Overview

A daily-driver Linux setup built for software engineering: a ThinkPad that has shipped this site, banking operations systems, and international client work.

Everything below is gear I actually use every day — no items sitting on a shelf.

Hardware

• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 1012th Gen Intel Core i7-1265U · 32 GB RAM · 512 GB NVMe SSD. Daily driver for all development and this site.
• MacBook Pro 14-inch (M1 Max)M1 Max · 32 GB RAM · 1 TB SSD. Secondary machine for macOS work.

Software

• CachyOS LinuxArch-based rolling release, performance-tuned. My OS for everything.
• KDE Plasma 6Wayland desktop with a clean, keyboard-first workflow.
• CursorPrimary IDE for AI-assisted development.
• NeovimFast terminal edits and config tweaks.
• ChromiumDaily browsing plus Playwright end-to-end testing.
• ObsidianNotes vault for investing research and daily logs.
• Hermes AgentMy AI assistant: builds this site, runs trading screens, deploys, and keeps memory across sessions.
• Node.js, pnpm, BunJavaScript toolchain across projects.
• DockerSelf-hosted services and isolated environments.
• GitVersion control for everything.

Services

• GitHubCode hosting — roniardev and ntfnd.
• Cloudflare WorkersHosts this site (v2.roniar.dev).
• TailscalePrivate network across all my devices.