Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae.

Primary maintainer of Opinionated Guides

RFID chipped, modular synthesis nerd, often found programming guitars and playing computers. I strum Dvorak, and type in chords. I'm the guy with a vacuum tube around his neck.

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LINUX/BSD • Arch Linux used daily for both personal compute needs as well as for servers for over a decade • Very familiar with the internal workings of Linux and how to maintain a system for security and longevity, as well as how to diagnose problems that may stem from operating system level issues • Extensive BSD and ZFS experience in both personal and business contexts • Experience tweaking systems for low latency and high throughput • Comfortable working strictly from a terminal

Electronics • Varying levels of familiarity with most popular embedded product lines (STM32, ATMEGA, ESP32/8266) as well as work on FPGAs from various manufactures • Diagnosed and repaired many digital and analog electronics • Experience developing printed circuit boards using KiCad • Comfortable with hand soldering and prototype design • Familiar with audio electronics (synthesizers, amplifiers, etc.)

Programming • Comfortable writing and debugging C and C++ • Experience writing and debugging python(2/3) • Experience making complex shell scripts to rapidly solve problems • General familiarity with many other languages • Varying familiarity with assembly on many platforms • Work with GpGPU programming, primarily in Python

Networking • Experience setting up, managing, and testing large, complex networks with multiple VLANs • Licensed amateur radio operator (KE0WGV), experience with Software Defined Radio platforms

Security • Secured many networks and tested many networks for security problems • Found an access control bypass in a network based on trusting user supplied data, responsibly disclosed • Factory RFID tagged in both hands for your access control convenience • Managed firewall rules and DNS blackhole systems

• High voltage burning, making lichtenberg figures in both wood and animal bone • Modification of synthesizers and guitar pedals • Making generative music in various visual auido programming enivronments (VCV, Pure Data, ORCΛ) • Making modules for said visual audio programming environments • Working with mechanical keyboards, espically those running QMK • Retro tech - I have a C64, core memory, and a whole lot of tube amps • Some 3D printing, but I'm more into pen-plotting & lasers for making 2D generative art physical • VR - Including some 3D modeling, texturing, and shader development for VRChat • Delidding old ICs, Finding Trends in Assembly Instructions