Alok Ranjan
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I go by ryu on the internet
I am a backend engineer, a ricer, a to-be cybersecurity specialist and a lot more ;) .
likes:
- cats
- phonk/funk
- midnight snacks and coffee
- good documentation — if it’s not documented, it doesn’t exist
- ricing (wm, fonts, colors, everything)
- minimal, efficient cli tools that just work
dislikes:
- people who skip the
man
page - messy code and unstructured repos
- bloated software with zero config options
- vague bug reports and unclear commit messages
- using the mouse too much
tools of choice:
- neovim + tmux
- zsh
- arch btw (hyprland)
- python, go, rust, bash, C
- fastapi, docker, django, postgres, traefik
when i’m not coding:
- playing badminton or walking (indeed, I do touch grass)
- exploring reverse-engineering
- reading about infosec or learning about DevOps
- rewriting the same scripts until it feels right
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