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This page lists the tools (both physical and otherwise) that I use to do my job
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This page lists the tools (both physical and otherwise) that I use to do my job
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as a software developer along with some thoughts on them.
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as a software developer along with some thoughts on them.
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While this page is likely to be out of date when you're reading it, since I am
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usually trying a few small changes here and there at any given point to try and
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improve things, I try to update it regularly. You can follow those updates by
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looking at [the history of the source code for this page
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specifically][uses-history].
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For other pages like this from other folks, check out this repository:
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For other pages like this from other folks, check out this repository:
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https://github.com/wesbos/awesome-uses
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https://github.com/wesbos/awesome-uses
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me know! I'll try to link to anything free, though, such as software.
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me know! I'll try to link to anything free, though, such as software.
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I'll break stuff up by topic as things come up so you can skip things that are
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I'll break stuff up by topic as things come up so you can skip things that are
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not interesting to you.
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not interesting to you. There is also a Table of Contents at the top to help
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you navigate.
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I also think that in general sharing this much information about yourself isn't
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I also think that in general sharing this much information about yourself isn't
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the _best_ idea. However, since I'm confident the bots can't know much more
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the _best_ idea. However, since I'm confident the bots can't know much more
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to try new tools and discover something new that's good at something.
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to try new tools and discover something new that's good at something.
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Regarding the configuration of my machines and the software referenced below,
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Regarding the configuration of my machines and the software referenced below,
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[please refer to my dotfiles repo](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/dotfiles)!
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[please refer to my Nix repo](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/nix)! It may also
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be useful to look through my old [dotfiles
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repo](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/dotfiles).
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# Good morning!
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# Good morning!
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I wake up when my kids do out of a Purple mattress.
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I wake up when my kids do out of a Purple mattress. I slip on my PineTime wrist
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watch, grab my flashlight, Android smartphone and backpack, put on my prescription glasses,
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I slip on my PineTime wrist watch, grab my Android smartphone and backpack, put
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and usually make some tea.
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on my prescription glasses, and usually make some tea.
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## Mattress: Purple King Size
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## Mattress: Purple King Size
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off. I get about 5 days if I've got notifications on full blast, but they
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off. I get about 5 days if I've got notifications on full blast, but they
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recently improved the firmware and claim this may now be more than double!
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recently improved the firmware and claim this may now be more than double!
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## Smart Phone: ASUS ROG Phone 5S
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## Flashlight: Emisar DW4
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I bought the phone that I can get root access to with the biggest battery,
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I have a phone with a flashlight. And even my watch can be enough of a
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nicest display, and a headphone jack. That's pretty much all I want in a phone.
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flashlight to navigate in pitch black, but I've taken to carrying an actual
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The speakers are a great bonus. The two USB-C ports is actually a super nice
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flashlight. Specifically, an Emisar DW4. It has a magnetic tailcap so it can
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feature since I can connect peripherals while charging without a dock or crazy
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attach near or directly to many work surfaces. It can get hilariously bright or
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dongle. I've also used the video mirroring on the side port to good effect a few
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dim enough to be suitable for use around sleeping family members in the dark.
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times in a pinch. I love this device so much I've bought it twice. I'm not sure
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I've done that for anything else...
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And it has fun RGB LEDs that can flash, show you the battery level, and just
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look cool. It's not a game-changer, but at times it is incredibly convenient to
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have on hand.
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## Smart Phone: ASUS Zenfone 10
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I've enjoyed ASUS's phones and have previously used the ROG Phone 5S. I bought
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this since it maintained most of the important features of the ROG Phone while
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being cheaper and my old ROG Phone started having bluetooth and phone call
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issues. To be fair, I bought the international Chinese version off ebay to try
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and save a buck.
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The Zenfone 10 does everything I need. Lots of battery life, nice display for
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reading on, good speakers, blah blah blah. Phone's get less interesting all the
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time and most of them are good enough these days.
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I hope a real Linux phone comes around!
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### Android-Specific Software & Applications
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### Android-Specific Software & Applications
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these have iOS equivalents, but here ya go.
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these have iOS equivalents, but here ya go.
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- [Firefox](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix) as my web browser
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- [Firefox](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix) as my web browser
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- Firefox supports extensions even on Android! I use the following:
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- Firefox supports (some) extensions even on Android! I use the following:
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- [Dark Reader](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/darkreader/) for keeping things easy on my eyes
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- [Dark Reader](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/darkreader/) for keeping things easy on my eyes
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- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/) for blocking ads
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- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/) for blocking ads
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- [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) as an awesome resource for applications
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- [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org) as an awesome resource for applications
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- [Termux](https://github.com/termux/termux-app) for doing Linux-y and
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- [Termux](https://github.com/termux/termux-app) for doing Linux-y and
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terminal-y things on my phone
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terminal-y things on my phone
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- There's also [Nix-on-Droid](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-on-droid)
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which I've started using more and more
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- [OpenKeychain](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain) for mobile GPG
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- [OpenKeychain](https://github.com/open-keychain/open-keychain) for mobile GPG
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key management
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key management
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- [Password Store](https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-Store)
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- [Password Store](https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-Store)
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- [Obsidian](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=md.obsidian) for
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- [Obsidian](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=md.obsidian) for
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reading and writing my notes (sync'd via `git`)
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- [Fedilab](https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab) as my mobile fediverse client
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- [Fedilab](https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab) as my mobile fediverse client
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- [Weechat-Android](https://github.com/ubergeek42/weechat-android) as my mobile
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- [Goguma](https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/goguma) as my mobile IRC client (connected to my IRC bouncer, (Soju)[https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/soju])
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IRC relay interface
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- [Tailscale](https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android) for my VPN
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- [Tailscale](https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android) for accessing
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my VPN
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- Google Wallet for NFC payments (tap-to-pay or contactless) because getting
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- Google Wallet for NFC payments (tap-to-pay or contactless) because getting
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cards out of a wallet is _so_ pre-COVID
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cards out of a wallet is _so_ pre-COVID
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- Google Messages for SMS, MMS, and RCS
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- Google Messages for SMS, MMS, and RCS
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familiar with its workings, which makes troubleshooting network problems that
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much easier for me.
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This is the last bastion for Arch Linux in my network and I'm excited to move.
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Not because I hate Arch, but I'm _really_ loving NixOS.
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## WiFi Access Point: Unifi AP-Pro
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## WiFi Access Point: Unifi AP-Pro
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Fantastic access point that plays nicely with my very DIY home router. Not
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Fantastic access point that plays nicely with my very DIY home router. Not
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## Server(s)
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## Server(s)
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I have a lot of servers, but the main server is just an ASUS Chromebox 3 that I
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256GB RAM, and 12x4TB (48TB) of raw disk space. It runs my own, my servers, and
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with a sprinkling of other non-Docker'd services. It can do the hardware
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hosts onsite backups for all my stuff and serves as an offsite encrypted backup
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transcoding for Jellyfin, my home media server, and just generally does not
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I recently was given a Dell R720xd with 20 hyperthreaded CPU cores (40 threads),
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probably be moving most stuff to that bad boy, though I expect the power bill to
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go up _just a tad_.
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I have a few other cheap machines with larger disks at friends and family's
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I have a few other cheap machines with larger disks at friends and family's
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Any paid client workloads are served via redundant mechanisms via cloud
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I run the following main applications:
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- [Traefik](https://traefik.io/traefik/) to reverse proxy all the things
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- [Caddy](https://traefik.io/traefik/) to reverse proxy, TLS-terminate all
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- A homemade chat bot for various things
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- [A small service that multiplexes audio and video feeds](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/tcplexer) mainly for combining a couple audio feeds from DIY IP baby monitors into a single stream for listening
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- [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com/) for https://git.lyte.dev 💜💛💙
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- [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com/) for https://git.lyte.dev 💜💛💙
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- [NGINX](https://www.nginx.com/) to serve static files for https://files.lyte.dev
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- [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) for streaming my video media to approved
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- [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) for streaming my video media to approved users (family, friends, etc.)
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- [Plausible](https://plausible.io/) for web analytics
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- [A small DDNS application](https://github.com/lytedev/deno-netlify-ddns) that machines report to so I have relatively up-to-date public IP information on most of my devices (this can't run from home for
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- Each machine runs [the accompanying client](https://github.com/lytedev/deno-netlify-ddns-client) with unique credentials
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- Each machine runs [the accompanying client](https://github.com/lytedev/deno-netlify-ddns-client) with unique credentials
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# Starting Work
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# Starting Work
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Like a mattress, very subjective. Get your chairs secondhand for way cheap and
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you can get some heckin' nice chairs. I spend about 8 hours a day in my chair,
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so having a good chair is well worth it, even if the price tag is 1,500USD. 😬
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so having a good chair is well worth it, even if the price tag is $1,500 USD. 😬
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## Desk: Custom
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[uses-history]: https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/site.lyte.dev/commits/branch/master/content/uses.md
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[backups-nix]: https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/nix/src/commit/fafd242e461620aaa48a669b3623614cc6829700/nixos/beefcake.nix#L528-L573
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