My name's Max.
Living in the beautiful city of Sydney, I go by Ruuen on the internet.
I've been learning software development since 2020.
I manage bug & incident investigations across several products at Humanforce as our Applications Support Engineer.
I'm looking for an opportunity to work as a Software / DevOps Engineer.
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 always learning new things.
Here's a few passions I love pursuing for fun:
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I run a homelab for self-hosting software and experimentation.
At the moment I'm running some of below pieces of hardware:
- Dell Optiplex 0000 running Proxmox with Debian VMs for self-hosted services and lab monitoring.
- RPi4 hosting PiHole + Unbound, preparing to host WebSDR
- Intel N100 running OPNsense as a firewall
I'm currently stocking up on hard drives to convert my Ryzen 1700x system into a ZFS NAS and backup server from used parts.
These environments are fully automated using Ansible and Terraform. Environment and service metrics are monitored using Prometheus and Grafana, with log consolidation being handled by Graylog + rsyslog.
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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'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.