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the rig

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EpicThe Tinkerer

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Item Level82Top 10% — a strong roll

configClaude Code 1.0.3Ghostty

claude‑ing sinceJan 2025

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EQUIPPED

the physical loadout
  • Keyboarda hand-wired QMK keyboard (40% ortho)
  • Pointera trackball, name unknowntrackball
  • DisplaysDell U2723QE UltraSharp 4K + 24"2 screens
  • MicShure SM7Bon a boom arm
  • AudioSony WH-1000XM5over-ear
  • Seata salvaged Steelcase Leap (v1, reupholstered)ergonomic
  • RigCustom PC · 12th-gen Intel · 32GB · NixOSstanding desk

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BUILD

abilities · augments · attunements
  • Use:Claude from CLI · desktop

STATS

while equipped
  • Burns 16,000,000 tokens per month (~16M)
  • Costs $60 / month to maintain
  • Inspected 0 times

ACHIEVEMENTS

tinkerer
Hook Master5+ custom hooks
linux-user

Custom everything. NixOS. A hand-wired keyboard.

IN ACTION

statusline · the build, running

their statusline (representative)

┌─ neovim ───────┬─ claude ──────┐
│ current work   │ current task  │
└────────────────┴───────────────┘

how the panes are tiled

inspect: the full config — 2 sections · 2 cards2 sections · 2 cards · every one exportable
a self-contained prompt — paste it into your Claude Code to install the lot

TL;DR

Custom everything. NixOS. A hand-wired keyboard.

Every piece of hardware has been modified, reupholstered, hand-wired, or salvaged from e-waste. The keyboard is a 40% ortho I hand-wired on a rainy weekend. Claude on NixOS via WSL2-equivalent. The model rocket has nothing to do with coding. Or maybe it does.

How I think about it

Understanding the machine is understanding the code

I build my own hardware because I want to know how things work all the way down. Same reason I use NixOS. Same reason I write explicit CLAUDE.md files that explain the entire build system. You can't prompt well about things you don't understand.