Kurtis Mullins
Originally from Dayton, Ohio, I moved to Central Maine in 2021 with my family, where we have a small homestead. When I'm not writing code or tinkering in the homelab, you'll usually find me training BJJ, working on the property, exploring Maine, or catching live music.
Available for Work
By the way, I take on freelance work. I mostly help with backend systems, cloud infrastructure, internal tools, and new product ideas. Feel free to reach out!
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Interests
- Grappling
- BJJ since 2014. Currently focused on No Gi. Would love to own a gym one day!
- Homesteading
- Rebuilding my house while living in it. Sustenance farming, rainwater, solar, firewood, woodworking, plus low-power sensors and IoT projects around the property. Self-sufficiency over aesthetics.
- Photography
- Sony A7 IV, iPhone. Maine landscapes, family, whatever catches my eye. Working on shadows, lighting, composition, and posing.
- Homelab
- Proxmox, NixOS, Kubernetes, low-power servers, networking gear, fiber between the house and barn. I run household apps here and use it to try whatever seems useful or interesting.
- Programming
- Programming in general. Systems, tools, automation, backend work, interpreters, game experiments, weird corners of computing. Rust is in the mix, but it is not the whole story.
- Game Development
- Mostly Roblox and Scratch with my kid, plus side experiments in Unity, Unreal, SDL, and Bevy. More interested in mechanics and underlying systems than graphics or physics.
- Retro Tech
- Old computers, retro game systems, odd operating systems, any machine with a story. Linux since Red Hat 6 and early Slackware. Soft spot for OpenBSD, AmigaOS, and big iron.
- Live Music
- Local bands, small venues, and camping at music festivals whenever I can make the time.
- Exploring
- Mountains, swimming holes, coffee shops, book stores, hiking, good food, little towns, Common Ground Fair, the occasional ren faire.