Ethan’s setup ↗

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My desk, apps and mouse controls for working with agents.

Review code without moving your hand

I use twelve thumb controls mirrored across a right-handed Corsair and a left-handed Razer. High sensitivity keeps hand movement small; I can switch hands or occasionally use both to work through a review faster.

In Better Git VS Code, a quick press of button 5 or 8 jumps to the previous or next change. Hold for 300 ms and release to stage the current file and jump in that direction.

The button under the scroll wheel starts Agent Flow dictation; the YouTube bridge pauses my video while I talk and resumes only a video it paused. Agent Flow pastes my speech with mouse highlights and saved screenshot paths near what I was saying. Placement is approximate, not a precise timeline. Codex highlights can identify the task; other app selections depend on what the app exposes to macOS.

The website lets you try those controls and the app’s HUD without installing anything. All actions stay in the demo.

In either mouse view, choosing Current app opens that app’s controls. Use Default mode to see the normal mapping or App mode to reopen the selected app’s controls. A held wheel control shows Release selected button so you can finish the gesture.

Look around

Matching software and skills appear as prominent links at the top of each relevant dialog: Agentic Mouse on both mice, Agent Flow for dictation, Better Git VS Code and Response Preferences on the Dell, the public AIMVS dev skill and Better Git on the VS Code walkthrough, and OBS++ / Aitum++ on the recording setup. Each opens its public website, extension listing or repository in a new browser page.

• The room photo fills the window without stretching and starts aligned to the bottom. You can pan across the cropped area, including in the opening view.
• Click the background to zoom in around that point and reveal nearby items, or drag the background or any floating item label to move around. Clicking a label still opens its item; releasing a drag does not open it or zoom again.
• Scroll down to zoom in and up to zoom out. Spread two fingers to zoom in and pinch them together to zoom out; the photo stays under the midpoint of your fingers. You can start on an item label and keep dragging with one finger after lifting the other.
• Click a mouse, screen or hardware label to move closer and open it. Edge arrows point to items outside the view.
• Rotate product models by dragging and scroll down to zoom in or up to zoom out. Use arrow keys to rotate and Home or Reset view to restore the original framing.
• Moving parts animate back and forth: the desk lifts, the chair adjusts, screens tilt and music controls move. Choose an adjustment or pause it; dragging pauses the adjustment for six seconds. Reduced motion starts paused.
• 2× foot massagers opens the pair of black CuPiLo CPL-5555RC machines under the desk: one foot in each lets me position my legs independently. The dialog includes a rotatable pair, the official product photo and the heating/settings details. Kneading, compression and heat settings survive auto-off while each machine stays plugged in.
• The D6 Pro and red Q2 Mini have separate floating labels below the right speaker, a subtle insert behind my arm, rotatable models and official product photos. The D6 arm adjusts and both heads show their stroke in slow motion.
• Every hardware dialog opens in 3D, with official product photos underneath. Click a thumbnail or use the arrows, scroll the strip to see more, and select 3D to return to the model.
• Use the floating left/right arrows to switch between nearby desk items without closing the dialog. Hover for the destination; the route keeps related demos beside their hardware and wraps around at either end. The arrows stay centred while the content scrolls.
• Click outside a dialog or press Escape to return to the room and the exact camera position where you started.
• Open the Dell for its rotatable monitor model, specs and product link. The nearby Codex hotspot opens the interactive desktop, Dock, menu bar and Codex example. Samsung opens its monitor product; the separate OBS hotspot opens the silent recording demo and my setup details.
• The separate VS Code hotspot on the right half of the Dell opens a four-slide walkthrough of my AIMVS workflow: one worktree per agent task, an isolated dev stack per worktree, review with Better Git, and the one message that lands it. Use the numbered slide tabs, the named previous/next buttons below the slide, or arrow keys on the tabs; each slide links to the matching reference in the public AIMVS dev skill. The worktree and file names on the slides are illustrative examples.
• The separate Stats Widget hotspot by the MacBook opens my seven-widget layout for Claude and four ChatGPT logins, with setup steps and a link to the public app. The percentages are examples; labels, sparklines, small text widgets and the configured 30-minute refresh interval reflect my setup. Stats Widget also appears in the Software sidebar and the MacBook, Dell and Codex links.
• The room keeps its hardware labels and separate Codex, VS Code, Stats Widget and OBS hotspots; software links also appear in the sidebar, directory and matching dialogs.
• Open Everything I use for hardware, apps, nine public skills, five personal skill descriptions and 19 public projects, ordered roughly from most used to least used within each section. All external links open a separate browser page; my Portosaurus portfolio is linked beside the site name and embedded below the project list.
• Embedded pages show a spinner while loading, with Try again after 12 seconds and a link to open the page separately. The portfolio starts loading near its section; closing a desktop or OBS dialog cancels its pending view.
• View product appears beside each hardware heading. Models and gallery images report failed loads and offer a retry; a failed model does not hide its official photographs.
• The Scarlett's larger explanation sits beside its model or photo, above the specs; on a narrow screen it moves below the image gallery.

The room is a photograph with a Three.js camera, not a scan of the entire room. 3D views require WebGL 2; product photographs and links remain available if the device cannot create a renderer.

Models render at up to 30 fps with pixel density capped at 1.5, pause when hidden, and load on demand; they have not been tested on every device.

The sausage legs are intentional; their hotspot has a Tesco Finest product link and my joke subtitle. Product models are reference-based illustrations, not manufacturer CAD or dimensionally certified replicas.

On my desk

Hardware	My model
Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE	Right-handed · 12 thumb buttons · Black / yellow
Razer Naga Left-Handed Edition	Left-handed · 12 mirrored controls · Black
MacBook Pro	16-inch · M5 Max · 18-core CPU / 40-core GPU · 64 GB unified memory · 2 TB SSD
Yamaha HS8	White pair · 8-inch studio monitors
Focusrite Scarlett 18i8	3rd generation · 18 inputs / 8 outputs
Pioneer DDJ-FLX4	Black · 2-channel DJ controller
Mac mini	M4 · 16 GB memory · Silver
Akai MPK mini Plus	37 keys · 8 MPC pads
Shure SM7B	Dynamic microphone · Dictation and recording
Dell S3422DW	34-inch · 3440 × 1440 · Curved ultrawide
Canon EOS M50 Mark II	Black · 24.1MP APS-C · EF-M mount
Samsung S80UA	27-inch · 4K · S27A800U
Mackie Big Knob Passive	Passive monitor controller · Volume / mono / mute / dim
WD Elements Desktop	14 TB · Black · USB 3.0
FlexiSpot E7 Pro	2025 model · Bamboo · 180 × 80 cm · Black frame
2× CuPiLo CPL-5555RC	Black UK version · One foot per machine · Heat and saved settings
Bob and Brad D6 Pro	Black · Adjustable arm and loop handle · 16 mm stroke
Bob and Brad Q2 Mini	Red · Pocket-sized · USB-C
Hbada E3 Pro	2026 edition · Grey · With footrest

The Mac mini identifies itself as an M4 with 16 GB memory. The Dell S3422DW identification comes from a July 2026 display inventory; the Samsung currently reports LS27A800U, with its full regional SKU unconfirmed. The Amazon order confirms 14 TB, despite my initially calling it 12 TB. Product links identify the hardware; availability and offered variants can change. Source notes explain the evidence and remaining uncertainty.

Apps and skills

Start with Agentic Mouse, Agent Flow, Better Git VS Code, Stats Widget, and Response Preferences.

The Software sidebar links only public projects, using each project's website when available. The full app directory comes from the public response-preferences desktop inventory. The skills section includes the separately published AIMVS dev skill. Ordering is a recent-use snapshot, not live analytics; the source notes explain its limits.

The OBS dialog also links Restream Channel Switcher, which can switch configured groups of Restream destinations from a scene hook.

Each project has its own setup instructions; this repository does not install or configure the native apps.

Run locally

Requires Python 3.10+ and Node.js 22+ for checks; no npm packages or native app build are needed.

python3 scripts/build.py
python3 scripts/check.py
node --test tests/*.test.mjs
node scripts/check-model-geometry.mjs
python3 -m http.server 8842 --bind 127.0.0.1 --directory .build/site

Open localhost:8842. Keep the server running while using the preview: product models load when opened, so a cached room cannot load them after the server stops. Rebuild after editing docs/, then reload the browser. Use the published website for a preview that remains available after closing the terminal. GitHub Pages serves the generated .build/site artifact.

Update the setup

• Hardware and hotspot positions: edit docs/gear.json; coordinates run from 0 to 1 across the room image. Keep this README’s inventory consistent.
• Dialog software links: relatedTools in docs/beta.mjs defines each public destination and icon; topicTools maps desk items and walkthroughs to those links. Keep the manufacturer’s View product link separate. Use the project’s own public website or extension listing, or Ethan’s public fork when there is no dedicated site.
• Room and interactions: docs/index.html, docs/beta.css and docs/beta.mjs.
• Room picture: docs/assets/room.svg preserves my selected earlier reference (c220035), including its face, shirt, shorts, chair and sausage legs. The existing Tahoe wallpaper stays on the MacBook; only the Dell screen uses room-dell-legs.webp, showing AIMVS on the left and VS Code on the right. A separate small room-massage-guns.webp patch adds the two massage guns behind my arm; it is clipped clear of my face, arm and screens. This reference predates the Canon patch; the shorter legs and later full-room rebuild are also not applied. Run python3 scripts/build-room-image.py after a screen-asset change, then rebuild; never replace the rest of the photo as part of a screen edit.
• Share preview: docs/assets/sausage-legs-social.jpg is a proportional JPEG export of that same restored composite at 1586 × 992.
• Site icon: docs/assets/ethan-head.png is the transparent head cutout used for the favicon and home-screen icons. Run python3 scripts/build-icons.py with Pillow installed to regenerate the smaller PNG exports; the normal site build uses the committed images.
• Product geometry: docs/product-models.mjs; geometry and movement references are in PRODUCT-MODELS.md. The MacBook uses the actual Tahoe rocks-and-water wallpaper in docs/assets/macbook-wallpaper.webp, cropped proportionally.
• Product galleries: docs/product-gallery.mjs reads each item's images in docs/gear.json: local WebP src, a concise angle, and its official image source. Keep images proportional under docs/assets/products/, verify the actual model and colour, and document their origin in SOURCES.md. The 3D option remains first and is selected again whenever a dialog opens.
• OBS example and setup details: docs/obs.html, docs/obs.css and docs/obs.mjs. Keep the dated settings consistent with the OBS++ setup guide; do not present the example as live telemetry.
• Embedded page loading: docs/frame-view.mjs handles Response Preferences, OBS and the portfolio. The iframe load event ends its loading state; it cannot verify a third-party app's internal readiness or detect every blocked embed. Keep the slow-load message honest and preserve the external link.
• Stats Widget view: #stats-detail in docs/index.html shows an illustrated seven-widget desktop with example percentages; docs/beta.css owns its layout. Keep the safe setup summary in SOURCES.md current without copying account IDs, login profiles, selectors, raw configuration or usage history.
• VS Code walkthrough: the slides are static markup under #vscode-detail in docs/index.html, switched by the small showSlide block in docs/beta.mjs. Keep the worktree, branch and file names illustrative, keep every link public, and check the ports and rules against the AIMVS dev skill references the slides link to; the private app repository is never linked. tests/vscode-walkthrough.test.mjs checks the slide controls, hotspot placement and link targets.
• Mouse modes, HUD, mouse models or icon: change the canonical Agentic Mouse repository, publish it, then run python3 scripts/sync-sources.py here. The published native export chooses the source commit; this site does not maintain another button map.
• Directory order: docs/gear.json and docs/projects.json use display order; appUseOrder and the combined skills list in docs/beta.mjs rank apps and skills. Keep the app order here, separate from the synced inventory, so daily source refreshes preserve it. Newly synced apps appear last until ranked; Trash is omitted because it is a desktop action. Public and personal skills share one order.
• Public project cards: edit docs/projects.json only after verifying each repository is public without authentication. Honest Comments analyzes YouTube criticism; Agent Swarm Management and Agent Bridge are projects, not skills. Personal skills can be described without publishing their local configuration.
• Desktop, Dock or apps: change the response-preferences public demo. The Codex hotspot embeds that site directly; the sync script refreshes this site’s app directory.

sources.lock.json records the actual source revision and file hashes. A daily GitHub Actions run refreshes the published mouse runtime and app directory, checks the result, saves changes and deploys them. Manual workflow dispatch does the same. Ordinary pushes build the committed snapshot. An upstream refresh that fails checks stops before deployment.

Before pushing a UI change, manually test the final build in Codex’s built-in browser: enter, wheel both ways, drag and release, edge arrows, dialogs, models, both mice, code review, dictation, desktop, the VS Code slides and OBS. Check a narrow mobile viewport, keyboard controls, reduced motion and browser errors. Test actual two-touch pinch when the browser tool supports it; report that check as unverified otherwise. Do not open or focus personal Chrome for testing. Automated checks do not prove visual quality or physical touch behavior. The room gesture tests send two-pointer sequences to the actual camera and input handlers, covering bottom-aligned starting positions, pinch direction and anchoring, labels, release suppression, finger handoff and cancellation; they do not emulate Safari or a phone touchscreen.

For gallery changes, open every hardware dialog, inspect every photo, return to 3D and rotate it, then reopen to confirm the default. Check thumbnails, previous/next, keyboard navigation and the horizontally scrolling strip in a narrow viewport; confirm both mouse HUDs still respond after returning from a photo.

AGENTS.md describes ownership and verification requirements for agents. SOURCES.md covers provenance, privacy and licensing.

Privacy and reuse

The two external monitors in the main photo show edited versions of my work-screen and OBS captures. Private chats, account details and raw desktop captures are not included. The separate Codex hotspot opens the public desktop example, the Dell opens its product model, the separate VS Code hotspot opens a drawn walkthrough with example worktree names rather than a screenshot, and the separate OBS hotspot opens the OBS example. The OBS and dictation examples do not request microphone, camera or screen-recording access, and do not control the real machine. The embedded public desktop and fonts require a network connection.

Code is MIT licensed; third-party code retains its notices. Ethan’s photographs and likeness, app artwork, manufacturer images and trademarks are not a general-purpose asset pack. Replace them with your own content when adapting this site.

All the wording on this website is AI generated, so sorry if it’s cringe.