Tools that i use and why?

Aug 23, 2025

Tech I Use


nix

Cause I hate myself. No I use nix cause of the ability to cache different environments. At the time of writing this I am not a pro nix user I have tried, flakes, and home manager and stuff. I still have some time to get in deep init.
So far I am loving nix, especially the reproducibility.

Arch Linux

I run Arch because it just makes sense. The zstd compression for packages is blazing fast, and of course the AUR is basically cheating — anything you could possibly want, someone’s already packaged. Rolling release, minimal, zero fluff.

Neovim

No plugin zoo, no 200-line config. Just a single init.lua with ~10–20 sane defaults. I stick to built-in motions and keymaps (because search engines exist), which keeps it minimal, fast, and frictionless.

tmux

Simple. Consistent. Indispensable. I use it to spin up apps on a server and let them live in the background forever. Detach, reattach, never worry about killing something by mistake.

Alacritty

GPU-rendered terminal that just flies. No tabs, no bloat, no distractions — just raw speed.

HMCL (Hello Minecraft! Launcher)

The most no-bullshit Minecraft launcher I’ve found. Offline-friendly, lightweight, and skips all the unnecessary crap.

Brave

Think of it as Firefox with Chromium compatibility when you need it. Built-in adblocking, but I nuke the sponsored newsfeed and other cruft. Fast, functional, and gets out of the way.

Obsidian + Syncthing

Obsidian is my second brain. I use the PARA method with some extra folders (new_cache/ + daily notes). Local-first, markdown-based, extensible. Syncthing does the syncing magic across devices — zero cloud lock-in.

Calibre

The best way to manage and push ebooks to my Kindle. Grab something from Z-Library and it’s on the device in seconds.

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