Hello! My name is Matthew and I come from the Internet
Student | Game Developer | Arch Linux Contributor | Tech Enthusiast | Zen Buddhist
About AsylumTech
AsylumTech is a company that doesn't exist...
Yet.
It serves as an outlet for my desire to help others and my passion for technology.
Forget the cookie-cutter tech factories churning out the same old bits. AsylumTech is a different breed. We're the oasis of sanity in a desert of digital madness. Our team knows the only way to outmaneuver the tech monoliths is to think outside the server room. We break the mold, bend the code, and craft solutions that leave the competition scratching their silicon heads. Our haven is for those who crave tech with a backbone, where logic reigns supreme and innovation dances to its own beat.
Step inside, shed the digital straitjacket, and let AsylumTech ignite your tech sanity. From mind-bending code that cracks open hidden possibilities to tools that bridge the communication gap like digital Esperanto, we craft tech that sets your thinking ablaze. We're the alchemists of innovation, transforming the mundane into the magnificent, one groundbreaking byte at a time. So join us, grab your intellectual spork, and let's rewrite the digital rulebook, together.
The Asylum
In Douglas Adam's book, "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish", The Asylum refers to the California home of Wonko the Sane. Losing faith with humanity after reading the directions on a pack of tooth-picks and contemplating the state of a society that needs directions on packages of tooth-picks, Wonko built the Asylum and put the whole world in it. His home is inside-out.
Inside of his home is outside of The Asylum.
You are inside the Asylum.
The Tech
Think of me as a tech translator, a security shaman, and a usability whisperer rolled into one. I turn tech jargon into plain English, patch vulnerabilities before they bite, and craft digital solutions that fit your needs like a comfy coding chair.
So, ditch the digital straitjacket and let's chat. No hype, no jargon, just a tech sherpa guiding you to sanity one bit at a time.
Contact me today and let's make your tech life less buggy and more brilliant.
Projects
Haven of The Embraced
Haven of the Embraced is an online Multi-User Dungeon or MUD style RPG based on White-Wolf Publishing's World of Darkness roleplaying systems. The game is written in C and I've been the lead developer for Haven since 2011. (Github) Prior to that I had played for years and contributed some time as a zone Builder. I did most of the System Admin work for the game server including setting up a LAMP stack and crafting CI/CD pipelines.
Arch Linux
I have been using Arch Linux since 2010, contributing to the project since 2014. I do Packaging Testing of official Arch Linux packages, Maintain packages and write PKGBUILDs for the Arch User Repository, and provide limited support to the Arch Linux community answering user questions. Packages I maintain and comments I've made can be found on my AUR profile.
ALPM / Pacman
I have made minor contributions to Pacman the Arch Linux package manager, assisting with internationalization and cleaning up messy output to users. Those commits are found here in the official Arch Linux Pacman gitlab.
Linux from Scratch
LFS is an extensive project of building your own GNU/Linux operating system from nothing but a book of written instructions. 'Hints' are user-submitted guides for building Linux from Scratch with different features not included in the official guide. I have updated and maintain a guide for installing Pacman to the LFS system for package management.