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Lawrence Systems

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Capture2Editing and post21Platforms3Desk20Everything else40

Capture

Cameras1

  • Xtramuse Camera (rebranded DJI)

    $349.00speaks highly of it

    “And so, I have one of those um the not banned version of the DJI, the extra muse camera, which is the DJI for those wondering or who are a uh a curious about that whole drama.”
    View source at 2:10from September 2026

Camera equipment1

Editing and post

Editing software1

  • DaVinci Resolve

    speaks highly of it

    “Da Vinci Resolve works way way better, edits faster, and I spent, you know, 1,600 versus 4 grand, and it is a system that can render substantially faster than a $4,000 system.”
    View source at 55:11from August 2026

Coding software3

  • GitHub
    “GitHub”
    View sourcefrom September 2026
  • Hugo

    first cited October 2026speaks highly of it

    “So, Hugo is a framework for building static websites. I built the site using Caddy or no build the site with Hugo, but Caddy is the underlying web server.”
    View source at 9:53from October 2026
  • Proxmox VE

    mixed views on it

    “Tom runs XCPNG and Proxmox because I've been doing consulting on both.”
    View source at 1:13:12from August 2026

AI software10

  • OpenRouter

    cited in 5 videosmixed views on it

    “I have no affiliate link or anything associated with Open Router. They're not sponsored at all of this video. I've just been using them because I've had good luck with it.”
    View source at 10:33from October 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Hermes

    cited in 4 videosspeaks highly of it

    “I've actually been impressed because I've been using it for several weeks doing all the updates and Hermes gets a lot of updates but nothing's broke.”
    View source at 36:45from October 2026+ 3 more sources
  • Open WebUI

    cited in 4 videos

    “So, there's already a limiting of the blast radius when you self-host something like Hermes or I use uh open um open web UI as well.”
    View source at 30:24from October 2026+ 3 more sources
  • DeepSeek 4.1 Flash

    cited in 3 videosspeaks highly of it

    “For a lot of general task, I've actually found DeepSeek 4.1 Flash to be quite effective and very inexpensive.”
    View source at 4:38from October 2026+ 2 more sources

Productivity software6

Creator tools1

Platforms

Hosting platforms2

Membership platforms1

Desk

Computers9

  • Framework laptop

    cited in 2 videosmixed views on it

    “I I'm looking over here at my Framework laptop sitting on a desk and I like Framework. I think they make a great product.”
    View source at 50:57from August 2026+ 1 more source
  • Mac Studio

    $2,449.00cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So, I only spent 1,600 on this Mac Studio. I really think it's a good system.”
    View source at 54:41from August 2026+ 1 more source
  • Mac
    “I do have a local model that runs on my Mac that I'm using to process any of the notes if I need it to clean them up or enhance something in there.”
    View source at 24:42from October 2026
  • MacBook Pro
    “I have a MacBook Pro uh as well. Actually, I have two of them because this is my um I because I have two of them, I label them.”
    View source at 1:01:06from August 2026

Peripherals1

Storage10

Everything else

Other40

  • XCP-ng

    cited in 7 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Tom runs XCPNG and Proxmox because I've been doing consulting on both.”
    View source at 1:13:12from August 2026+ 6 more sources
  • Home Assistant

    cited in 4 videos

    “I have it monitoring Home Assistant and it it keeps mixing up the battery of some of the sensors and it says the battery's below threshold, but it's not.”
    View source at 22:33from October 2026+ 3 more sources
  • UniFi

    cited in 4 videospositive about it

    “I was always a big UniFi switch and access point user and then I used, you know, PFSense firewalls until kind of the Unifi firewalls caught up.”
    View source at 3:47from October 2026+ 3 more sources
  • Docker

    cited in 3 videos

    “Docker containers. This is where I host a lot of these applications and talk about I've got a video on how I run Docker which is mostly from the command line but I break that down in that video.”
    View source at 3:53from September 2026+ 2 more sources

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