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iris lightshard

Digital philosopher, cybernetic witch, informatics artisan

contact

• email: iris@wyrm.online
• signal: nilix.99

links

• studio: lightcrystal.systems
• code: forge.lightcrystal.systems/nilix

skills

• software architecture
• embedded and systems programming
• full stack web development
• cross-platform desktop development
• cloud-native development
• UX/UI design
• infrastructure as code
• test design and automated testing
• containerization, virtualization
• system administration
• network design and administration
• security testing and hardening

work

• La Montanita Food Co-op [2026-present]: keeping my city fed
• Light Crystal Systems [2022-present]: building tools and networks for grassroots computing; tech outreach and education; void linux contributions
• WEX [2022-2026]: legacy and cloud native enterprise development, production support, architecture and design, testing and automation
• Siroonian Technologies [2020-2022]: desktop and web development, embedded and microservices, systems development, testing and automation, UI design
• Macrevival [2019-2020]: mac & PC repair, system administration, data backup, imaging, networking, sales
• UC Davis [2018-2019]: system and network administration, provisioning, imaging, troubleshooting and repair

education

• UC Davis [class of 2019]: Bachelors of Arts & Sciences (Major: Philospohy, Minor: Computer Science)
• Monterey Peninsula College [class of 2016]: Associate of Arts (Philosphy, Physics, Mathematics)

highlighted work

• dollctl: the tiny devops toolkit
• orb: minimalistic, functional, hackable web search aggregator and proxy
• taro: lightweight multi-window email client
• felt: virtual tabletop
• acme9k: text editor of future past
• nirvash: flexible content management system
• eureka: semantic, customizable, flat static site generator