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Hey there!

I'm currently a high school specialising in Computer Science and related fields. I do some occasional side jobs,
so [contact me](/contact) if you are interested!

## Skills

### Proficient

- <i class="fa-brands fa-python"></i> Python
    - <i class="fa-brands fa-discord"></i>
      [hikari](https://pypi.org/project/hikari/)/[lightbulb](https://pypi.org/project/hikari-lightbulb/)/[miru](https://pypi.org/project/hikari-miru/)
      Discord bot stack
        - <i class="fa-solid fa-code-branch"></i> Check out the source code for the [Jambox](/2023/05/06/jambox.html) music bot for a representation of my
          current abilities
    - <i class="fa-solid fa-globe"></i> [aiohttp](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp/) asynchronus web server
        - <i class="fa-solid fa-layer-group"></i> Experience integrating Jinja templates
          using [aiohttp-jinja2](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp-jinja2/)
- <i class="fa-solid fa-server"></i> [Proxmox virtual environment](https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve)
    - <i class="fa-solid fa-boxes-stacked"></i> Experience with both Virtual Machines and Linux Containers
        - <i class="fa-solid fa-desktop"></i> Experience configuring Linux, Windows, and DOS virtual machines
- <i class="fa-brands fa-linux"></i> Linux command line (sh/bash/zsh)

### Emerging

Skills that I am still working on improving

- <i class="fa-brands fa-docker"></i> Building Docker containers for Python projects
- <i class="fa-solid fa-microchip"></i> C/C++
- <i class="fa-brands fa-java"></i> Java
    - <i class="fa-solid fa-book"></i> Don't worry, I read Design Patterns
- <i class="fa-solid fa-chart-line"></i> Metrics aggregation using Prometheus and Grafana
- <i class="fa-brands fa-square-js"></i> JavaScript/TypeScript
    - <i class="fa-brands fa-react"></i> Experience with React & Next.js
- <i class="fa-solid fa-pen-ruler"></i> Frontend programming & Design
    - <i class="fa-brands fa-html5"></i> HTML
    - <i class="fa-brands fa-css3-alt"></i> CSS/SASS
    - <i class="fa-brands fa-bootstrap"></i> Bootstrap
    - <i class="fa-solid fa-circle-info"></i> I wrote this website and the Informinator news aggregator from scratch, check out their source code if you wnt to
      see my current abilities

### Other

- <i class="fa-solid fa-mountain-sun"></i> Bryce 3.1 (The raytracing renderer from 1997)
  - <i class="fa-solid fa-circle-info"></i> Used to create the logo for [Jambox](/2023/05/06/jambox.html)