My name's Max.
Living in the beautiful city of Sydney, I go by Ruuen on the internet.
I've been self-learning software development since 2020, with a focus on doing web development professionally.
I currently help run the Support Team at Humanforce as a Technical Support Lead.
I'm looking for an opportunity to work as a junior software developer.
I've been obsessed with computers & technology since I was a kid, but some other interests are spaceflight, motorsport, music, history and photography.
I picked up web development after years of working in software support and being amazed at how our product worked.
I create static sites and web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React. The backend of my applications either use serverless functions or C#/.NET, PostgreSQL and Docker.
I'm always open to learning new technologies and I strive to understand why tools are being used & what problems they are solving.
I'm a fast learner with attention to detail who loves the thrill of a problem to solve, and I try to put myself in environments where I'm learning new things.
Here's a few passions I love pursuing for fun:
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I'm a licensed Australian amateur radio operator.
Currently holding the callsign VK2MBR, I passed my foundation exam in February 2023.
Amateur radio gives thousands of operators around the globe the ability to communicate with the power of RF energy. We experiment with analog & digital transmission of audio, video, or data over the air.
I'm a member of the St George Amateur Radio Society, a local radio club proudly servicing the community.
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I run a homelab server environment for self-hosting software.
This is always expanding, but at the moment I'm running:
- An RPi4 hosting PiHole + Unbound
- Currently mid-upgrade 1700x/1080ti Proxmox host; Windows VM with GPU passthrough for local network game streaming, Linux VMs for services and dev environments.
- TP-Link Omada routers and managed switches
I'm currently stocking up on hard drives to finish building my ZFS NAS & backup server from used parts.
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I'm learning to build software for microcontrollers.
I started reading books and completing project kits for the Arduino Uno in 2023.
This has kicked off a new interest for building physical projects with microcontrollers, alongside the electronics & circuitry study I am doing for amateur radio.
A few things I'm aiming to build are IoT sensor-based devices using the ESP32 controller for around my home, and a cheap remote timelapse camera for outdoors.