Efficiency is Independence
I'm a retired architect building systems that don't need "Big Tech" permission to exist. I run a full web presence, mail stack, and security layer for a dozen users on 1GB of RAM. No Docker. No bloat. No bullshit.
The Engineering Repositories
The Artist's Gallery & Manuscripts
Painting
Aurie~2015 • Acrylic on Canvas
This contemporary portrait is characterized by its flat, bright lighting and saturated color palette. The artist emphasizes individual style through the inclusion of specific jewelry and piercings, bridging the gap between traditional portraiture and modern identity. The use of a vivid green back...
Manuscript
aioGenre: Speculative Fiction
Scene 1: The Children's Playground (Revised - Fifth Pass) The sandbox was a chaos of fine grit and flung plastic, exactly as any proper sandbox should be.
A couple of parents sat on a nearby bench, faces tipped to the sun, occasionally glancing up from their screens.
You'd think the squealing and the bits of sand clinging to every surface would get to them, but most seemed to have developed an impressive filter.
Seven-year-old Eleanor Vance, her knees already streaked with the day's first lay...
A couple of parents sat on a nearby bench, faces tipped to the sun, occasionally glancing up from their screens.
You'd think the squealing and the bits of sand clinging to every surface would get to them, but most seemed to have developed an impressive filter.
Seven-year-old Eleanor Vance, her knees already streaked with the day's first lay...
Poetry
That Little Dogby James Whitcomb Riley
"That little dog 'ud scratch at that door And go on a-whinin' two hours before He'd ever let up! There! - Jane: Let him in. - (Hah, there, you little rat!) Look at him grin! Come down off o' that! - W'y, look at him! (Drat You! you-rascal-you!) - bring me that hat! Look out! - He'll snap you! - He wouldn't let You take it away from him, now you kin bet! That little rascal's jist natchurly mean. - I tell you, I never (Git out!! ) never seen A spunkier little rip! (Scratch to git in, And now ye...