Just like most folks in the tech industry, I take pride in the tools of my trade. Below you’ll find a deep dive into my various machines, their uses, and how they’re configured.

boomboxx

boomboxx is the workhorse of the house. It’s a monster machine that allows me to do just about anything I need to. I use this machine primarily for work but sometimes use it for personal projects as well.

Specs

  • Boxx Apexx T4 Everest
  • AMD Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32-Cores @ 4.2GHz
  • 512GB memory
  • (2) Micron 1.92TB NVMe
  • (2) NVIDIA A6000 GPUs
  • NVIDIA BlueField-2 100G DPU

Software

  • Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop (I had to switch from NixOS to Ubuntu to have more solid support for development on NVIDIA BlueField-2 - my dayjob)

starbuck

starbuck is my new personal laptop. It replaces a very tired Thinkpad T480s (maracapants) and should last me a very long time, given its #righttorepair roots.

Specs

  • Frame.work 12th Gen, DIY
  • Intel i7-1280p
  • Crucial 64GB Memory
  • WD Black SN850 4TB NVMe

Software

  • Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop
  • Will get configured with a Nix setup in the near future

goofynewton

goofynewton is our family QNAP. It runs Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, NZBGet, all of our backups, etc. It’s extremely important in our house. Critical data is backed up off-site using BorgBase.

Specs

  • QNAP TS-873A
  • 64GB Memory
  • (2) 500GB NVMe
  • (1) 2TB SSD
  • (7) 14TB Toshiba Enterprise HDD

Software

  • Ubuntu 22.04 Server

wkennedy-mlt

This machine has a super-fun name, what can I say, it’s managed by NVIDIA IT.

Specs

  • 16” MacBook Pro M1 Pro
  • M1 Pro
  • 16GB Memory
  • 1TB NVMe

Software

This machine is currently not managed via Nix, but I’ve got some plans to put together a Nix config for it.

goofycalahan

goofycalahan is mostly for work, but it does live at my house. It’s a QNAP TS-h1290FX (all NVMe) with plenty of horsepower. I need this for some work demos, but it’ll probably end up doing some fun stuff for personal use too.

Specs

  • QNAP TS-h1290FX
  • 128GB Memory
  • AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core @ 3.3Ghz
  • (12) 3.2TB Samsung Gen 4 U.2 NVMe
  • (1) NVIDIA Bluefield-2 100G DPU
  • (1) Mellanox 200G CX-6

Software

  • Ubuntu 20.04 Server

Retired Machines

maracapants (retired)

maracapants is my personal laptop that gets used for lots of random projects. It’s most likely going to be replaced in the next year or so with a M2 MacBook Air.

Specs

  • Lenovo T480S
  • 24GB Memory
  • 2TB NVMe

Software

  • Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop