Hi, I’m h0bbl3s

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What is this place?

You have found my humble blog. Here you can find a little information about me, things I am passionate about, and maybe some technical blog entries if I’ve gotten around to it.

About me 🔎 🤔

I am a developer, ham radio operator, cybersecurity specialist, and open source enthusiast. I have been taking apart and building radios and computers since I was a small child.

My first scavenged together PCs weren’t powerful enough to run Windows, but they sure would run unix! IRC and a linux terminal took up much of my time as a young person. Where most people enjoy a good novel, I prefer a technical manual. I spent years learning all I could, from programming in college, to taking online courses when I can.

These days in my free time you’ll find me practicing locksport, participating in a ctf, or just relaxing with a videogame. I also enjoy hanging out in various linux and discord servers and helping out where I can.

Work 🧑‍💻 📡

This love of technology led me to a fascinating career. Some of my favorite work includes:

• My first job beginning in high school repairing pcs and setting up networks
• Running my own company and being the webmaster for over 40 domains including a popular social media website
• Acting as head engineer building custom images and designing high performing networks with load-sharing and failover systems that function up and down the eastern US to this day
• I spent years in inventory auditing learning SQL and business asset management.
• Contributing to open source projects where I can. I have contributed to and directly, and have spent many happy hours helping people get things working in various OSS

Recently I have been honing my skills in pentesting, DevSecOps, and various new programming languages. I’ve been busy working contract jobs in AI/testing while deciding what to do next.

Open Source Software 🔥

From and , to and , every open source OS I’ve used has been an adventure. None of this would have been possible without OSS. The DNS entries for this site are provided by a FreeBSD server, the site itself, hosted on Debian Linux. Even the tls certificate is from the open source project .

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, World!")
}

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I love open source! 🐧 Linux Foundation

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