About
Hi! I’m Patrick, a developer from Austria. Although I majored in plastics engineering, I later got a degree in programming, and here we are.
- Working on Sulu CMS, an open-source CMS based on Symfony
- Stuck in Neovim
- I love reading manga & watching anime
EDC #
The stuff I usually carry around with me.
E-Reader #
For reading light novels and completed manga series, I use the PocketBook InkPad Color 3.
I got it because of its size and the color screen. Plus, it doesn’t have the vendor lock-in of a Kindle or a Tolino (which are rebranded Kobos). It’s also a Swiss company!
For ongoing series, I use Suwayomi + Mihon.
Music #
For music, I use a modded iPod Classic Video (5.5th generation) + Moondrop Starfield IEMs. On the iPod, I replaced the battery with a 2,000 mAh unit, the hard drive with an SD-card adapter and a 256 GB SD card, and installed a new back case.
For music streaming I am using a self-hosted Navidrome instance, with different clients. Namely, Feishin for Mac and Tempo for Android.
Phone #
I’m currently using a OnePlus 9 Pro with a custom ROM called Project Matrixx.
Watch #
I used a Galaxy Watch4 Classic in recent years, but stopped using it because of reasons, so I’m currently looking for a replacement.
I started wearing it again, but still looking for a replacement
Other Stuff #
Things I own in no particular order.
Steam Deck #
I got the base model LCD Steam Deck half a year after its release, and a few months later I replaced the internal drive with a larger NVMe SSD.
Gaming PC #
I have an SFF PC that I built myself.
Specs:
| Part | Model |
|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5900X |
| Cooler | be quiet! Pure Rock 3 |
| Motherboard | ASRock B550M Pro4 |
| RAM | G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB |
| GPU | Sapphire PULSE RX 5700 XT |
| SSD | Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB |
| PSU | be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 750 W |
| Case | Lian Li DAN A3-mATX |
Peripherals:
| Part | Model |
|---|---|
| Monitors | BenQ RL2455HM & BenQ GL2450 |
| Keyboard | Corsair Strafe Cherry MX Silent Red |
| Mouse | Xtrfy M4 Wireless |
| Audio interface | Focusrite Vocaster One |
| Headphones | Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO, 250 ohms - modded |
| Microphone | Behringer XM8500 |
| Controller | 8BitDo Ultimate |
Homelab #
My homelab is one Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny with an Intel i5, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage - though I will upgrade that at some point when prices stop being this insane.
I am running Ubuntu Server on it and run all the services via Docker. Caddy is the reverse proxy and each service has its own subdomain. The server is not publicly available and only reachable when connected to my netbird network.
It isn’t much, but it is enough for me at the moment for hosting several small services.