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Hello there!

I’m Piper (she/they), a software engineer by trade, computer tinkerer & entrepreneur by hobby, and master of sprouting strange new interests. I usually use this blog to write about things I’ve done that seem somewhat noteworthy, but sometimes other topics might find their way in here.

What do I do for fun?⌗

My persistent interests tend to be related to one of these broad topics:

  • Programming
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Networking
  • Data Hoarding

Currently, there are a few technologies that really have my interest:

  • The Rust programming language
  • The Nix package manager and NixOS operating system
  • The Datomic database
  • The art of data hoarding
  • Home networking, though my home network has probably progressed far beyond what one would typically put under “home networking.”

What do I do for work?⌗

I currently work as a systems engineer for Cloudflare. On my free time, I work on projects for Lutris, my engineering firm.

Where else can you find my writing?⌗

I’m still working on finding some of my old writing that I’m proud of and moving it over to this blog. Here’s a collection of some of my writing that’s still available across the web.

What’s the tech behind this blog?⌗

This blog is actually hosted in my utility room closet! I have gigabit internet at home, so I figured I might as well just run my personal blog from home. It’s a Hugo static site built using Nix and served up using Nginx on NixOS, and connected to the outside world through a Cloudflare Tunnel, meaning I don’t need to worry about NAT, port forwarding, DDoSes, or anything else of the sort.

Who made that profile picture?⌗

I commissioned it from Nathan Butler (@xXacidnekoXx on Twitter - fair warning, he posts some not-safe-for-work content) a while back!

How can you contact me?⌗

If you’d like to get in touch with me, send me an email to any address at this domain (piperswe.me). They all go straight to my inbox.