q4daln
developer · filmmaker
documenting experiments with ai, homelabs, and whatever else i decide to make.
contact: dm on x
currently
- building a local ai / homelab video series
- experimenting with mlx models on apple silicon
computers
- laptop: macbook pro m5 pro 14" (64gb/1tb)
- laptop 2: thinkpad x1 carbon gen 9 (16gb/512gb)
- laptop 3: macbook pro i9 2019 16" (16gb/1tb)
- pc: i7-8700k + gtx 1070 ti (16gb/2tb)
monitors
- primary: gigabyte m34wq 34" (3440×1440, 144hz)
- secondary: aoc 24g2 24" (1920×1080, 144hz)
peripherals
- keyboard: keychron v1 max 75% (gateron jupiter banana)
- mouse: logitech g pro x superlight
- osu keypad: sayodevice o3c
- drawing tablet: wacom one by wacom small (ctl-472)
homelab
- server: mac mini m4 (16gb/256gb)
- das: terramaster d4-320
- storage: 12tb ironwolf pro
self-hosted
- media: plex
- automation: radarr, sonarr, lidarr, prowlarr
- usenet: sabnzbd
software
- os: macos tahoe
- browser: helium
- editor: zed & pi
- video: final cut pro
- music: apple music
- launcher: raycast
- networking: tailscale
local ai
- client: lm studio
- chat: qwen3.6-35b-a3b mlx q4
- code: qwen3-coder-30b mlx q4
- reasoning: qwen3.6-27b mlx q8