Tools, systems and hardware I use regularly — not as a fixed recommendation list, but as a snapshot of how I work in my homelab, not my professional setup.

Machines#

  • Hypervisor:
    • Mac Mini (2012), 16 GB RAM, OS: Proxmox VE
  • Main Workstation:
    • Intel Core i7-7700K, 32 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB VRAM), OS: Gentoo Linux
  • Laptop:
    • Gigabyte AERO X16, AMD Ryzen AI 7 350, 32 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile (8 GB VRAM), OS: Arch Linux on fully encrypted LUKS2 partitions
  • Mobile:
    • Apple iPhone 13 Pro (since 2021, still really usable)

Operating Systems#

  • Arch Linux
  • Debian
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Ubuntu Server
  • FreeBSD
  • Windows when required, usually as a KVM/QEMU VM
  • Proxmox VE

Infrastructure#

  • Homelab Proxmox:
    • DNS VM on FreeBSD
    • Hermes AI Agent VM on Debian 13
  • 2 external VPS on Ubuntu Server

Terminal & Shell#

  • zsh / bash
  • tmux
  • SSH
  • Vim / Neovim
  • btop / htop
  • tcpdump
  • mtr
  • dig / drill
  • jq

Networking & Debugging#

  • Wireshark
  • tcpdump
  • iproute2
  • nftables / iptables
  • OpenSSL CLI
  • curl
  • nmap

Development#

  • Git
  • Python
  • Rust
  • C / C++

Photography#

  • Sony A58 camera

Last update#

2026-07-07