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Hello there, I'm Satch!
I live in Heath, MA, and am currently in my senior year of high school.
This website is rather new and at present is an almost exact copy of [Tim Visee's site](https://vis.ee).

*_Below this point, the text has not been updated from Tim's site yet_*

I prefer to make software free and open-source, because I believe it's
important to allow anybody to inspect, modify, improve, contribute and verify
it without restrictions. I also contribute to various other open projects as
well.

See the [Me on the web](@/about.md#me-on-the-web) section below for a
comprehensive overview of my online profiles.

Here is my usual developer sales pitch, as posted on my [LinkedIn][linkedin]
page:

## Sales pitch
- Open-source & free software enthusiast
- Linux fanatic
- Rust evangelist
- Git master
- Vim wizard

Self-educated software engineer started at 8 years old, always looking to expand
my technical knowledge with challenging projects.  
Drive to built reliable, secure, robust & high-performance software with the
best technologies available to make the digital world a better place. Constantly
searching for innovative solutions to develop software not just for robots, but
also for humans.

#### Interests
- Application back-end development
- Systems programming (Rust)
- Automation, containerization (Docker)
- Linux

#### Experience
- Java
- Web technologies (PHP, HTML, JavaScript)
- CI/CD
- Python
- Bash
- C#
- LaTeX
- Windows
- _and much more_

## Me on the web
Most of my [work](@/projects.md) are available on my git profiles:

- [GitHub][github] <span class="muted">([projects](https://github.com/timvisee?tab=repositories))</span>
- [GitLab][gitlab] <span class="muted">([projects](https://gitlab.com/users/timvisee/projects))</span>
- [sr.ht][sr.ht] <span class="muted">([projects](https://git.sr.ht/~timvisee))</span>

Like any developer, I use Stack Overflow and alike for development and IT related
questions and answers:

- [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow]
- [Stack Exchange][stackexchange]

I do my news reading and social activity through the following websites:

- [Reddit][reddit]
- [Hacker News][hackernews]
- [Lobsters][lobsters]
- [Mastodon][mastodon]
- [Twitter][twitter]

Here are some other noteworthy profiles of mine:

- [LinkedIn][linkedin]
- [Steam][steam]
- [Mixcloud][mixcloud]

To send me a message, please check out the [Contact](@/contact.md) page.

## Donate or Sponsor
To support my current and future work, you can sponsor me.

See the [Donate](@/donate.md) page for more information.

## Other things I like
Some other random things I like besides my usual development activity that I
didn't list above are:

- Music, to listen to, usually while at work
  - Deep house, House, Electronic, Techno and _related_
- DIY (Do it Yourself) projects of various sorts, I like to be creative
- Gaming, [oh yes][steam-games]
- Scouting and other activities, outside, in-nature, such as camping or hiking

[github]: https://github.com/timvisee
[gitlab]: https://gitlab.com/timvisee
[hackernews]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=timvisee
[linkedin]: https://linkedin.com/in/timvisee
[lobsters]: https://lobste.rs/u/timvisee/
[mastodon]: https://mastodon.social/@timvisee
[mixcloud]: https://www.mixcloud.com/timvisee/
[reddit]: https://reddit.com/u/timvisee
[sr.ht]: https://sr.ht/~timvisee
[stackexchange]: https://stackexchange.com/users/980236?tab=accounts
[stackoverflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1000145
[steam-games]: https://steamcommunity.com/id/timvisee/games/?tab=all
[steam]: https://steamcommunity.com/id/timvisee
[twitter]: https://twitter.com/likecaffeinated