Vasilios Syrakis

Welcome to my personal site. I am a Senior Systems / Platforms Engineer / SRE based in Sydney, Australia.

You might know me from my viral video on YouTube where I talked about getting laid off by Atlassian after 8 years, and delved into some of the systems that I built whilst there.

Frequently Asked Questions

What keyboard is that?

I use a Nuphy keyboard.

Most of the times I stream, I’m probably using a low-profile Kick75 with brown switches.

I also own an Air75 V3 which I use as a portable keyboard, wrapped in a NuFolio

What mouse do you use?

My mouse is a Steelseries Rival 3 Gen 2

What are your PC specs?

Machine

Peripherals

What Operating System / Linux Distribution do you use?

Pop! OS 24.04 with COSMIC desktop

What terminal do you use?

Ghostty

What editor do you use?

Neovim

What plugins do you use? Where are your dotfiles?

My dotfiles are here

What I would consider my essential plugins are:

• telescope
• neogit
• gitsigns
• blink.cmp
• key-menu

What Neovim theme are you using?

sainnhe/edge

Do you play games? What are your favorites?

Yes, I play games, 100% on Linux

Currently playing

Deep Rock Galactic

+ Survivors, + Rogue Core

Path of Exile

1 & 2

Noita

Magical action roguelite

Squad

Tactical FPS

Factorio

The factory must grow

Old favorites

Dota 2

MOBA

Diablo II

Action RPG classic

Quake

Dark fantasy FPS

Quake III Arena

Arena shooter classic

Mindustry

Factory tower defense

Valheim

Viking survival sandbox

What are those glasses you sometimes wear?

Ra Optics - Sol Daylight & Sunset