Tools

The hardware, software and AI tools I use most days.

Computer

• Desktop A PC I built. Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3080, 32 GB of RAM, Windows 11.
• MacBook 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M5, for music and video. Before that, a 16-inch from 2019.
• Gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G14 (2022). Ryzen 9 6900HS, Radeon RX 6700S, 16 GB of RAM.

Software

• Browser Brave
• Editor IntelliJ IDEs, PyCharm among them, and Visual Studio Code.
• Automation Python and n8n
• Music Logic Pro X. More on the music page.
• Video editing Final Cut Pro

AI tools

I'm subscribed to Claude, ChatGPT and Grok, and use all three.

• Claude Mostly Claude Code, for building things. This site included.
• ChatGPT General questions and second opinions.
• Grok In the rotation as well.
• Muse.ai Checks the weather and watches Facebook Marketplace for gear that fits my hobbies.
• Local models LM Studio running Qwythos 9B, an uncensored model that fits on the 3080. The numbers.
• Email sorting Laya, a small classifier I fine-tuned on my own inbox, with the local model as a second opinion.

Self-hosting

• Server A Linux VPS at Hetzner.
• What's on it The FitScout backend, n8n for automations, and Whisper for transcribing audio.
• Running things Docker and Docker Compose, with Caddy in front.
• DNS and certificates Cloudflare

Drones

FPV quads: a 3.5-inch and tiny whoops, on HDZero. Footage is on the FPV page.