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NotAShelf/README.md

Hey!

About Me

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I'm raf, most commonly known as NotAShelf on the world wide web. I am a part-time FOSS contributor and part-time political scientist. Currently pursuing my PhD in the field of Political Science, hoping to bridge the gap between out of touch political institutions and end-user in terms of data protection and privacy (which is a fundamental human right, unbeknownst to many.)

My freetime is mostly spent working on different OSS projects, digital art, and other various DevSecOps activities. Ever since my introduction to the world of FOSS and Linux in late 2018, I have been very passionate about writing my own software and System Administration. While I avoid publishing them to GitHub, writing home-made CLI applications are one of my favorite past-time activities. Reliable and scalable systems are also within my interest. I work with and contribute to @NixOS in my free time to help me towards this goal.

My experience and knowledge (both in very heavy quotes) span over multiple languages and frameworks, however my primary focus remains as Go and Rust for building reliable backend applications. I also rely on Nix for building docker images and managing infrastructure. See below for a list of languages and tools that I work, or have worked with before.

  • 📅 Programming since 2018
  • ⛵ Professional Sailor
  • 🏫 Part-time Political Scientist and lecturer, forever student
  • 🖥️ NixOS / Hyprland / Neovim
  • 👨 Despite its shortcomings, Go is my go-to language (pun fully intended)
  • 🌐 Frontend via React/NextJS used to be my primary stack, now I focus on backend applications, applications security and system administration.
  • ❄️a NixOS remains my favorite Linux distro for both personal and enterprise use. I manage my own fleet of servers and virtual machines powered by it.
  • 📫 Contact me @ raf [at] notashelf [dot] dev or on Discord, by sending a friend request to @notashelf
  • 🎲 Fun fact: I have entered the world of Linux, programming and OSS through a lengthy misadventure back in 2018 that involved a Linux VPS, a large-scale Minecraft server and an imminent crisis. I have been passionate about Linux and programming ever since.

🔭 Currently working on:

Nix Go, Rust, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript
nvf - a highly extensible and distro agnostic configuration framework for Neovim using Nix
Nyx - the first child of Chaos and also an alias for my configuration for the ultimate declarative Linux distro, NixOS!
Nyxpkgs - collection of packages not found in Nixpkgs
Basix - Purely functional collection of Base16/Base24 themes to be used with Nix
ndg - alternative documentation generation for any Nix based module system
Schizofox - privacy and security oriented Firefox configuration for Home-manager
Nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection and NixOS
CatApi - minimal API for serving pictures of your cats. Features a convenient frontend
Hyprkeys - powerful and easy to use keyboard utility designed for my favorite Wayland Compositor, Hyprland
nff - experimental nftables configuration beautifier in Python
batmon - dead simple battery monitor in Go, with the ability to emit events on change
Goblin - termbin-inspired paste service to replace Fiche, written in Go
Nutils - an external utility crate for the Nix package manager
Tailray - rust implementation of Tailscale systray
Microfetch - Microscopic fetch tool in Rust, for NixOS systems
SSA - Simple, streamlined and pretty aggregator for systemd-analyze security

📫 How to reach me

💻 Languages and Tools

sql

I despise Javascript, Nix despises me

I like chess! Here is an ascii tracker of my 100 previous chess.com rapid games.

  # ♟︎ Chess.com Ratings Chart #

  Rapid Rating

Rating Chart:
 1150.00  ┤                                                                   ╭╮
 1143.38  ┤                                                                   │╰╮╭╮          ╭╮  ╭╮╭╮╭╮
 1136.75  ┤                                                                  ╭╯ ╰╯╰╮        ╭╯╰╮╭╯╰╯╰╯│
 1130.12  ┤                                                                 ╭╯     │        │  ││     ╰╮╭╮
 1123.50  ┤                       ╭╮╭╮╭╮                                   ╭╯      ╰╮      ╭╯  ╰╯      │││
 1116.88  ┤                      ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮╭╮                     ╭╮        ╭╯        ╰╮    ╭╯           ╰╯│
 1110.25  ┤                     ╭╯      ╰╯╰─╮            ╭─╮   ╭╯╰╮      ╭╯          ╰╮╭╮╭╯              ╰╮
 1103.62  ┤                     │           ╰╮╭╮╭╮      ╭╯ ╰╮ ╭╯  ╰╮    ╭╯            ╰╯╰╯                │  ╭
 1097.00  ┤                    ╭╯            ╰╯╰╯╰╮  ╭╮╭╯   ╰─╯    │   ╭╯                                 │  │
 1090.38  ┤              ╭╮╭╮ ╭╯                  ╰╮╭╯││           ╰╮  │                                  │  │
 1083.75  ┤           ╭╮╭╯╰╯╰─╯                    ││ ╰╯            ╰╮╭╯                                  ╰╮╭╯
 1077.12  ┤          ╭╯╰╯                          ╰╯                ╰╯                                    ││
 1070.50  ┤     ╭─╮╭╮│                                                                                     ││
 1063.88  ┼─╮  ╭╯ ╰╯╰╯                                                                                     ╰╯
 1057.25  ┤ ╰╮╭╯
 1050.62  ┤  ╰╯
 1044.00  ┤

Chart last updated - Sun Nov  3 15:24:57 +03 2024

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  1. nyx nyx Public archive

    My overengineered NixOS flake. Desktops, laptops, servers and everything else that can run an OS.

    Nix 339 10

  2. schizofox/schizofox schizofox/schizofox Public

    Hardened Firefox flake for the delusional and the schizophrenics.

    Nix 195 17

  3. hyprland-community/Hyprkeys hyprland-community/Hyprkeys Public archive

    A simple, scriptable keybind retrieval utility for Hyprland [maintainer=none]

    Go 121 6

  4. nvf nvf Public

    A highly modular, extensible and distro-agnostic Neovim configuration framework for Nix/NixOS.

    Nix 209 28

  5. catApi catApi Public

    A scuffed website to display random pictures of random cats of people who contribute to it. No NFTs... yet.

    Go 4

  6. tailray tailray Public

    Rust implementation of tailscale-systray

    Rust 6 1