phydias

This is my corner of the internet. The terminal is real. Click it and type help.

phydias@phydias.net ~ zsh
$ whoami

I build things, break servers, fix servers, and write about it here.

$ phydias --now-playing

Now Playing

Every deploy needs a soundtrack. This is the current one.

current_track.json

Rotated by hand, whenever the current favorite stops slapping. Run phydias --now-playing in the terminal up top. Same card.

$ cat resume.txt --brief

The Resume, Abridged

The credibility part, kept short.

DevOps Engineer 2017–2019
→
Python Developer / Automation Engineer 2019–2020
→
DevOps / Cloud Engineer 2020–2024

5+ years in production · 100+ servers managed · 99.9% uptime · 40% faster deployments

  • education: B.S. Information Systems & Data Science, Brooklyn College · Software Engineering training, Per Scholas
  • certs: DevOps & Software Engineering · Data Engineering · Automation with Python · AWS Solutions Architect (studying for it, no fake badges here)
$ tail -f blog.log

Blog

New post when something's worth writing.

playlist

tracks i deploy to

Every deploy needs a soundtrack. Ten tracks that have carried more rollouts than I can count.

read → automation

how i automated myself out of friday deploys

SSH into a server, copy files, pray. Then I got tired of praying.

read → travel

frankfurt: a recap

Skyline, apfelwein, and an old town that came back from the dead. Germany's most underrated city.

read →
$ tail -f travels.log

Travel

35 cities, 4 countries so far. Opinions included, facts optional.

Buffalo: wings at the source. yes, they're better
Torrington: quiet connecticut corner
New York: home turf. all five boroughs, plus newark & jersey city
Philadelphia: cheesesteaks and attitude, as advertised
Washington DC: the museums are free, which still feels like a glitch
Hilton Head Island: golf carts and beaches. retirement rehearsal
West Palm Beach: miami's calmer, richer cousin
Fort Lauderdale: venice of america, but with yachts
Miami: vice city. the energy is unmatched
Minneapolis–Saint Paul: twin cities, single-digit winters. saint cloud up the road
Madison: a college town that figured it out
Coldwater, MI: small town, big calm
Fort Wayne: three rivers, zero pretension
Indianapolis: the 500 is a religion
Columbus: loveland too. ohio is underrated
Des Moines & Ames: iowa nice is a real thing
Dallas: everything really is bigger
Houston: space city. come hungry
SF Bay: hills, fog, $9 toast
Frankfurt: skyline, apfelwein, underrated
Nuremberg: medieval walls and gingerbread. zero regrets
Paris: lives up to the hype, crowds and all
Ouagadougou: try spelling it on the first try
Koudougou & Réo: west of the capital, worth the road
Fada N'Gourma: gateway to the east
Cinkansé: border town energy. togo on one side, burkina on the other
Bobo-Dioulasso: the other burkina city. slower, warmer
$ cat garage.txt

The Garage

Dream cars, strong opinions, zero spec sheets.

Porsche 911 sixty years of the same silhouette, because they nailed it the first time.
BMW X5M an SUV that embarrasses sports cars. Absurd, and I want one.
Audi RSQ8 600 horsepower in a family-car body. Practical chaos.
Ferrari F40 the last analog supercar. Fight me.
$ systemctl status phydias
phydias status:🟢 operational
mood:99.9%
caffeine:degraded
$ ping phydias

Let's have a chat

Everything starts with a conversation: work, music, travel, cars, anything.

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