I’m Nemo. I am a maker/hacker who likes working on public data and policy.
I used to do tech and security related things at Razorpay. I currently work for a fintech startup in Berlin.
I build endoflife.date, HackerCouch, and several other projects around open-data and security.
Most of my work is done on my ASUS AMD Mini PC. I use a Macbook M2 Air with Asahi Linux while travelling.
My primary phone is a iPhone 13 Mini1 (used to be in Lockdown mode, but Lockdown mode is too slow on iOS26). For research, I have a Samsung Galaxy A32 running rooted stock firmware along with my old iPhone SE (1st Gen). I own a Kindle Paperwhite and a Remarkable 2 for reading and taking notes. As you’ll notice, I have too many devices running mainline linux. I currently use a Pebble 2 Duo as my main watch.
My primary keyboard is a [Akko 507S][akko] mechanical keyboard (Durock Koala switches, [GMK NAutilus keycaps][gmk-nautilus]). I have a dual-monitor setup at home. I mostly game on the Steam Deck and my Playdate, which also doubles up as my HTPC now with the dock.
At home, I run a PC/HomeServer, with lots of tiny services, which are proxied over to the internet with a Digital Ocean droplet in the BLR1 region. I wrote about it in detail.
In my shelf of underused hardware is a Moto G4+, a OnePlus6 running PostmarketOS, a Flipper Zero, and several Raspberry Pis.
I’m also a speedcuber; my primary cube is a stickerless Gans 356 R (Magnetic). I also own several other twisty puzzles, including a Axis Cube and a Megaminx.
I self-host a lot of things, and my homeserver runs ArchLinux with lots of disks on RAID1. Total usable space is currently around 12TB, and I use it for all sort of things. Hardware details are at /setup/homeserver/. I used it as a HTPC, but it is now a headless server since I bought the deck.
(audio warning - click to play)
My distro for the last 8 years is Arch Linux with Sway as the window manager. My most used tools include: Sublime Text 3, Firefox, and Git. I game using Steam, and purchase DRM free games via Humble Bundle/GOG whenever possible. The above animated wallpaper runs via spectrumyzer.
Most of my work is done in editors, command line, and the browser. A few essential extensions on my browser include: Refined GitHub, Better Twitter, uBlock Origin. I manage my passwords using pass.
I am a Hacker News addict, and have even written an application for it. Most used webapps would be: Slack, GitHub. I use Navidrome/play:sub for listening to music on the go, and Strawberry (Clementine fork) on the desktop. My security setup (passwords/2FA etc) is documented here.
I run lots of tiny services on my homeserver, including rgit, Emby, and Grafana, and my own Mastodon Server. I use KOReader on my (jailbroken) Kindle to read fiction. For audiobooks, I use Audible and then strip the DRM using a script.
A lightweight laptop with tons of battery life, 13” display, official Linux support, and lots of ports. My M2 Air / Asahi Linux comes very close to this, with a little peripheral support missing.
If we’re talking super-crazy, I’d love to have a thought-dictation feature. That would help a lot with my writing.
I don’t like being in the Apple Walled garden, but Apple is the only manufacturer making small phones that are supported beyond 5 years. ↩