deerplatoonSoftware engineer working across the stack.
Frontend, backend, infrastructure, hardware. Currently building nul.chat - privacy infrastructure in Rust.
I got my start as a cloud consultant and engineer, which pulled me into a bit of everything - web dev, application dev, whatever needed building. That's probably why I ended up being the kind of engineer who isn't precious about which layer they're working in.
C# was my first language, and C++ still has a place in my heart, but most of my day-to-day is Rust and Python now. TypeScript, Java, SQL, and PowerShell show up whenever the work calls for them.
Privacy infrastructure built in Rust. End-to-end encrypted messaging, voice, and video - self-hosted, open source, zero-knowledge by design.
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Full stackCloudPrivacy infrastructureCryptographyDistributed systems
- Building computers
I build PCs - consumer rigs and the occasional enterprise box. The fun part is when it posts the first time and you know you didn't screw it up.
- Home lab
I run a few servers at home. Some host my own stuff, the rest are there so I can try things I wouldn't want to test on anything important.
- Self-hosting
If there's a halfway decent way to host something myself, I'd rather do that than hand my data to someone else.
- Networking
VLANs, routing, firewall rules. The lab gives me an excuse to actually learn this stuff instead of just reading about it.
- Quantum computing
I'll pick up Q# every once in a while and run something small on a cloud quantum backend. Mostly to see how much of the hype is real.
- Owning the lifecycle
I get more out of a project when I've had a hand in the whole arc - design, code, deploy, even the machine it lands on.
- GitHubgithub.com/deerplatoon
- Projectnul.chat