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HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

DEVICE_COUNT: 5 // LANG_COUNT: 10+
[SECTION: HARDWARE_SETUP]
Workstation Laptop

Tongfang-based barebone customizable chassis. Configured with an Intel Core i9-13900HX (24 Cores / 32 Threads), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, 16" WQXGA 240Hz display, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and 1TB NVMe Gen4 SSD.

Primary Phone

Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, 6.7" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, 12GB RAM, 512GB storage. Features the signature translucent design and programmable Glyph Interface.

Tablet / Slate

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 11" 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, 12GB RAM. Used with S-Pen for architecture planning, writing notes, and reading papers. Additionally serves as a on-the-go dev machine.

Lab Node A

Broadcom BCM2712 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 processor @ 2.4GHz, 8GB LPDDR4X. Powered by Raspberry Pi OS (PiOS). Handles local API prototypes, container testing, script automations and Tailscale Exit Node.

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Lab Node B

Broadcom BCM2711 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor @ 1.5GHz, 4GB LPDDR4. Configured with NixOS for funsies.

[SECTION: DEV_ENVIRONMENT]
Harness:
oh-my-pi, a terminal coding agent with the IDE wired in: LSP, debugger, and parallel subagents.
Models:
  • Gemini Google
  • Claude Anthropic
  • Kimi Moonshot AI
  • DeepSeek DeepSeek
Daily:
Rust, Go, and Python, for systems engineering and trading apps.
Previously:
C#, C++, Flutter, React Native, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
Windows 11:
Host OS on the workstation.
WSL2 (Ubuntu):
Primary Linux development shell.
PiOS:
Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS on Lab Node A.
NixOS:
Declarative config on Lab Node B, for funsies.
VS Code:
Lightweight editor for web, Rust, and systems scripts.
Tailscale:
Zero-config mesh VPN linking the workstation, phone, and lab nodes.
Notion:
Task planning, work logs, and notes.
Spotify:
Soundtrack for focused coding sessions.
SVELTE v5 POS: 000% 60 FPS REV: 2026.06