I build things that boot.
For over 25 years I have been the person you call when the hardware is unusual, the toolchain is missing, or the problem has never been solved before. I design embedded Linux distributions, automate everything that moves, and turn curiosity into working software — from a Raspberry PI the size of a credit card to Kubernetes clusters spanning three clouds.
I learn continuously, I build relentlessly, and I genuinely enjoy the hard parts.
25 years in one build feat. Raspberry PI
Every engineer has a medium. Mine became the Raspberry PI — a $35 board I bent into whole Linux distributions and shipping products.
pipaOS
Where it started. Hand-rolled, compact and ridiculously fast — my first homegrown distro, seed of everything below.
PiCute
Desktop-class QT5 on a $35 board. Kano Computing noticed — pieces made it into official KanoOS.
KivyPie
The official Kivy image of its era. Python touch apps at native speed, one download away.
PiLove
Love2D on a credit-card computer. Game dev in five minutes — the community loved it. Literally.
The archive open the drawers
Open source, hardware hackery and the occasional wild idea that turned out to be useful.
XSysroot
Cross-compile toolingSwiss-army knife that automated every distro I built — and made it into ArchLinux. GitHub →
Kano OS
OS Design LeadKids computer OS + its 24/7 CI/CD: automated builds, Debian packaging, self-hosted repos.
PiCute
QT5 distroQT5/QML builds for the PI — heartbeat of Kano apps for kids.
kdesk
Desktop shellFeatherweight X11 desktop for kids games on the PI.
KivyPie
Official Kivy imageNine releases, zero drama. Kivy, one click from a burnable zip.
PiLove
Love2D distroGames on a credit card. Small image, big smile.
KanoUbuntu
ExperimentalKanoOS games on official Ubuntu PI. "It should not work" is just a scoped task.
pipaOS
Homegrown distroCompact, fast, stubbornly hand-built. Eight years of releases.
SDL2 on PI
Upstream contributionCross-compiled SDL2 builds + a fix upstreamed.
PiHeat
Monitoring · VoltaPI temperature monitoring for homebrew server rooms.
NAT Terraform
Network as codeNAT topologies as versioned, repeatable code.
RPI Tiny
BusyBox buildsAutomated BusyBox PI images, source to boot.
run-kernel
Kernel playgroundKernel dev framework: configure, build, boot, iterate.
RPI Poweroff
HW + kernelA power-off button done properly: MCU firmware + Device Tree Overlays.
VirtualBox Debian
AutomationUnattended Debian image builds via XSysroot.
Matrix in QML
Graphics · KanoMatrix screensaver, GPU-accelerated.
MagicMirror PI
OSS contributionSmart-mirror distro, weekly builds, 100+ community modules.
Marula
Wikipedia offlineSolar PIs carrying the whole Wikipedia offline, with Wikimedia blessing.
Draft PR
Coming soon?The next git commit is usually the interesting one.
Curiosity, catalogued
Continuous learning does not produce a stack — it produces a toolbox.
Let us build something together.
I am open to roles and projects where curiosity is a required skill. If your roadmap includes things that do not exist yet, we should probably talk. The best way to reach me is LinkedIn — say hi, I actually answer.
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