Hey!

About Me

I'm raf, most commonly known as NotAShelf on the internet. I am a professional sailor and sailmaker, intermediate DevSecOps and SysAdmin in training. Fulltime procrastinator.

I am an International Relations major, currentling pursuing a PhD in the field of Political Science. My freetime mostly goes towards working on occasional open source projects and DevSecOps activities. Ever since I have been introduced to the world of Linux in late 2018, I have been very passionate about writing my own software and System Administration. Home-made CLI applications are my favorites, I like writing my own software over using others'.

I consider myself well-versed in full-stack technologies, my focus is generally on backend applications using Go.

• 📅 Programming since 2018
• ⛵ Working as a Sailmaker
• 🏫 Part-time IR/POLS instructor, forever student
• 🖥️ NixOS / Hyprland / Neovim
• 👨 Despite its shortcomings, Go is my go-to language (pun fully intended)
• 🌐 Frontend via React/NextJS used to be my primary stack. Now I focus more on backend applications and System Administration.
• ❄️a NixOS remains my favorite Linux distro for both personal and enterprise use. I manage my own fleet of servers and virtual machines powered by it.
• 📫 Contact me @ raf [at] notashelf [dot] dev or on Discord, by sending a friend request to @notashelf
• 🎲 Fun fact: I have entered the world of Linux, Programming and Open Source through a misadventure involving a Linux VPS and a Minecraft server back in 2018

🔭 Currently working on:

Nix

Bash, Go, Python, Typescript, Java, JS

• nvf - a highly extensible and distro agnostic configuration framework for Neovim using Nix • Nyx - the first child of Chaos and also an alias for my configuration for the ultimate declarative Linux distro, NixOS! • Nyxpkgs - collection of packages not found in Nixpkgs • ndg - alternative documentation generation for any Nix based module system • Schizofox - privacy and security oriented Firefox configuration for Home-manager

• Docr - barebones static site generator in Go • CatApi - minimal API for serving pictures of your cats. Features a convenient frontend • Tailray - rust implementation of Tailscale systray • Hyprkeys - powerful and easy to use keyboard utility designed for my favorite Wayland Compositor, Hyprland • Kamishiba - replacement to the now-deleted manga-cli from AUR [WIP] • Goblin - termbin-inspired paste service to replace Fiche, written in Go

📫 How to reach me

💻 Languages and Tools

I despise Javascript, Nix despises me

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I like chess! Here is an ascii tracker of my 100 previous chess.com rapid games.

  # ♟︎ Chess.com Ratings Chart #

  Rapid Rating
Rating Chart:
 1150.00  ┤                                                                           ╭╮
 1143.38  ┤                                                                           │╰╮╭╮          ╭╮  ╭╮╭╮╭
 1136.75  ┤                                                                          ╭╯ ╰╯╰╮        ╭╯╰╮╭╯╰╯╰╯
 1130.12  ┤                                                                         ╭╯     │        │  ││
 1123.50  ┤                               ╭╮╭╮╭╮                                   ╭╯      ╰╮      ╭╯  ╰╯
 1116.88  ┤                              ╭╯╰╯╰╯╰╮╭╮                     ╭╮        ╭╯        ╰╮    ╭╯
 1110.25  ┤                             ╭╯      ╰╯╰─╮            ╭─╮   ╭╯╰╮      ╭╯          ╰╮╭╮╭╯
 1103.62  ┤                             │           ╰╮╭╮╭╮      ╭╯ ╰╮ ╭╯  ╰╮    ╭╯            ╰╯╰╯
 1097.00  ┤                            ╭╯            ╰╯╰╯╰╮  ╭╮╭╯   ╰─╯    │   ╭╯
 1090.38  ┤╭╮                    ╭╮╭╮ ╭╯                  ╰╮╭╯││           ╰╮  │
 1083.75  ┼╯╰╮                ╭╮╭╯╰╯╰─╯                    ││ ╰╯            ╰╮╭╯
 1077.12  ┤  ╰───╮           ╭╯╰╯                          ╰╯                ╰╯
 1070.50  ┤      ╰╮     ╭─╮╭╮│
 1063.88  ┤       ╰─╮  ╭╯ ╰╯╰╯
 1057.25  ┤         ╰╮╭╯
 1050.62  ┤          ╰╯
 1044.00  ┤

Chart last updated - Fri May  3 04:05:40 +03 2024