Hey! I'm nlion aka NLion74
I'm currently years old and living in northern Germany.
I am (so far) an entirely self-taught developer. My fascination with programming began when I was twelve, which was over half a decade ago now. I generally prefer to work in the backend, but I also dabble in frontend/full-stack development. I am an avid Linux enthusiast, a leftist, and prospective computer science student.
Within this field, I generally love to build things from scratch to understand how they work underneath. However, beyond that, my interests constantly shift (as they do with ADHD); they often include math, and especially its use in computer science, as well as psychology, philosophy, and the natural sciences in general.
Of course, not all my interests sound so grand; they can be quite trivial, in fact: I have an obsession with every modern hot beverage, coffee, tea, and matcha (although this is technically tea). I am also quite addicted to climbing plastic rock, or bouldering. And am also a keen user of Letterboxd and Storygraph, used to watch a lot of anime, and like to read novels. You can find my tracking platforms for these three things below.
Skills
My Portfolio
arch-manwarn
A minimalist AUR package written in Rust that checks Arch news for manual intervention notices and blocks pacman upgrades or installs when needed.
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ICS-WebUntis
A lightweight service that exports timetables from WebUntis as .ics calendar feeds.
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Matrix-Notifier
API for sending messages over the Matrix protocol, built with matrix-nio and fully containerized with Docker.
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SocialAnimal
An open source, selfhostable social platform to share calendars, from different external providers with each other. Still in early development. Project available at socialanimal.net.
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Meuron
A simple, modular neural network library for Rust that supports feed-forward layers, multiple cost functions, and activation functions.
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Rust-Webserver
A simple implementation of a web server written in Rust that explores the inner workings of modern networking.
Freelance Site
My first professional freelance project: a portfolio website for a photographer.
3D Engine
A very experimental 3D rendering engine built from scratch in Rust using only minifb for window management.
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Feel free to reach out for collaborations or potential hiring opportunities. My PGP key is available at nlion.nl/pgp.txt and can be imported with:
curl -sL https://nlion.nl/pgp.txt | gpg --import
| Username | Platform |
|---|---|
| bG4ubm9pbG5Abm9pbG4= | Email (PGP Encrypt if needed) |
| @nlion:nlion.nl | Matrix |
| nlion74 | Discord |
Socials
Github https://github.com/NLion74
MyAnimeList https://myanimelist.net/profile/nlion
Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/nlion/
Storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/nlion
Reddit (rarely used) https://www.reddit.com/user/nlion74_2/