I'm 31 years old and have been programming since I was eight years old -- my first language was LOGO with Turtle graphics.

I work on a wide variety of projects ranging from video game development, AIs to play them, to retro console toolchain internals, low-level C and ASM libraries, and even large projects such as the Simple DirectMedia Layer.

I'm a contributor to a bunch of repos and love to share the FOSS love wherever I go. FOSS was how I got to where I am today, and I want to pay it forward wherever I can.

• Improving code performance in critical, hot-paths
  • I use SIMD in SSE 4.2, AVX(+2), and NEON to beat GCC and clang routinely
• Retro and modern console video game development, I have software shipped on:
  • GameBoy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo 3DS
  • Playstation Vita
  • Playstation Portable
  • Nintendo Switch
• Toolchain development
  • I ported Wonderful Toolchain to macOS
  • I work with Meson to target dozens of platforms in a single codebase
• Multiplayer software
  • I work on Apotris where we support true multiplatform multiplayer between up to 5 players
  • I dream of supporting 256 players in a single session
  • I work on both traditional TCP/UDP netcode as well as GBA Wireless Adapters, Link Cables, NDS RFU, PS Vita Ad-Hoc, and more!
• FPGA development
  • I integrated SNAC GBA EXT port hardware with a forked MiSTer-FPGA core to connect the FPGA to a real console via link cable (this work is unreleased due to incompatible licensing)
  • I've backported a number of fixes from the GBA 1P core to the GBA 2P core
  • I added the GBA Video ("Shrek") movie mapper to a GBA core
  • I ported the itself-ported GBATang FPGA core (a fork/port of GBA-MiSTer to Tang) back to MiSTer which greatly improved emulation accuracy in test suites
  • I have dreams of an NDS core but I think the DE-10 Nano FPGA may be at its limit for NDS
• (V)LM development
  • I was a brief contributor to MLX-LM and work to engineer my own harnesses for agents
  • I work in the scene to add safeties and bias out copyrighted content wherever I can to ensure ethical generation
  • I support grassroots communities of independent model engineers to empower users to avoid closed-source and corporate-controlled models in favor of local models with open weights and massively reduced power utilization

• I run my own sole proprietorship providing social media services
• I'm seeking formal employment so I can set my own company aside
• I'm working to complete the Apotris multiplayer experience
• I'm wrapping up and shipping out my Eden Toolchain as an alternative to devkitPro

• Discord: @vagabondtruffle