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Uses

Tech Stack of This Site #

Services #

• GitHub Pages

  Unfortunately it dose not support IPv6. I am considering to switch to Netlify.

• icongram

  Serving icons on the fly. Thus I can directly link to Feather icons, without messing around with npm and JavaScript.

• DuckDuckGo

  The HTML form at the page bottom allows visitors to search this site via site search at DuckDuckGo.

Languages #

Just HTML and CSS. No JavaScript.

Static Site Generator #

Jekyll, just because GitHub Pages uses it.

Hardware #

• Intel NUC

  Compact. Inexpensive. Linux friendly.

• HP Z22n G2 Display

  Compact. Accurate color. 1920 x 1080 is sufficient for Linux. (I use a 4K display with a MacBook Pro at office.)

• IKBC C87

  • Wired: Bluetooth keyboards may have troubles when booting a full-disk encryption Linux.
  • 80%: Less space but all functional keys (F1-F12, arrow keys, etc) are available.
  • Cherry MX Brown: Cherry MX Switches are reliable. Actually I am fine with both brown and red switches.
  • PBT: Resist to oil, sweat, and lotion. More durable.
  • Steel board: I dislike this. It makes the keyboard heavier.
  • Not programmable: Less convenient but acceptable.

• Razer DeathAdder Left-handed Edition

  One of the few left-handed mouses available in my region.

Software #

• KDE Neon

  I want a full functional desktop environment. So I have to choose between Gnome and KDE. I do not choose Gnome because I do not like systemd, and KDE is much less dependent on systemd. KDE Neon is the distribution provided by the KDE community, using Ubuntu LTS (a popular distribution) under the hood. I may try Pop!_OS (Ubuntu with the tech-savvy professional in mind), Devuan (I really dislike systemd!), Fedora (a bit more cutting edge than Ubuntu and still popular), or Arch (AUR and Arch wiki) in future.

• Firefox

  Firefox also has a lot of issues. But other browsers suck more.

• vscode

  I use it for typescript and python (with the excellent Pyright extension). Visual Studio Code is non free. I use VSCodium, a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution.

• IntelliJ Idea

  One of the only two software subscriptions I have. I use it for Go, Java, and PHP.

• Abricotine

  Markdown editor with inline preview.

• Leafpad

  Simple.

• Konsole

  The default terminal emulator in KDE. Quite feature-rich.

• Dolphin

  Probably the most functional GUI file manager in Linux.