Software Used

I am convinced by the open-source philosophy. Therefore, almost exclusively open-source software was used for this project. Without the (often voluntary) work of surely thousands of contributors, Infinisomnia could never have been realized.

The following list is intended to give an overview and is certainly incomplete.

Writing

• Operating system: Fedora Linux
• Plotting and conception: Minder
• Text editor: VSCodium
• Editing: Mistral Vibe (AI, commercial)
• Proofreading: Kagi Translator (AI, commercial)
• Translations: Kagi Translator (AI, commercial)
• Version control: git
• Public repository: CodeFloe

Cover and Gallery of Dreams

• Image generator: Black Forest Labs FLUX (AI, commercial)
• GUI: ComfyUI
• Post-processing: Darktable, The GIMP
• Scaling and watermarking: ImageMagick, ffmpeg

Website

• Content management: Hugo
• Theme: built myself (based on Bootswatch Sandstone)
• Layout framework: Bootstrap
• Icons: Bootstrap Icons
• Vector graphics: Inkscape
• Web server: nginx, CentOS
• Web hosting: Hetzner

eBook

The eBooks are created by software I developed myself. It uses:

• Python
• ebooklib
• Jinja2
• Pillow
• pyphen
• python-qrcode

Book printing

A printed edition is in preparation. The technology for it is already finished.

• Cover design: Inkscape
• Layout: TeX Live

The PDFs for book printing are created entirely by software I developed myself. It uses:

• Python
• pypdf
• pyphen
• python-barcode
• python-qrcode
• pylatex

Fonts

• Crete Round
• Roboto
• Kalam

Footnote: AI

I would like to use my own computer for AI inference, since it runs on green electricity. Unfortunately, local models are not yet powerful enough, and suitable hardware is currently unaffordable. I expect this to change in the future.

In the meantime, I pay attention to the following points:

• The AI provider is a European company
• The data center is located in Europe
• The provider publishes open-weight models

Mistral and Black Forest Labs meet these criteria. Kagi is the exception. So far, I have not found a European provider that delivers similarly good quality for translations and proofreading.

Transparency note: For all commercial providers, I have a regular, paid account. There is no sponsorship, and I do not receive any special conditions or similar benefits.