Hi. It's me.

I wanted my own VMs. So I rented a big one and started carving smaller VMs out of it for other people. Then came LXCs. Then I self-hosted everything I could get my hands on. Then real KVM.

Somewhere in there I found out networks are a thing, and I fell in love. I knew nothing about them when I started. I still know less than I should.

Most people think kids are dumb. Someone said I couldn't, so I got my own autonomous system anyway. I'm probably the youngest person who's sat at that table. I've talked to some of the people who actually run the internet in Romania, even if only over a call.

I'm not even good at BGP. Honest. I just don't give up, and I do things because someone told me I couldn't. You can read about the network on its own page.

I go to Colegiul Național "Mihai Viteazul" in Turda: natural sciences, intensive English. Before that I did gymnasium at "Avram Iancu", also in Turda.

Grades suffer, partly because of all this and partly because I'm lazy. I'm not failing anything though, relax. 😭

• Pay for nothing you can self-host.
• IPv6 or bust.
• Debian beats everything.
• Docker is for when I'm too lazy to write a systemd unit, and I hate that I use it.
• VS Code or JetBrains. Anything but Vim.

Unpopular one: I stand with the Russian people, not the war and not the government. They get hurt by the choices of one man who controls it all. I'm also learning Russian, in the sense that I haven't started.

I've locked myself out of a server. I've announced something over BGP that I shouldn't have. I've had to ban someone for abusing a free VM.

The lesson every time: read the config twice. I still don't.

• Overthinking. World class.
• Doing things for the plot.
• Linux and sysadmin work.
• Being stubborn.

Rap, hip-hop, electronic, phonk, techno, rock, and metal. When I work, I blast music, and that's most of the time. Here's my Spotify and Last.fm.

I take photos with my phone: nature, city, night, random stuff. I don't love how they turn out.

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I put this on a public website because I stand for openness, directness, and being blunt. I don't sugarcoat things, including me.

• I procrastinate. I start ten things and finish three.
• I overthink everything.
• I disappear on people for days.
• I'm shy, anxious, and bad at starting conversations.
• I'm bipolar, and yeah, I'm depressed.

People see someone alone all day who talks to nobody and decide I'm a messed up kid. That's not the reason. Nobody comes to talk to me. I'm also a physical touch person who craves connection, and I'm scared to ask for it or to make my intentions clear.

So here's the fix: message me first. I won't, but I always reply.

No idea. Maybe run my own ISP. Maybe work at one. Maybe work at a datacenter, or own one. Maybe some tier 1. I don't know. 😭