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I work on systems. Linux, C, and Rust: drivers, embedded targets, and low-level programming. I am steadily moving the rest of my work down the stack. Tor, Whonix and key handling are a standing interest.
In a past life I wrote a lot of React, every manner of JavaScript, Laravel, and a long list of other web frameworks, mostly event queueing.
I run Samwise Development, my cloud and software consultancy. Before it, full-stack and cloud work across agencies and two startups I co-founded, including production pages for Google I/O. I started out at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory doing DARPA-funded underwater acoustics for autonomous vehicles: Python and MATLAB, and embedded work on custom NI instrumentation. Classified DoD work on a Secret clearance that has since lapsed.
Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. Computer Science, Computing Systems. Starts fall 2027.
Western Governors University, B.S. Network and Cloud Engineering. 2027.
Penn State, coursework in computer engineering and security and risk analysis.
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+
ITIL 4 Foundation
penn@goolz.org
github.com/melonmelonz
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Last update: October 17, 2026.
boot '95