Who are you, and what do you do?
i am jes. i'm a dreamer, empath, existentialist, and lover of humanity.
i'm existential, asexual, anxious, depressed. i've always been a sad weird guy & an outcast. i'm a former drug abuser & self harmer.
i mention these things bc i think it's important that other people who struggle with this kind of stuff feel seen & not alone.
well, i see you.
and even if i don't know you, i feel love for you.
you can always reach me at j3s@c3f.net or on mastodon @j3s@merveilles.town - i do my best to respond.
as far as tech goes, i helped found cyberia.club and layerze.ro, and i help maintain them. i write on my website at https://j3s.sh and hang out in the cyberia matrix server & merveilles mastodon server.
i love software that is simple, maintainable, aesthetic, fast, and reliable. i write most of my software in golang & shell. a few of my projects i'm most proud of are:
- my rss feed reader: https://vore.website
- my password manager: https://github.com/biox/pa
- my website: https://git.j3s.sh/j3s.sh
i live in a van rn and i travel around the usa. my current location is on my mastodon profile - if you're nearby, let me know! i would so very love to meet you.
What hardware do you use?
i'm pretty picky about my hardware.
i use a framework laptop as my main computer! when i'm at a desk, i have a logitech g pro mouse & a keychron q2 keyboard, and they're both nice!!
my headset is a razer blackshark - i like it because it fits nicely around my glasses, and pinched glasses give me a headache. i find i can wear it for a few hours!!
my chair is an old steelcase leap, i found it at an office sale - it's very comfy!
my desk is a piece of plywood suspended by a wire and a 2x4, and i use an arbitrary 27 inch 120hz monitor.
And what software?
i'm a sucker for convenience & simplicity, and arch + sway has just been a dream combo for me. i have played with hyprland & use it periodically, but it's still a lot less stable than good old sway.
my editor of choice is neovim, and i edit most code without any modern completion features.
i like the constraint of using a bare editor. it forces me to keep parts of my project in my head, which drives me towards simpler & more intuitive designs.
here's a bunch of other random stuff that i use & love using:
== workstation ==
- browser: firefox
- term: foot
- shell: dash
- email: himalaya
- pics: feh
- vids: mpv
- pdfs: zathura
- pass: pa
- vpn: tailscale (with headscale)
- audio: pipewire
misc: kanshi, qemu, docker, keyd, yay, chruby, rg.
== server ==
- git: legit, sourcehut, forgejo
- email: opensmtpd
- access: openssh, wireguard
- storage: zfs (it has warts but i do like it)
- reverse proxy: caddy, nginx
- orchestration: my own fleshy human hands
you can check out my dotfiles if you want, there's a bunch of stuff that i use all the time in there:
finally: shoutout to openbsd, plan 9, debian, alpine, gentoo, and chimera linux!
What would be your dream setup?
a big pile of my friends in 1 place.
computers are extinct.
we smile & dance together & watch each others eyes flicker for eternity.