~/arsh/uses

Uses

What I build and ship with. A living /uses page.


the machine
os:CachyOS· i use arch btwchaotic-aur, i distro-hop less than people assume.
wm:Hyprlandtiling, GPU-accelerated, the whole desktop is basically a rice.
editor:Zedfast, no plugin bloat, LSP everywhere, no VS Code fallback.
terminal:kittyGPU-rendered, fast, just works.
shell:fishstarship prompt, zoxide, fzf, open all day.
browser:HeliumPrivacy-first browser without distractions.
bar:quickshellthe widgets, weather, and clock on my desktop, all QML.
languages, frameworks & tools
PythonTypeScriptJavaC++GoRustC#OdinReactNext.jsNode.jsDiscord.jsKotlin / AndroidGradleCZigRuby on RailsPostgreSQLMySQLRedisFirebaseSupabaseDockerNginxGitBashLinux / VPSPM2CloudflareVercel
hosting & infra
frontends:VercelGitHub Pagesmy own VPSVercel for anything with a build step, GitHub Pages for pure static, my own VPS for full apps that need a real server.
the servers:my own Linux VPSthe stuff I want to actually own, no PaaS lock-in.
containers & proxy:DockerNginxone nginx box routing every subdomain to its container.
process mgmt:PM2keeping node alive on the box, auto-restart on crash.
dns:Cloudflareproxied records, free SSL, keeps the origin IP hidden.
databases:Postgres (Supabase)MySQLRedisFirebasePostgres for anything relational, Redis for caches and queues, Firebase where a client needed it.
cool stuff
colors:matugengenerates the whole desktop palette from whatever wallpaper i'm on.
aur helper:yayfor the packages CachyOS's repos don't have.
font:Maple Monothe mono font this whole site (and terminal) runs on.
webring:LarpRinga webring i started and run, five sites so far.