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diff --git a/content/articles/tools-i-use.md b/content/articles/tools-i-use.md deleted file mode 100644 index 952d782..0000000 --- a/content/articles/tools-i-use.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = 'Tools I Use' -date = '2026-01-02T15:24:53-03:30' -tags = [] -draft = true -+++ - -Here is a list of some of the tools I use day-to-day. - - -# Software - -- [Gentoo Linux](https://www.gentoo.org/) --- - One of the most solid barebones Linux distros I know of. - I use it on my desktop and laptop computers. -- [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/) --- - Secure server operating system. - I use it to serve this website. - - Unlike a GNU/Linux distro, OpenBSD is a single homogeneous system. - Everything makes sense and the documentation is really good. - Reminds me of [Plan 9](https://plan9.io/plan9/) in that respect. - -- [Acme](http://acme.cat-v.org/) --- - Originally developed for Plan 9, Acme is [Rob Pike's](https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/) user interface for programmers. - It's what we now call an IDE. - I'm writing this article in Acme right now. - - Every piece of text in Acme can be a executed or piped into/out-of a script. - Very powerful. -- [Dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/) --- - Nice tiling window manager for X11. - Goes well with other Suckless accoutrements. -- [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) --- - Syncthing is a sort of distributed filesystem. - I use it to synchronize files between my laptop, desktop, and phone. - - -# Hardware - -- [Thinkpad T420s](https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T420s) --- - I've had this laptop for a few years now; no complaints. - - I replaced the hard drive with an SSD and threw some extra DDR3 in there. - The 10+ year old 4-thread Sandy Bridge i5 is actually fine. - I'm waiting for someone to make a [serious multithreaded](https://netlib.org/utk/papers/advanced-computers/tera.html) RISC-V CPU, but unfortunately everyone seems to be obsessed with high clock speeds and out-of-order-execution chips that use as much die space and power as possible. - That [Esperanto ET-SoC-1](https://youtu.be/LmUu-lN7D0k) looked promising, but apparently they went out of business or something? - - Anyway, the T420s has a sturdy magnesium frame, a good keyboard, and a three-button touchpad which is essential for Acme and CAD programs---I don't know how people live without one. - -- iPod mini 1G --- - Hard to find a phone with a headphone jack these days. - The mini has one, as well as physical buttons and a touch rotary encoder---much nicer than using a touchscreen imo. - I want to get a full size iPod 1G with the physical scroll wheel at some point. - - I replaced the battery with a new one and replaced the tiny (both physically and in terms of storage space) hard drive with a 128GB SD card. - Running [RockBox](https://www.rockbox.org/). - Works mint. - -- Casio F-91W --- - Cheap wristwatch that keeps time---what can I say? - If it's good enough for [al-Qaeda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Usage_in_terrorism) then it's good enough for me. - - Supposedly this is the most-sold watch in the world. - Casio has been making it since 1989. - -- [USBtin](https://www.fischl.de/usbtin/) --- - Simple USB-to-CAN interface by Thomas Fischl. - Works with [SocketCAN](https://docs.kernel.org/networking/can.html). - Used to test and debug systems that incorporate a CAN bus, like [this](http://git.samanthony.xyz/can-gauge-interface.git/). - -- [Espotek Labrador](https://espotek.com/labrador/) --- - Combined oscilloscope, signal generator, power supply, logic analyzer, and multimeter. - Obviously a tiny $30 board is not as good as real lab equipment, but it's small and cheap and good enough for now. |