Kylie McClain

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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

  • Student IT Technician at Appalachian State University Technology Support Services (2018-present)
    • Virus removal, data backup, hardware diagnostics, ticket management via Jira.
    • Customer service, explaining repair steps taken to customers upon them picking up their computers.
    • 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. :-)

Education

  • Appalachian State University (2018-present)
    • Pursuing a Bachelor of Philosophy, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
  • Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (2016-2018, transferred)
  • Concord High School (2012-2016, graduated)

Skills & Interests

Software
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.
Infrastructure experience
Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit, Gitolite
Interests
Minimalist system design, system administration, small systems, efficient use of resources.

Italicized: projects I have contributed to in some way. Embolded: things I’m currently using.

Open-source activity

  • Core developer, Exherbo Linux (2014-2017)
    • Coordinated efforts with approximately 20 other developers via IRC.
    • Added support for new platforms such as musl libc, and ARMv7.
    • Wrote bootstrapping documentation for new processor architectures.
    • Wrote documentation for complex code previously written by others.

Side projects

  • Mutiny, a Linux distribution/research project aiming for unique, coherent, and fun computing. (2016-present)
  • 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

  • Music making, using FL Studio. (2012-present, probably until I die)
  • 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.