Who are you, and what do you do?
My name is Scott Wallace and I'm a hacker at heart. This means that I love
technology and messing about with it until it does what I want it to -- not the other way around.
I'm a "contracting IT Systems Engineer". I like to think that I specialise in automation but it's
really just scripting myself out of work. I'm essentially a mercenary and will work for the highest
bidder. My main area of expertise lies around the Internet and web technologies.
What hardware are you using?
EDC
Roaming
Home
- Benchmade Mini-Griptilian 556-S30VC
- Google Pixel 9a mobile phone
- Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 LED torch
- Leatherman Squirt PS4 pocket knife
- Momentum M20 GMT Dive watch
- Ridge KeyCase
- Ridge wallet
Roaming
- AfterShokz Aeropex headphones
- EC Technology 8-Port 60W 12A USB Charger
- Hiplok V150 bike lock
- NovaCustom NV41 laptop
- Overboard Pro-Light backpack
- Pedale88 Crono-S bike (single-speed)
Home
- Beelink SER7 AMD desktop
- Dell Precision T7610 Workstation
- Linksys WRT1900ACS, open-source ready router
- nVidia Shield Pro
- Samsung Series 8 LED TV (UE40B8000)
- Sonos speakers
And what software?
OS
Apps
Self-hosted
Cloud
Coding
- GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, Android-based OS, for the mobile phone
- Docker for self-hosting software
- OpenWRT on the router
- NixOS on the laptop, desktop and server
- ZFS on Linux on the main server
Apps
- BitWarden, a password manager
- Element X, an Android client for Matrix
- Firefox browser
- RethinkDNS for the WireGuard VPN and local filtering on the phone
Self-hosted
- Forgejo, a self-hosted Git forge
- Home Assistant to automate stuff around the house, where possible
- Immich for photo sync and storage
- Music Assistant for streaming music from multiple source to multiple devices
- Pi-hole to block ads
- Plex Media Server for streaming locally source media
- SearXNG, a self-hosted meta search engine
- Element's Synapse, the self-hosted secure chat server for Matrix
- VaultWarden, a self-hosted server component for Bitwarden
Cloud
- 1984 Hosting for VPS hosting
- di.fm for EDM streaming
- FreeAgent for company book-keeping
- Google Drive (reluctantly)
- GitHub for collaboration on public repositories
- G Suite (reluctantly)
- Spotify
Coding
What would be your dream setup?
A simple, light but fast computer that has access to the Internet from anywhere and
acts as a WiFi-hotspot, even when closed. My mobile phone would be a combination of a PAN, the laptop and my watch. All
powered with super-futuristic
batteries that don't require charging as we know it today. I'd also really love there to be
a single movie and TV streaming service that provided all the world's content to anyone with a
subscription and Internet access.