I use either macOS or Debian as daily drivers.

Programs

Software Development

• Editor: neovim
• Shell: Bash (w Tmux)
• Utilities:
• fzf: Find anything within vim or the shell
• rg: Searching any textfile

Productivity

• Notes: Markdown files
• Todos: plain textfile
• Password Manager: 1Password
• Personal Wikis: I have used Dokuwiki and Tiddlywiki, nowadays, Markdown files,

Audio/Video

• DAW: Reaper, Ableton Live.
• VSTi's: u-he Zebra, NI Battery, Surge, JSFX Plugins
• Music Programming: SuperCollider, Puredata
• Audio Editor: Audacity
• Other: ffmpeg, lameencoder, handbrake

Web Apps

• OS: Debian w Systemd, ufw, fail2ban
• Server: Nginx, Caddy
• Database: PostgreSQL/MySQL/Sqlite
• Object Cache: Redis, Memcache
• App Backends: Python, Go, NodeJS
• Configuration Management: Ansible

Frontend

• Plain CSS/ES5/ES6
• Mithril on ES5/ES6, CSS
• React on ES6, using SASS (scss), packed with Webpack/vite

Mobile Apps

• React Native, Native Code

Desktop Apps

• Electron, Native Code

DSP/WebAssembly Apps

• C/C++

Some leaders break #systems by clinging to rigid beliefs. Power without adaptability leads to fragile outcomes. The strongest (eco)systems combine #feedback (evolution?) with values that scale. And which are those? In a connected world, it can’t be intellectual purity or control; it must be reciprocity, autonomy, and humility. Thriving together.

#watercolor #sketch, the paper was a bit cheap and tbh, not suitable for water-based colors. Maybe I should have taped the edges a bit.

#watercolor and #pencil #sketch, also from the Brague plates. Previous on 3d551356-1525-4378-bb7e-30ebe5ce5805.

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New #music track on soundcloud: Swimming at dawn.

I should be making more tracks. This started as a little guitar arpeggio. Initially it was not even 3/4, but the chords and bass made it be that. Apart from el. #guitar and #bass, A lot of the vintage pluggo effects from cycling74 were used, along with some of my favorite #eurorack modules.

Also available on YouTube

A little #sketch practice, using a page off the Brague drawing course, which you can find on archive.org. Your aim is reproducing the original, first outlining the basic shapes and values correctly, then progressively adding detail.

#watercolor #sketch, practicing negative painting.

I'm a #software engineer and engineering lead with 16 years of professional experience in developing full stack web apps, backend services, native mobile apps, desktop apps and firmware.

8 years of experience working in a remote-first company.

I care about building practical, robust, maintainable #software, and apporach projects with a systems thinking mindset.

Welcome! This is my space for everything I make and care about: I share thoughts, sounds, #music, sketches (#sketch), and project updates. No meaningless divides. Playfulness.

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