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About Me

I am a transitioning Air Force cyber dude. I am currently seeking employment opportunities as I make my transition from military to civilian life. I have over 12 years experience in Cyber in the Air Force and absolutely enjoy learning and growing my skillset.

Hobbies (things I enjoy)

  • Video games such as Satisfactory, EVE Echoes, EVE Online, and various time wasting mobile games.
  • 3D Printing: I currently have a Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro and an Ender 3 (early model). I am usually printing things for my kids and occasionally print something for myself.
  • Programming: I used to be primarily PHP focused, but discovered the joys of Python in 2019 and have been working on various projects to enhance my skills.
  • Home Lab: I self-host many open-source apps that are either for my enjoyment or for home/work enrichment .
  • AI: I have a growing collection of AI tools and platforms that I use on the daily such as image generation (Stable Diffusion, Flux) and LLMs (7B parameter models for small, low-intensity tasks)

Python Projects

I am have two main projects that I am currently working on: Nova Trade Wars and Questify.

Nova Trade Wars

Nova Trade Wars has been featured on my blog before. This is a very large project which encompasses creation of a simple python-driven universe simulation (similar to EVE Online or 4x) where players and NPCs work together (or in opposition) to take control of the universe. It is meant to be a browser-based, casual game where many people can come together and work towards domination.

Some of the game features currently implemented:

  • CLI tools to generate and populate a game world. This includes planets, resources, NPC factions and building a robust inter-connection matrix which allows for movement between all systems.
  • Server shell and skeleton of a process management system to monitor game threads and workers. This simple shell allows to start/stop/reload of modular game workers.
  • Initial stages of an admin web GUI that gives the macro overview of each game instance. Also contains a full blogging platform for posting to the main website.
  • Proof-of-concept blog front-end built using Vue.js.
  • API powered by Appwrite which will serve as the backend service.

Questify

When I hit burnout on Nova Trade Wars, I like to shift gears on this fun side project. This project is currently in its forming stages, but it is essentially a self-hostable app that parents can use as a tool for gamifying chores or tasks for their kids. I do plan on setting up a public GitHub repo for this soon.

Planned technical features:

  • Flask w/ SQLAlchemy - easy to modify what type of database you'd want to use
  • Docker-centric design for easy self-hosting
  • FastAPI companion project for allowing outside app integrations