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title: Setup
description: Learn more about my setup, what I use, self-host, and how I manage my development environment. Discover the tools and configurations that help me stay productive and efficient in my work as a software developer.
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A running list of the software, tools, and infrastructure I use day to day — as a developer, a self-hoster, and someone who'd rather configure something once than fight it every day.

## Desktop

- **[Arch Linux (EndeavourOS)](https://endeavouros.com/)** — my daily driver. I like Arch for the control it gives me over the system, and EndeavourOS strips away the parts of a base Arch install I don't want to do by hand.
- **[macOS](https://www.apple.com/macos/)** — my secondary OS that runs on my work laptop. I mainly use it for work, but I like the polish and the ecosystem it offers. I don't use it as my primary OS because I prefer the control and flexibility of Linux.

### Window Manager

- **[Hyprland](https://hypr.land/)** — my window manager of choice. I like the flexibility and the modern features it offers, and I enjoy configuring it to my liking.

## Mobile

- **[Android](https://www.android.com/)** — my current mobile OS. But as Google is increasingly hostile to privacy, I plan to switch to [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/) on a Pixel device in the future.
- **[FUTO Keyboard](https://keyboard.futo.tech/)** — my keyboard of choice. I like the layout and the feel of the keys, and I enjoy customizing it to my liking.
- **[F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/)** — my app store of choice. I like the open-source apps it offers, and I enjoy discovering new apps that respect my privacy.
- **[Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/)** — my email client of choice. I like the features it offers, and I enjoy customizing it to my liking.
- **[DAVx5](https://www.davx5.com/)** — my CalDAV/CardDAV client of choice. I like the features it offers, and I enjoy customizing it to my liking.

## Browser

- **[Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)** — my main browser. I like the privacy features it offers, and I enjoy customizing it to my liking.

### Extensions

- **[uBlock Origin](https://ublockorigin.com/)** — does the heavy lifting for ad and tracker blocking. Fast, lightweight, and I've never felt the need to look elsewhere.
- **[Decentraleyes](https://decentraleyes.org/)** — serves common CDN-hosted libraries locally instead of pinging Google/Cloudflare on every page load. Small privacy win, no downside.
- **[I still don't care about cookies](https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/)** — auto-dismisses cookie banners.
- **[Privacy Badger](https://privacybadger.org/)** — catches trackers uBlock misses by learning their behavior rather than relying on a static list.
- **[ClearURLs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/)** — strips tracking parameters from links before they even load. Cleaner URLs, less fingerprinting.
- **[Return YouTube Dislike](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/return-youtube-dislike/)** — brings back a signal YouTube decided I didn't need to see.
- **[Unhook](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/)** — strips out recommendations, endless feeds, and other rabbit-hole bait so I can use the site without losing an hour to it.

## Email & RSS

- **[Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/)** — handles both my email and RSS feeds. One inbox-shaped app for everything I need to keep an eye on, instead of a browser tab I forget to check.

## Privacy & Utility Tools

- **[Mullvad VPN](https://mullvad.net/)** — for general browsing privacy.
- **[SearXNG](https://searxng.org/)** — self-hosted metasearch, so I'm not feeding every query into a single company's index.
- **Degoogling** — an ongoing, low-key project of replacing Google services with self-hosted or privacy-respecting alternatives where it makes sense.

## Editor & Terminal

- **[VS Code Insiders](https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/)** — my main editor. I like the speed and the early access to new features, and I don't mind the occasional bug.
- **[Vim](https://www.vim.org/)** — my secondary editor. I use it for quick edits, and I like the modal editing paradigm.
- **[kitty](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/)** — my terminal emulator of choice. I like the speed, the GPU rendering, and the features it offers.
- **[fish shell](https://fishshell.com/)** — my shell of choice. I like the syntax highlighting, the autosuggestions, and the ease of use.
- **[starship](https://starship.rs/)** — my prompt of choice. I like the speed, the customization, and the features it offers.

## Development Stack

- **[Next.js](https://nextjs.org/)** — my go-to framework for full-stack web projects. Good defaults, and I rarely fight it.
- **[TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/)** — non-negotiable at this point. Catching mistakes at compile time beats catching them in production.
- **[Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/)** — my usual ORM when a project needs one. Type-safe queries and migrations that don't make me nervous.
- **[Supabase](https://supabase.com/)** (managed) — Postgres, auth, and storage without having to hand-roll all three, for client and hosted projects.
- **[bun](https://bun.sh/)** — my package manager and runtime of choice. Faster installs, faster scripts.

## Self-Hosted

I run my own infrastructure on a Hetzner VPS, mostly because I like understanding every layer of what I ship rather than trusting a black box. I'd like to move to a dedicated server eventually, but I refuse to pay the current hardware prices — inflated by an AI bubble that has nothing to do with what I actually need a machine for.

### Platform

- **[Coolify](https://coolify.io/)** — the deployment layer for most of my self-hosted apps. Handles builds, deploys, and rollbacks without me needing a full DevOps setup.
- **[Traefik](https://traefik.io/)** — reverse proxy in front of everything, handling routing and TLS.
- **[Authentik](https://goauthentik.io/)** — single sign-on across my self-hosted services (Forgejo, Paperless-ngx, Immich, SearXNG, and more). One login instead of a dozen.
- **[Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/)** — my self-hosted Git host, with CI/CD wired into Coolify for automatic deploys.
- **[Headscale](https://headscale.net/)** — a self-hosted mesh VPN (open-source Tailscale control server) that ties my devices and services together securely.
- **Hetzner Storage Box** — persistent storage for backups and the services that need it.

### Services

- **[Paperless-ngx](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx)** — document management, so paperwork doesn't pile up in random folders.
- **[Immich](https://github.com/immich-app/immich)** — self-hosted photo backup, an alternative to Google Photos.
- **[ntfy](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy)** — push notifications from scripts, servers, and self-hosted services.
- **[Stirling PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF)** — a self-hosted toolkit for PDF manipulation.
- **[Mealie](https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie)** — a self-hosted recipe manager, because I like cooking and want to keep my recipes organized.
- **[Uptime Kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma)** — monitoring for my self-hosted services, so I know when something goes down.
- **[Vaultwarden](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden)** — self-hosted password manager, so I control my credentials.
- **[Supabase](https://github.com/supabase/supabase)** (self-hosted) — my own Postgres, auth, and storage instance for personal projects, without relying on a third-party service.
- **[Continuwuity](https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity)** (a Matrix server implementation) — lets me chat with friends and communities without relying on a corporate service.
- **[Radicale](https://radicale.org/)** — my self-hosted CalDAV/CardDAV server, so I control my calendar and contacts.

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This list changes fairly often — I'll keep it updated as tools come and go.
