What I
use.
Updated 1 May 2026
Hardware, software, and what I deliberately dropped. No perfect stack, this is what works right now. The Spark is the hub; how I run local LLMs on it lives separately.
01 Hardware · what's on
Lab · powered on
DGX Spark
- Memory
- 128 GB unified
- Compute
- Grace Blackwell
- Purpose
- Local models + evals
- Location
- Hoorn
- Models
- Gemma-4 · Nemotron-3
On the go
MacBook Air M3
- Memory
- 8 GB
- OS
- macOS
- Use
- Web work + writing
- Vibe
- Light and quiet
At home
Mac mini M2
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Screens
- 2× 4K
- Keyboard
- Apple Magic Keyboard
- Mouse
- Apple Magic Mouse
- Desk
- Sit-stand
Audio
For calls and recordings
- Microphone
- Rode PodMic
- Setup
- Desk mat + arm
- Status
- Works fine
02 Software · open daily
Code
Editor & terminal
- Editor
- VS Code (→ Cursor todo)
- Terminal
- Apple Terminal
- AI pair
- Claude Code · Opus 4.8
- Plan
- Anthropic Max
- Theme
- Default, no time for it
AI / ML
Models & stack
- Hosted
- Anthropic Claude
- Daily
- ChatGPT for simple work
- Local
- Gemma-4-26-4b-it
- Embeddings
- Qwen-Embedding-4B
- Search
- PGVector
- Tools
- MCP servers where they fit
Development
Languages & frameworks
- Backend
- Python (pip + uv)
- Frontend
- TypeScript (npm)
- Frameworks
- Next.js · Vue · Astro
- Data
- Supabase · Prisma
- React stack
- Remix / RR v7
- Namesake
- Django (yes, literally too)
Infra
Hosting & ops
- Apps
- Vercel · Fly.io
- Domains
- TransIP
- Edge
- Vercel + Supabase
- This blog
- TransIP + GHA
- Side bot
- Pi 5 with OpenClaw
03 What I no longer use · and why
Dropped
Cloud GPUs for benchmarks
Too much noise between runs. One Spark, one thermal profile: reproducible numbers. Since the DGX moved in, I only run benchmarks there.
Dropped
Tooling chase
Switching editors, tweaking themes, maintaining dotfiles. Time I'd rather spend on evals. I only change a tool when it's genuinely in my way.
Dropped
Notion and heavy doc tools
Markdown in a repo does the same for me, faster, and without a cloud account that could change tomorrow.
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