk replaced ad-hoc shell sessions

Web Stuff

Outside the terminal, the only thing I really interact with is a browser. I use Zen Browser — it’s Firefox-based, has sidebar tabs, and doesn’t need extensions to be usable.

Thing	What I Use
Browser	Zen
Search	Kagi
Hosting	fly.io or Hetzner
Tailnet	Tailscale

• browser Zen replaced qutebrowser — Firefox-based, sidebar tabs, vim keybindings via extension

• qutebrowser retired — rendering quirks finally got to me

Subscriptions

I keep subscriptions minimal and self-host everything else. The ones I actually pay for:

What	Services
Media	YouTube Premium, Spotify
Chat	Discord Nitro
Games	Humble Choice

Everything else — file sharing, media streaming, git hosting, CI — runs on my own hardware or a VPS.

Backups

I don’t back up my data.

Thanks to Nix, I can recreate my entire environment from scratch in under ten minutes. If something matters, it’s in a git repo. If it doesn’t, I can afford to lose it. I recommend reading Erase your darlings.

Hobbies

Tea

I drink a lot of tea.

Gear	What I Use
Teapot	Loukoum and Lyric
Cup	Tasse A Thé and Slow Coffee Style
Kettle	Stagg EKG

My current favorite is Pu'erh Dor from Mariage Frères. I also drink a lot from TWG and Fortnum & Mason, or whatever I find during travels. Depending on my mood, I’ll add things like hibiscus leaves, jasmine flowers, or rose petals.

Reading

I mostly listen via Audible. Currently working through:

Book	Author	Vibe
Diary of a Void	Emi Yagi	deadpan absurdism — a Tokyo office worker fakes a pregnancy to escape being the coffee-fetcher
The Hole	Hiroko Oyamada	domestic alienation gone uncanny — reality quietly dissolves
In Praise of Shadows	Junichiro Tanizaki	a short, beautiful essay on Japanese aesthetics, imperfection, and the beauty of things that don’t stay clean

Perfume

I’m still exploring, mostly sticking to Oriental and Floral scents. Current rotation:

House	Favorites
Tom Ford	Jasmin Rouge, Rose Prick, Oud Wood
Jo Malone	Rose & White Musk, English Pear & Freesia
YSL	Opium

Haven’t gotten into niche perfumes yet, but I’m curious.

Photography

I’ve started taking more pictures. Mostly as an excuse to notice things I’d otherwise walk past.

No real gear yet — just my phone. You can find what I’ve shot so far on Instagram.