I'm raf, most commonly known as NotAShelf on the world wide web. I am a part-time FOSS contributor and part-time political scientist. Currently pursuing my PhD in the field of Political Science, hoping to bridge the gap between out of touch political institutions and end-user in terms of data protection and privacy (which is a fundamental human right, unbeknownst to many.)
My freetime is mostly spent working on OSS project, digital art, and other various DevSecOps activities. Ever since my introduction to the world of FOSS and Linux in late 2018, I have been very passionate about writing my own software and System Administration. While I avoid publishing them to GitHub, writing home-made CLI applications are one of my favorite past-time activities. Reliable and scalable systems are also within my interest. I work with and contribute to @NixOS in my free time to help me towards this goal.
My experience and knowledge (both in very heavy quotes) span over multiple languages and frameworks, however my primary focus remains as Go and Rust for building reliable backend applications.
- 📅 Programming since 2018
- ⛵ Professional Sailor
- 🏫 Part-time Political Scientist and lecturer, 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 on backend applications, applications security 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] devor on Discord, by sending a friend request to@notashelf - 🎲 Fun fact: I have entered the world of Linux, programming and OSS through a lengthy misadventure back in 2018 that involved a Linux VPS, a large-scale Minecraft server and an imminent crisis. I have been passionate about Linux and programming ever since.
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 - Thu Aug 8 04:11:23 +03 2024