Uses

This page is an overview of the tools I use in various parts of my life, including the hosting of this website.

The website

This site was started in 1999 at (the now migrated) dmiessler.com, and initially included writings that I had started from 1996. It now serves as the umbrella and container for all of my life projects.

Web technology stack

• Hosting: AWS, Medium instance
• OS: AWS Linux
• Web Server: Nginx
• Application Server: PHP-FPM
• Caching: Nginx in-memory
• WAF/Proxy: CloudFlare

Creation tooling

Neovim, actually.

• Content for this site is created in Vim and in the built-in WordPress editor.
• Source code is managed with Git.
• My desk is a Renew desk, by Herman Miller
• My chair is an Embody by Herman Miller as well.
• My computer is a Mac Pro with 16 Cores and 96GB of memory.
• I record using a Neumann U87AI microphone.
• I use Neumann KH 120 A monitors.
• I edit using Hindenburg.
• I mix with a RODECASTER PRO.

Logo

• The logo (new as of April 2021) represents circuitry, a neural net, and connections. The first part of the logo is an upside-down “U”, and the second part is an “L”. The orphaned dot in the top right solidifies the square shape of the logo and represents a connection that has yet to be made. It’s a reminder that there’s always something more to learn.

Fonts

• The site’s fonts are Equity and Concourse, by Matthew Butterick.

Devices

• I use an iPhone, which is always the latest model because I do the leasing thing
• I have a couple of iPad Pros that I use for drawing and for my Roon controller in the living room

Music

• I use Roon for my full-home music management. It’s basically the combination of music mangaement, a music player, and ultra-high quality streaming all in one.
• Music for Unsupervised Learning is by Zomby.

Concepts

• The show is called Unsupervised Learning, which is a type of Machine Learning that helps identify patterns in things that might previously have been missed. It also doubles as a concept of unstructured curiosity.

More

• For more about me, check out my About Page.

Notes

1. Thanks to my love for both the naming of Unsupervised Learning, and also for the brilliant logo modification suggestion in April of 2021.