About me

Hi! I'm Taxo Rubio

I'm a software engineer from Granada, Spain.

I am a systems and web software engineer, applying the term "full stack" in the most literal way possible. On the systems side, I work on real-time systems mainly in C99, Modern C++ (>=11) and Rust. On the web side, I do vanilla TypeScript frontends and Python, PHP and Rust backends, sprinkled with some light frameworks such as HTMX, JQuery and Bootstrap. I do all this mouse-free with a Linux terminal-centric workflow and lots of small scripts I write to automate many tasks. If you'd like to talk shop, you can mail me at [Email protected].

Unfortunately, you'll need to run some lightweight but non-trivially readable JavaScript code to read my email address. However, if you're smart about it, you can infer the address from the domain name. Try a couple of addresses just in case I blocked one already ;-)

But enough about the professional me! I'm an advocate for free software and a collaborative, decentralised internet where people connect to each other and peronsal relationships thrive. In my free time, I like to take long walks; play board and video games, mostly classics and RuneScape, my comfy MMO; and write my own programs. You can also send me some mail to play together one day or have some coffee if you're close by!

Computer science and other studies

I completed my Computer Science degree in 2023 at the University of Granada, Spain. Before that, I also completed a Media Studies degree in 2018 at the University of Málaga, also in Spain.

My Computer Science bachelor's thesis consisted on the implementation of gcl, an C++ library that explores the metaprogramming techniques used to develop a standard library like the STL. The ~groctel/ugr project contains repositories for many of the subjects I took during the degree.

As I had a lower understanding of many computer science topics then than now, some of the projects have stopped working for numerous reasons; I'm working on making them usable again and will upload the results soon(TM).

Other ways to find me

Here are, in no particular order, some places where you can find me that not listed at the top bar. Still, if you wish to directly contact me, my preferred method is the email address listed above. Well, that's not true. My absolutely preferred method is that you give me a call, but I'm not publishing my phone number just like that ;D

Projects I contribute to:
- AUR - Arch Linux's User Repository.
  - My package testing repository is ~groctel/pkgbuilds.
- OpenStreetMap - A map by the people, for the people.
  - See how you can help map the world from home or on the outside with your Android/iOS phone.
  - Find your local community at this OSM Community Index.
Software forges I use to contribute to foreign projects:
- Sourcehut - The hacker's forge where I host my repos, with a plain text e-mail-based workflow and the interface uses no JavaScript. I love it!
- Codeberg - Nice free software project with a familiar UI. I don't have much here yet, but I may use it in future big projects for which I expect lots of contributions.
- I rarely use GitLab or GitHub, as I much prefer free, decentralised forges.
Find me in the games you play:
- Old School RuneScape - Btw I'm an Ironman ;)
- Lichess - Free online chess games.
- Retro Achievements - Community achievements for old console games.

About this website

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