AllieAllie

Uses

Tools, hardware, and small comforts that make up my daily setup.

Operating systems

  • NixOS — Daily driver — declarative, reproducible, slightly cursed in the best way.
  • macOS — Second machine, mostly for work + this site.

Window managers & shells

  • niri — Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor on NixOS.
  • zsh — Shell, with starship prompt.
  • starship — Fast, minimal cross-shell prompt.

Terminals

  • Kitty — macOS terminal — fast and configurable.
  • Alacritty — Linux fallback when I want something plain.
  • foot — Wayland-native terminal for niri sessions.

Editors

  • Neovim — Primary editor — Dracula theme, default editor system-wide.
  • VS Code — When I want a GUI or to share a window with someone.
  • Obsidian — Notes, wikilinks, second brain.

CLI tools I won't shut up about

  • bat — cat with syntax highlighting + git integration.
  • eza — ls replacement with icons + tree mode.
  • ripgrep — grep, but fast. Aliased to rg everywhere.
  • fd — find, but humane.
  • fzf — Fuzzy finder for everything.
  • zoxide — Smart cd that learns where you go.
  • mcfly — Context-aware shell history.
  • serpl — Find-and-replace TUI. Aliased to `replace`.

AI & local models

  • Ollama — Local model runner — pointed at a Tailscale-reachable NixOS box.
  • afm — CLI bridge to Apple Foundation Models. Aliased to `ai`.
  • Claude Code — How this very page got built, in fact.

Browser & comms

  • Firefox — Primary browser.
  • Tor Browser — When I'm being suss.
  • Signal — Primary messenger. Also `signal-cli` for scripted bits.
  • Matrix — Group chats with friends. Discord but not.
  • Halloy — Cozy IRC client.

Documents & media

  • Typst — Modern LaTeX-alternative for writing typeset docs.
  • Zathura — Keyboard-driven PDF reader.
  • mpv — Minimalist video player.
  • VLC — For when mpv won't.
  • ImageMagick — The Swiss army chainsaw of image edits.

Fonts

Network & infra

  • Tailscale — How my devices find each other.
  • DigitalOcean — This site's VPS.
  • Cloudflare — DNS + CDN for allieallie.com.
  • nginx — Static-file webserver on the VPS.
  • Hugo — Static site generator this whole thing is built on.
  • Synapse — Server I host Matrix chats on.

macOS extras

  • Raycast — Launcher, clipboard manager, snippets, the lot.
  • MacWhisper — Local-only audio transcription.
  • ical-buddy — Calendar peek from the terminal.