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diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index 0e45c95..0c0e107 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <head> <meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.107.0"><title>Kumar Damani - Home</title> -<meta name="description" content="Git, email, resume etc."> +<meta name="description" content="Git, email, and resume"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/academicons/1.9.1/css/academicons.min.css" integrity="sha512-b1ASx0WHgVFL5ZQhTgiPWX+68KjS38Jk87jg7pe+qC7q9YkEtFq0z7xCglv7qGIs/68d3mAp+StfC8WKC5SSAg==" crossorigin="anonymous" /> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/palettes/gruvbox-dark.css"> +<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/palettes/tokyo-night-dark.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/risotto.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/custom.css"> </head> @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ <body> <div class="page"> - <header class="page__header"><h1 class="page__logo"><a href="https://kumardamani.net/" class="page__logo-inner">Kumar Damani - Home</a></h1> -<nav class="page__nav main-nav"> + <header class="page__header"><nav class="page__nav main-nav"> <ul> + <h1 class="page__logo"><a href="https://kumardamani.net/" class="page__logo-inner">Kumar Damani - Home</a></h1> <li class="main-nav__item"><a class="nav-main-item" href="https://kumardamani.net/post/" title="Posts">Posts</a></li> @@ -44,90 +44,90 @@ alt="my pic" width="100"/> </figure> </p> -<p>My name is Kumar. Some people call me <em>kd</em>, I’m known for being…</p> +<p>My name is Kumar. Some people call me <em>kd</em>, or <em>ku-band-mar</em>, I’m known for being…</p> <ul> -<li>that guy who hosts his own website, email, dropbox, vpn, etc. <a href="post/self-host">Read more</a>.</li> -<li>a stickler about ‘oPtiMiZing mY woRkfLoW’ by scripting anything script-able.</li> +<li>that guy who hosts his own website, dropbox, search-engine etc. +<a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/vps">DIY?</a> <a href="post/self-host">Why?</a></li> <li>a programming purist, and linguistic enthusiast.</li> <li>👎 down on social-media. I think they lead to dystopia. <a href="post/self-host#privacy">Read more</a>.</li> -<li>a B.Sc in Computer Science at the University of Toronto with a focus in Natural Language Processing</li> -</ul> -<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2> -<h3 id="my-homelab-setup">My Homelab setup</h3> -<ul> -<li>My Ansible repository used for managing my self-hosted services.</li> -<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/vps">Source on GitLab</a></li> -<li>Using: Ansible</li> -</ul> -<h3 id="namecheap-cli">Namecheap CLI</h3> -<ul> -<li>A containerized CLI to list/add/update/remove DNS records from Namecheap.</li> -<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/nccli">Source on GitLab</a></li> -<li>Using: Go</li> -</ul> -<h3 id="my-dotfiles">My dotfiles</h3> -<ul> -<li>My settings for common Linux desktop tooling.</li> -<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/dotfiles">Source on GitLab</a></li> -</ul> -<h3 id="helpthehomeless">Helpthehome(less)</h3> -<ul> -<li><a target="_blank" href="https://helpthehome-prod.herokuapp.com/">Project info page</a></li> -<li><a href="https://helpthehome-prod.herokuapp.com/">Project home</a></li> -<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/helpthehomeless">Source on GitLab</a></li> -<li>Using: NodeJs, React-Native, MongoDB, Pug (jade)</li> -</ul> -<h3 id="solutions-repo">Solutions Repo</h3> -<ul> -<li><a href="https://solutionsrepo-prod.herokuapp.com/">Project home</a></li> -<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/solutions_repo">Source on GitLab</a></li> -<li>Using: NodeJs, MongoDB, Handlebars</li> +<li>a B.Sc in CS. at U of T with a focus in NLP 😌</li> </ul> +<h1 id="projects">Projects</h1> +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th>Name</th> +<th>Active</th> +<th>Description</th> +<th>Tools</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/vps">vps</a></td> +<td>yes</td> +<td>My Ansible repository for self-hosting.</td> +<td>Ansible</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/nccli">nccli</a></td> +<td>yes</td> +<td>A Docker-ized CLI for CRUD ops with Namecheap.</td> +<td>Go</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/dotfiles-nix">nixdots</a></td> +<td>yes</td> +<td>My dotfiles for the Nix ecosystem.</td> +<td>Nix</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/dotfiles">dots</a></td> +<td>no</td> +<td>My dotfiles for general Linux home mgmt.</td> +<td>-</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> <blockquote> -<p>If you’ve found something above useful, consider <a href="#donate">sending</a> some coins my way!</p> +<p>If you found something above to be useful, consider <a href="#donate">sending</a> a few coins my way!</p> </blockquote> -<h2 id="professional-life">Professional Life</h2> -<p>Treat this section as an extension of my resume.</p> -<details> -<summary> 2020 - now </summary> -<br> -Currently working as a **DevOps** at [Kepler](https://kepler.space) 🛰️. -This is mostly a software (infrastructure) dev gig for a start-up, which is a bit new for me -coming from a more classical "DevOps" role for a mature company. There is a ton of specialized *space* -related equipment here that presents interesting problems. -<br><br> -Beyond that, I've learned a ton about -embedded computers, networking and network automation, which has opened my world up to -cool home projects for which I am very grateful for. So far, I've been responsible for the -following: +<hr> +<h1 id="professional-life">Professional Life</h1> +<p><em>Treat this section as an extension of my resume.</em></p> +<h2 id="2020---now">2020 - now</h2> +<p>Currently working as a <strong>DevOps</strong> at <a href="https://kepler.space">Kepler</a> 🛰️. +This is mostly a software (infrastructure) dev gig for a start-up, which is a bit new to me +coming from a more traditional DevOps role with a mature company. +There is a ton of specialized <em>space</em> +related equipment here that present interesting problems in DevOps.</p> +<p>I’ve learned a ton about embedded computers, networking and network automation, +which has opened my world up to all sorts of home projects for which I am very grateful for. +So far, I’ve been responsible for the following:</p> <ul> -<li>Implementing a net-boot infrastructure using Packer, PXE, Awx (Ansible Tower) to keep our -RPi fleet images and configurations in-sync and up-to-date.</li> -<li>Built a custom Linux router to support our lab’s unique hardware testing requirements -for on-demand subnet generation/teardown, and develop Ansible roles switches.</li> -<li>Completely revised our test-automation infrastructure by building a hardware-management -portal using Django with a RESTful Api (DRF) to facilitate reservation, -as well as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-in-the-loop_simulation">HITL</a> -(Hardware-in-the-loop) testing to allow us to more reliably, and frequently test our HW.</li> -<li>Designed and deployed our on-prem Kubernetes cluster to be our software -platform going forward, while facilitating the migration to Kubernetes for all pre-existing -workloads, including (but not limited to) our various distributed databases.</li> +<li>Establishing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as standard practice with Ansible.</li> +<li>Implementing a netboot infrastructure for our development servers - RPis - +using Packer, PXE, Awx (Ansible Tower) to keep them synced, predictable, and up-to-date.</li> +<li>Built a custom Linux router to support our unique hardware testing requirements +for on-demand subnet generation/teardown for isolated tests.</li> +<li>Automated our Lab network infrastructure with Ansible.</li> +<li>Devised a test-automation framework using Django to facilitate reservation, +as well as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-in-the-loop_simulation">HIL</a> +(Hardware-In-the-Loop) testing to allow us to more reliably, and frequently test our HW.</li> +<li>Designed and deployed our highly-available Kubernetes cluster to be our software +platform going forward.</li> </ul> -<p>Beyond my work as an Individual Contributor, I’ve also been responsible for instilling “DevOps” -principles within the team on our road to maturity.</p> -</details> -<details> -<summary> 2019 - 2020 </summary> -<br> -Worked as a **DevOps Engineer** at [AcuityAds](https://acuityads.com) in Toronto. +<p>Beyond my work as an Individual Contributor (IC), I’ve also been responsible for instilling DevOps +<em>principles</em> within the team on our journey to maturity.</p> +<h2 id="2019---2020">2019 - 2020</h2> +<p>Worked as a <strong>DevOps Engineer</strong> at <a href="https://acuityads.com">AcuityAds</a> in Toronto. The main selling point for me to work here is that Acuity does not use -AWS, GCP or Azure etc. to host its infrastructure, it has its own on-prem 'cloud'. +AWS, GCP or Azure etc. to host its infrastructure, it has its own on-prem ‘cloud’. This presents substantial challenges for us as DevOps Engineers that would normally be handled by a -the public cloud provider. -<br><br> -Apart from this, due to the nature of adtech, we deal with a massive amount of data, which forces -us to be very specific about the types of technologies we use. Here is a subset of what we use -across multiple data-centers, with high-availability: +public cloud provider.</p> +<p>Apart from this, due to the nature of adtech, we deal with massive amounts of data, which forces +us to be very careful about the types of technologies we use (scale). +Here is a subset of what I’ve gained experience with during my time:</p> <ul> <li>Infrastructure: VMWare, Physical</li> <li>Provisioning: Ansible, Terraform, Cobbler</li> @@ -164,13 +164,10 @@ scripts that I used frequently for random things.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> -</details> -<details> -<summary> 2016 - 2017 </summary> -<br> -I worked at [Achiga](https://achiga.io) (formerly *WebCanada*) as -part of my [PEY](https://web.cs.toronto.edu/undergraduate/pey) (internship) -program from UofT for 12 months. As part of this, I was involved in: +<h2 id="2016---2017">2016 - 2017</h2> +<p>I worked at <a href="https://achiga.io">Achiga</a> (formerly <em>WebCanada</em>) as +part of my <a href="https://web.cs.toronto.edu/undergraduate/pey">PEY</a> (internship) +program from U of T for 12 months. As part of this, I was involved in:</p> <ul> <li>A fast paced Agile environment where I was a Full Stack Developer working with <strong>PHP (Zend), MySql, and JavaScript</strong>.</li> @@ -183,14 +180,11 @@ our database which is critical to hotel revenue.</li> See <a href="https://designhotels.com/gallery">Design Hotels Gallery Page</a> towards the end of my tenure.</li> </ul> -</details> -<details> -<summary> 2014 - 2016 </summary> -<br> -I've worked on several other small-buisness type projects involving web, and scripting over the -years in between semesters. -</details> -<h2 id="donate">Donate</h2> +<h2 id="2014---2016">2014 - 2016</h2> +<p>I’ve worked on several other small-buisness type projects involving website designing, +and scripting over the years in between semesters.</p> +<hr> +<h1 id="donate">Donate</h1> <details> <summary> Monero (XMR) </summary> <br> @@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ years in between semesters. <div class="aside__about"> <img class="about__logo" src="https://kumardamani.net/images/rice.svg" alt="Logo"> <h1 class="about__title">Links</h1> -<p class="about__description">Git, email, resume etc.</p> +<p class="about__description">Git, email, and resume</p> </div> |