What I Use
This is a small list of the hardware I use.
The first time I wrote this was in 2020. Now I’m updating this list in 2025, and things are very different.
Computers
The laptop I carry with me everywhere is my 16” M3 Max Macbook Pro. This computer is much more powerful than I need, and can handle everything I throw at it. It has 36GB and 1TB of storage.
I use my Macbook with a 32” 4K Monitor from Samsung. But I might replace it with a 5K monitor in 2026.
I also have a Raspberry Pi 3 hidden behind my living room TV. It runs Home Assistant, Miniflux, a DNS server, Syncthing and Node-RED.
And I have a gaming desktop computer running Kubuntu. I built it many years ago, with a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and an nVidia RTX 2060 GPU, and 32GB of RAM. Still good enough for what I need, and I play a lot on it. Maybe in 2026 I’ll finally replace it with a newer and more powerful gaming computer.
Gaming Consoles
When I wrote this in 2020, the only gaming console I had was the Nintendo Switch. But now in 2025 the situation is very different. Now I think that I have too many gaming consoles.
I still have my Nintendo Switch, but now I also have the Nintendo Switch 2. I play a lot on the Switch 2, because I love portable consoles. I prefer to play games on my balcony, or the bedroom, or whatever. I might sell the Switch 1, or maybe jailbreak it.
I also have a Playstation 5. But I don’t use it that much, and I’m thinking about selling it.
And I have a Steam Deck to play PC games in a portable device. I think this is the second console I use the most. I have a huge backlof of games on Steam, and even the games I got on the PS5 I’m thinking of buying on Steam just to play on the Deck.
Phone
I had two phones in 2020 (iPhone and Android), but now in 2025 I only have the base iPhone 16. It’s more than enough for my needs, and I might keep it for 2 or 3 more years, if I don’t drop it.
Other devices
Of the other devices I have, one of the most important is the Airdrops Pro 2. Not only as a earphones, but also to use them as hearing aids, because I have a hearing disability. They are awesome hearing aids, even better than lots of dedicated devices you can buy. The only problem with the Airpods Pro is that the battery doesn’t last very long. About 4 hours at most, sometimes a little bit less.
I also have proper hearing aids from Phonak. I forgot the name of the model. The battery lasts for about 18 hours, which is enough for a whole day. They can be used just like bluetooth earphones, so I can listen to music or podcasts from my iPhone while I wear them. But they cost 16x times more the Airpods Pro, and the audio is worse. If I could use the Airpods Pro for an entire day, I wouldn’t even need hearing aids. Specially because I have more control over the Airpods than the Phonak device I have.
I also have a mechanical keyboard that is not very conventional. The Kyria keyboard from SplitKB is a split keyboard with very few keys. I wrote its firmware using the QMK firmware library, written in C. I still haven’t found the perfect layout to use with it, but I’m currently using a variation of Miryoku and I’m almost happy with it.
To read eBooks I have a Kobo Clara Colour. The Kobo is a lot more open than the Kindle, and is not under control of an awful monopolistic company. I’m liking the colored e-ink screen. It helps make the book covers stand out. In a black and white screen they all kind of look the same.
And last but not least, my beloved 3D printer from Bambulab. It’s a Bambulab P1S, with AMS on the side. I can use up to 4 colors while 3D printing, and this printer is very precise and prints rarely fail. It’s far from the cheapest model, but to me it’s worth it. I print a few things for the house every month, and I’ve printed A LOT of scenery for my tabletop RPG sessions. It’s one of the best devices I got the last few years, and I can’t see myself without a 3D printer anymore.
Software
I write all my notes using Obsidian. I have about 4300 notes. Some are ideas and knowledge I wrote about, but most of them are my journal, and databases of games, books and movies. Obsidian is perfect for my philosophy of storing my knowledge as plaintext.
To write software, I mostly use Neovim but sometimes I also use VS Code. I usually write software with Ruby On Rails, but sometimes I also use Python or JavaScript (with ReactJS).
My browser of choice is Safari, but I’m not 100% satisfied with it. Sometimes I go back to Chromium for a week or two, but end up coming back to Safari.
I do all my terminal magic on iTerm, but I’ve been thinking about migrating to Kitty or Alacritty. The only reason I’m sticking with iTerm is that it’s already set up the way I like, and it works. But I like the idea of using a cross-platform terminal and reusing the dotfile to set it up.
I use Drafts for temporary notes, because it’s very quick to open it and start writing, and it syncs notes between my iPhone and my Mac.
I also use a bunch of Apple apps for basic stuff. Apple Photos, Mail, Calendar, Reminders.