How I do my computing

This post is inspired from usesthis, a website where people talk about their computing setup. I've been meaning to do this for a while, but I've been procrastinating. I'm going to try to keep this short.

hardware

• I use two computers, a laptop and a desktop:
  • The laptop is an ASUS ROG zephyrus G15, ryzen 6900hs, 40gb of ddr5 and a 3060 mobile. Running win11 pro.
  • The desktop is an MSI, i9-12900k and amd 6700xt with multiple hdds and nvmes, usually sshing to it remotely to do heavy lifting . Running win11 pro. 
  • Macs look and feel amazing and have great battery life, but I couldn't get used to the weird keyboard layout and MacOS. I also want to be able to upgrade my stuff.
  • Dream laptop is something like a macbook but has upgradable storage, has unified memory and can run Windows or Linux.
• Raspberry pi zero w for pihole
• Input devices
  • Logitech Mx keys
  • Logitech Mx master 3
  • The keyboard is meh, mouse is expensive but great, the 3rd party linux software is even better than the official windows software. 
• Poco F3 running MIUI xiaomi.eu, it's good but still CCP spywayre. Great hardware for the price. Meh software (I can use other ROMs, but I have trust issues).
• Networking rig:
  • This uses the cheapest stuff I could get:
    • Router: Mi Router 4a (CCP spywayre)
    • Switch: D-link DGS-108 (crap switch don't buy, crashes linux, only igc though, works with realtek)
• Marshall major III, it doesn't sound bad for metal / hard rock, but the hinges broke, and the leather is bad quality and got fucked up after only 2 years. I 3d printed replacement hinges, planning to replace the leather also. It's sloppy design it's like they want this break after only 2-3 years on purpose.
• Also not very comfortable for people like me with big heads.
• DualShock 4 v2 controller for causual gaming.

software

• OS: On PCs I use Windows. On servers I use Linux, usually just ubuntu server.
• $SHELL: zsh with oh-my-zsh on Linux. Powershell on Windows
• Browser: Brave for personal use and chrome for work
• Filesystem:
  • NTFS on windows. Didn't try ReFS yet.
  • BTRFS on linux. ext4 when I don't need COW.
• $EDITOR: I pay for jetbrains all product-pack. Awesome. It's $30 a month but it's worth every dime, it has every IDE I might need. For quick edits I use notepad.exe. On linux I have emacs.
• Mail: default windows mail app.
• Communication: Discord for friends, Telegram for bots, Slack for work.
• Music: Spotify, Foobar2000 for music not on spotify.
• git: I'm a noob, can't use git from cli, I use smartgit, costs around $6 a month.
• AI: I integrate LLMs in my workflow.
  • copilot
  • langchain: I index programming docs and ask questions about it
  • yolo-ai-cmdbot
  • chatgpt-telegram-bot: I like paying only for my usage and also sending voice messages that get transcribed using whisper when I can't type.