Ergodox intro
Open source developer
@brecke
My name is Miguel Laginha and I'm a software engineer based in Brighton, UK. I'm originally from Coimbra, Portugal, where I spent most of my life and plan to go back someday. I currently work remotely for Apereo, a US-based open-source foundation focused on Edtech, specifically on the Open Academic Environment (OAE). In previous jobs I have worked on transportation open data and open science research publishing.
Outside of work, I like to read non-fiction books (mostly behavioural economics and self-improvement) as well as spend time relaxing mounting legos (I'm especially fond of medieval castles from the 80s and the 90s and star wars spaceships). I also enjoy watching TV quite a bit. That includes popular tv shows and movies and English football.
I do most of my work on a mac mini on a furna electric E2 standing desk. I would have bought a MacBook Pro but they keyboard's reputation precedes it (until recently, that is). The mac mini is a very powerful machine and suits my kind of work very well.
I type on a black Ergodox (glow version) with an Apple trackpad in between the two splits and a Logitech MX Ergo mouse I bought recently. I have tried several vertical mouses and this is by far the best regarding wrist pain (I'm quite sensitive to) and overall ergonomics.
On the desk, I use a Fleximount monitor arm to hold a hefty 34" Dell Curved Ultrawide monitor, which is great to have up to 4 side-by-side terminal/code panes.
I listen to music all day while I work either from Soma FM or brainFM, some of it on my Sony MDR-ZX770BN Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones. I also make extensive use of a notebook and I have plenty of Tesla amazing magnetic notes on the wall.
Firefox is my default browser, mostly because I'm very aware of online privacy and the Open Web. All my connected devices are connected to ProtonVPN 24x7 and I've been a ProtonMail user for a couple of years now. I use Alfred for pretty much everything, Pinboard for bookmarks and Myki for passwords and 2FA.
For programming, I either use tmux+nvim or VSCode with vim bindings. Also, I use the material Gruvbox theme wherever I can because I'm quite obsessed with appearance consistency.
Other apps include Tweetbot, Reeder, Divvy and Amphetamine.