~Hi! I’m Kylie, a 22 year old philosophy student hailing from North Carolina.
Please email me at kylie@somas.is to request further details. I can provide references.
Work
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Student IT Technician at Appalachian State University Technology Support Services (2018-present)
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Virus removal, data backup, hardware diagnostics, ticket management via Jira.
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Customer service, explaining repair steps taken to customers upon them picking up their computers.
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Known as the only person in the office who knows what they’re doing with Linux, usually machines running Linux that are having problems get referred to me.
:-)
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Education
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Appalachian State University (2018-present)
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Pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
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Arrived with an intent to pursue a degree in computer science, but my lifelong passion for philosophy and desire to learn about it in a deep manner won out. I credit philosophy for all of my opinions about how computers should work.
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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2016-2018, transferred)
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Concord High School (2012-2016, graduated)
Skills & Interests
Italicized names indicate projects I have contributed to in some way, be it code, documentation, or promotion. Embolded names indicate things I’m currently using.
- Software
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Alpine Linux, Exherbo Linux, Arch Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows 10, POSIX Shell/bash, musl libc, s6, execline, name a Unix tool, I’ve probably used it. &c.
- Infrastructure experience
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Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit
- Interests
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Minimalist system design, system administration, small systems, efficient use of resources.
Open-source activity
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Core developer, Exherbo Linux (2014-2017)
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Coordinated efforts with approximately 20 other developers via IRC.
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Redesigned site to be more modern and adaptable to mobile devices.
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Added support for new platforms such as musl libc, and ARMv7.
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Wrote bootstrapping documentation for new processor architectures.
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Wrote documentation for complex code previously written by others.
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Side projects
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Mutiny, a Linux distribution/research project aiming for unique, coherent, and fun computing. (2016-present)
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musl libc wiki, a community-maintained wiki documenting the musl libc project. I maintain the build system for it, the stylesheets, and host it.
Hobbies
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Music making, using FL Studio. (2012-present, probably until I die)
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Somewhat active contributor to OpenStreetMap.
It’s helped me to find the world around me and the community I live in a lot more interesting.
Anywhere new I go ends up on the map sooner or later.