Updated on 2025-10-20 01:04:00 EST

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Gear

Desk

IKEA MITTZON Standing Desk

160x80cm
Walnut Veneer / Black Legs
Total $549CAD, 62-126cm, hook on both sides
BRATEK Dual Monitor Arm
IKEA VATTENKAR Desk Shelf, highly recommend

Chair

COLAMY Atlas (XK) Chair

Cheap, $319CAD+tax
very adjustable, not very good lumbar support
recline-lock is very nice

Monitor

LG 32GS95UV-B Monitor

32in 12bit 2160p@240Hz 1080p@480Hz
1k$CAD after tax+shipping
WOLED panel, very noticable VRR flicker in dark scenes

Lenovo Legion y27qf-30 Monitor

27in 8bit 1440p@240Hz
Purchased in 2021, ~2k CNY(400$CAD)
would not recommend, lots of smearing, buy OLED instead

Keyboard

Sorted by recency

KBDFans Agar MX Anodized Light Blue

  • PC Plate
  • Hotswap PCB (split-backspace)
  • HMX Yogurt 37gf
  • All foam
  • Designer Studio Adaptive Screw-in Stabilizers transparent-black (205g0 housing, dielectric grease wires)
  • KAT Operator keycap set by @biipmk

Typface Univers R2 Gunmetal Grey

  • POM Plate
  • Hotswap PCB (split-backspace)
  • IXPE 0.5mm case foam
  • WuqueStudio POM+ 45g
  • Keyreative KCH Hipparcos keycap set
  • Designer Studio Adaptive Screw-in Stabilizers transparent-black (205g0 housing, XHT-BDZ wires)

CannonKeys BakenekoGO 60% Frosted Clear PC

  • Wireless ZMK w/ nRF52840
  • FR4 Plate
  • HMX x Sillyworks Hyacinth V2 45gf
  • Stock Cherry Stabs (Clipped, 205g0 + Dielectric Grease)
  • LeleLab Hokkaido White keycap set

KBDFans Tofu60 V2 WK Spray-Coated Klein Blue + Brass Weight

  • PC Plate
  • Silicone Bowl Mount (60g)
  • Gateron Smoothies 40gf
  • NEO x QK 1.2mm Milk White PCB stabs (205g0 housing, XHT-BDZ wires)
  • PBTFans WOB keycap set (simple-base)
  • Case foam
  • KBDFans TOFU60 carrying case

Drunkdeer G65 for gaming (Hall Effect)

  • Case foam
  • PBTFans BOW keycap set (simple-icons-base)
  • Spacebar foam

Buy wooting instead

Keychron Q1V2 Knob Edition

  • 3rd party POM plate
  • C3 “Equalz” V3 Stabs 205g0 + XHT-BDZ
  • Akko ASA profile keycap set
  • Akko Piano Pro V3 switches
  • 4 layer PCB tape + force break mod
  • 3rd party Poron + plastic sheet in case

3D Printer

Bambu Lab A1 + AMS Combo

Keymap

Keymap

Mouse / Mousepad

  • Ninjutso Sora V2 ($100 US) PAW3395 39g, SOLID casing, VERY MUCH recommended
  • Ninjutso Ten Air ($100 US) AIMNINJA 45g, execellent clicks, VERY MUCH recommended if you want 8K
  • X-Raypad Jade PTFE skates
  • X-Raypad Jade Air Donuts PTFE skates
  • WALLHACK x X-Raypad OBSIDIAN UHMW-PE skates
  • WALLHACK SP-004 bought this 1 week before VA-005 was announced, mb
  • WALLHACK White-on-black Glyph w/ Thumb Hole sleeve

Retired:

  • IPI FLOAT 88s very rigid casing, weird sensor glitches, otherwise very good value
  • Logitech G Pro X Wireless (Gen 1) (scrollwheel kinda broken scrollwheel fixed)
  • Pulsar Superglides for the above mouse (white)
  • Artisan ハヤテ 乙 (Hayate Otsu) MID XL

Audio

  • DAC: MOONDROP Dawn Pro
  • In-Ear: MOONDROP Kato Matte Steel (brass tube, SpinFit W1 tips, OE Audio 2DualIntro 4.4mm 0.78 2-pin Cable (highly recommend, very thin cables, very comfortable))
  • In-Ear: Apple Airpods Pro (SpinFit Superfine tips)
  • Over-Ear: Sony WH-1000XM5 (gifted)
  • Mic: Cheap SmallRig Type-C Lavalier Mic from taobao (10$US) very very recommended

Homelab

TBA

Rack

GeeekPi RackMate T2 12U 10in Rack

From top to bottom:

  • [1U] Ubiquiti Unifi Express 7 AP+router
  • [1U] Ubiquiti USW Flex 2.5G PoE 8x2.5G PoE++ 1x10GbE 1xSFP+
  • [1U] IWILLINK CAT6 Patch Panel for 10in Rack
  • [1U] Ubiquiti SBC Shelf Included w/ Rack
    • Raspberry Pi 5 8G 45W 5V@5A CanaKit PSU
    • Type-C Power Supply Type-C 2x100W 4x30W Type-A 4x18W
  • [1U] Dell Optiplex 3040 Micro [zero] i5-6500T 4C/4T 16G DDR3L GbE SATA256G
  • [1U] Dell Optiplex 3040 Micro [one] i5-6500T 4C/4T 16G DDR3L GbE SATA256G
  • [1U] Lenovo ThinkCentre M60e [two] i5-1035G1 4C/8T 16G DDR4 GbE NVMe256G Re-Pasted
  • [1U] Dell Optiplex 7070 Micro [three] i5-9500T 6C/6T 8G DDR4 GbE NVMe256G
  • [1U] Ubiquiti USW Flex Mini 2.5G PoE 4x2.5G 1x2.5G PoE in
  • [3U] Empty Space

Others:

  • Recessed 5-plug power bar w/ 3d-printed ears x2
  • 210W Unifi PSU
  • 2.5G Coax Uplink from Rogers Cable Modem

Machines

8.5L SFF Build

Specs:

  • AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6C/[email protected]
  • AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB DO NOT BUY 8G VER.
  • MSI MPG B650I Edge WiFi good value, B650 is discontinued, buy B850 instead
  • Kingston DDR5 6000MT/CL36 16G x2 32G total (bought the wrong CL SKU)
  • SAMSUNG 980 Pro 1TB
  • Lexar NM790 4TB
  • Shiny Snake L300 Black, 4.0 Riser, vertical case is neat, minimal desk space required, need to use right angled HDMI/DP cable
  • Thermaltake TOUGH SFX 650W cables are garbage, buy corsair instead
  • Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM overkill, do not buy Thermalright TL-H12015B with this case, I had to shave off the corners of the fan with a knife and put spacers for it to fit, one fan died after ~6mo use
  • Thermalright AXP90-X47 BLACK forgot why I didn't buy X53 FULL COPPER instead, but enough for a 7500F
  • Thermalright AMD SECURE FRAME V2 BLACK you dont need this
  • A LOT of zip ties

X99 Server @ YVR

Specs:

  • Xeon E5-2667 v4 [email protected] from taobao
  • Offbrand Chinese DDR4 X99 Motherboard with M.2 and GbE from taobao, not even standard size
  • 2x8GB Samsung ECC RAM from taobao
  • Radeon RX590 GME (rusty af)
  • 512GB M.2 Drive taken from acer laptop
  • 4TB HDD
  • Offbrand Dual-fan CPU Cooler from taobao
  • HKC Titan 600W PSU from taobao

M2 MacBook Air from 2022 (16+512)

Software

NixOS

Config Repo TBA

Editor

Neovim https://github.com/plushugh/nnvim

Font

Maple Mono

Terminal

Ghostty

Apps (MacOS)

  • Raycast (WM, Launcher)
  • Orbstack (Docker desktop + VM replacement)
  • Apple Mail
  • Apple Calendar
  • Orion Browser
  • Polypane
  • Apple Music
  • Shottr (Lightweight & featureful screenshot app, highly recommend)
  • 1Password
  • AltTab / AngryIPScanner / Keka / IINA / Karabiner-Elements / Amphetamine
  • Loopback / Soundsource
  • Figma / Blender / Fusion 360 / OpenSCAD / KiCad / OrcaSlicer