You can tell a lot about a person by their setup and tools. Inspired by uses.tech.
Last updated: April 5, 2026
Desk
- Desk UPLIFT V2 Bamboo Standing Desk
- Replaced the frame with the Deskhaus Apex Pro Deskhaus Apex Pro
- Chair Herman Miller Aeron
- Light BenQ ScreenBar Pro
- Keyboard Keychron V1 Max
- OEM Dye-Sub PBT Keycap Set - Hacker
- Drop + Marvel: Black Panther Artisan Keycap
- Trackball Logitech MX Ergo S
- Dock CalDigit TS3 Plus
- Microphone Elgato Wave:3
- Webcam Logitech C920
- Monitor Samsung Odyssey CRG9 49" Dual QHD
Software
- Browser Brave
- Code Editor Visual Studio Code
- Terminal Ghostty
- Dotfiles jovalle/jsh
- Music Streaming
Hardware
- Mobile Workstation MacBook Pro 16" M1 Max 32 GB / 1 TB ("Archon")
- Lightweight Laptop MacBook Air 13" M1 16 GB / 256GB ("Zealot")
- WFH/Gaming Desktop Custom PC Build ("Colossus")
- Tablet Apple iPad Pro 11" M4 ("Templar")
Networking
- Gateway UniFi UCG Max
- Access Point UniFi Swiss Army Knife Ultra
- Managed Switch Linksys LGS328C
Homelab
- Server (Main) Custom 4U Server Build ("rs-01" AKA "nexus")
- Chassis Rosewill RSV-L4412U
- CPU Intel i5-14500
- Motherboard ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI
- Memory 64GB DDR5 ECC 🤑
- Storage
- HBA LSI 9400-16i
- ZFS Pools
- Data 1 x MIRROR | 2 Wide | 3.64 TiB SSD (3.77 TiB Usable)
- Media 1 x RAIDZ2 | 8 Wide | 14.55 TiB HDD (82.62 TiB Usable)
- GPU Intel A310 Eco 4GB
- NIC 10Gtek 10GbE PCI-E w/Intel 82599EN
- OS TrueNAS SCALE
- Application NAS and 80+ containers
- Mini Servers Minisforum MS-01 (x3) ("ms-0{1,2,3}")
- CPU Intel i5-12600H
- Memory 32GB DDR4 ECC 🤑
- OS Proxmox VE
- Storage
- OS Silicon Power 128GB NVMe
- Data (Ceph) Silicon Power 2TB NVMe x2
- Application 40+ services running on a Talos Kubernetes cluster
- Virtual Private Server (VPS) KVM VPS ("vs-01" AKA "mothership")
- CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6152 (4 vCPU)
- Memory 4GB
- Storage 64GB
- OS Debian
- Location "New York"
EDC / Commute
- Backpack Aer City Pack Pro 2 (Navy)
- Tablet Apple iPad Pro 11" M4 ("Templar")
- Headset Jabra Evolve2 85
- Earbuds Jabra Elite 7 Pro
- Watch Apple Watch Series 9 ("Oracle")
- Smartphones
- Primary Apple iPhone 14 Pro ("Tempest")
- Secondary / Backup Google Pixel 10 Pro XL ("Dragoon")
- Apple CarPlay is unusable in my 9th gen Accord 😕
- Doubles as the perfect backup and companion for travel 📸
- Retro Handheld Console TRIMUI Brick ("Nientiendo")
- Currently replaying Chrono Trigger
- Running NextUI with custom "Nientiendo" boot animation 😄
- Wallet Hot Topic Black Tri-Fold
- Rocking this since 2006 (without the chain 🤭)
- Sneakers Patrick Pamir
Audio
- Speakers
- Desktop Kanto ORA
- Subwoofer Kanto SUB8
- Headphones
- Home Office / Main Drivers Sennheiser HD 800 S
- Work Office Jabra Evolve2 85
- Wireless Gaming Audeze Maxwell
- IEMs
- Wired / Critical Listening Sony IER-M9 + Final Audio Silicon Type E
- Much love to e-Earphones in Tokyo 🇯🇵 for the holy trinity XP ("bueno, bonito, y barato")
- Commuting Jabra Elite 7 Pro
- Calls / Multitasking / Workouts AirPods Pro 3
- Wired / Critical Listening Sony IER-M9 + Final Audio Silicon Type E
- DACs / Amps
- Desktop Topping DX5II
- Portable Qudelix 5K
- Retired
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50
- Bose QC35
- Drop + Sennheiser PC38X
- Drop + THX Panda
- Sennheiser HD 560S