I’m a Site Reliability Engineer. I spend most of my time trying to make systems predictable, quiet, and resilient—because the interesting problems usually show up when things aren’t.
I like working in the seams: where software meets hardware, where automation replaces manual habits, where old machines keep doing useful work long after they were supposed to be obsolete. When something breaks, I want it to fail loudly, explain itself, and leave behind fewer mysteries next time.
This account (@retr0crypticghost) is where I experiment. It’s separate from my day job on purpose. What’s here is opinionated, sometimes unfinished, and occasionally strange—in a useful way.
- Reliability & Security — building guardrails, not heroics. realistic expectations and 'threat' mapping.
- Infrastructure & Automation — CI/CD, GitOps, reproducible setups, less toil
- Programming — mostly Python and C/C++; slowly getting pulled into Go, Rust and Lua
- Embedded & Retro Hardware — microcontrollers, old systems, and hardware that refuses to die
- Digital Fabrication — practical 3D prints and small tools that solve real problems
- python-template
A no-nonsense starting point for Python projects: linting, typing, tests, CI/CD, and security checks wired in from the start.
- Languages: Python, C, C++; learning Go, Rust, and Lua
- Infra / Virtualization: AWS, Azure, Docker, KVM/QEMU, libvirt, ESXi
- IaC & Config: Ansible, Puppet, Terraform
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix
- OS: Linux (RHEL, Fedora, Alma, Rocky, Ubuntu) / Windows (WSL is pretty useful)
- Side interests: local LLMs, embedded systems, retro tech
If you’re into SRE, Linux, security, automation, or keeping old machines alive, feel free to reach out.