Micah Bird

All Around Tech Enthusiast

Education

Stargate Charter School

AP Computer Science

2020 - 2021
KodeKloud

Ansible for Absolute Beginners

Dec. 2021
Galvanize Coding School

Hack the Dot

2019
Galvanize Coding School

Storytelling through Data Visualization

2018
Galvanize Coding School

Hack the Dot

2018
Galvanize Coding School

Hack the Dot

2016
Turing Coding School

Sept. 2015 - Apr. 2016

Languages

  • English (Native)
  • French (Basic)

Interests

  • Technology; RISC-V, MR/AR/VR; Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality. GODOT, AI; TensorFlow, DeepSpeech. C++, Linux; Arch Linux, Manjaro, Ubuntu *BSD, Shell scripting, Wayland, Ethical hacking, C#, Unity3d, Unreal Engine, Metasploit, Wireshark, Qt, KDE, Sway, Python, OpenCV, WebGL, OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenCL, Tor, Docker, Git, GitLab, Ansible.
  • Music; Ableton, Audacity.
  • Videography; Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve, Kdenlive.

Career Profile

Micah Bird I have and always will be a tech enthusiast. From covertly jailbreaking my iPad Mini at 8 years old, to running a Kubernetes cluster now. Liberating everything from my Nintendo 3DS to a myriad of Android phones. Doing tech support for family businesses, from point of sales systems to website overhauls. Ever since discovering Ubuntu at the age of 10, I have been a Linux fanatic to this day. Installing Linux on anything and everything I can get my hands on.

Github Contribution Calendar

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Projects

A list of side projects

A Custom Linux-Based Music Player - Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, I have created custom a low power consuming internet connected player.
A Custom Linux-Based Music Player
My Homelab Kubernetes Cluster - A multi-node, microk8s cluster. Self hosting a myriad of services that are safely accessible from the internet.
My Homelab Kubernetes Cluster
Terminal Takeover - In a quest to be as efficient as possible, I have been creating and utilizing as many terminal user-interface (TUIs) programs as possible.
Terminal Takeover
Hardware Hacking - I got my hands on an ESP32, and now I’m delving into micro-controllers.
Hardware Hacking
A Portable, Lightweight Linux Environment - Included in my dotfiles is an Ansible playbook that deploys a non-resource-intensive tilling window manager environment on any Linux distribution.
A Portable, Lightweight Linux Environment
RFID/Radio Experimenting - Dabbling in RFID and Software Defined Radio (SDR) technologies to see what is possible.
RFID/Radio Experimenting
Computer Constructor - Building the best bang-for-buck computers for myself, freinds, and family.
Computer Constructor
Various Computer Upgrades - From harvesting and upcycling needed cables/parts from old desktops, to upgrading a laptop from a hard drive to an SSD, there have been too many upgrades to catalog.
Various Computer Upgrades
Samsung TV Repair - The currently in progress repair of a flickering QLED Samsung TV.
Samsung TV Repair
A Command Line Wallpaper Generator - A command line implementation of roytanck’s wallpaper generator. Useful for generating a new wallpaper when you login to your computer.
Click me to generate a new one!

Reference

A current member of NHS, and have received student of the month awards for Science (Feb. 2021), Technology (Sept. 2021), Literature (Nov. 2021), Mathematics (Jan. 2022), and Outstanding French student of the year (2021 - 2022). I have also lettered in academics for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.

Work

Web Developer/IT Worker

2014 - Present
Miller Excavation Inc.

From overhauling the business’ outdated website, to performing a full email migration, I have served as an Web Developer/IT Worker for Miller Excavation Inc. To see the finished product, go to millerexcavationinc.com. For a reference please contact Dale Miller via email at dale@millerexcavationinc.com

Miller Excavation Inc.

Web Developer/IT Worker

2019 - Present
Bostrom Law Inc.

Providing a overhauled website, and applied security patches to a majorly outdated site. The completed site can be viewed at bostromlaw.com. For a reference please contact Bill Bostrom via email at wbostrom@bostromlaw.com

Bostrom Law Inc.

Web Developer

2017 - 2022
Codex Spoken Here

Building a website from the ground up to bring a business into the modern age. The website is currently under construction and not ready for public access.

Codex Spoken Here

Audio Engineer

2018 - 2019

Providing Ableton skills, and collaborating with others on new technologies, such as ProPresenter. Also, the deployment of a printer system in the midst of a time crunch. For a reference please contact Beto Archuleta via email at beto@landingplacechurch.com

Videography and Video Editor

Oct. 2020 - Dec. 2020
Coach Alanna

Using the video editing program DaVinci Resolve to edit a series of weekly videos for the Coach Alanna business.

Videography and Video Editor

2017 - Present
The Old Map Gallery

Producing and editing bi-monthly videos for the business. As well as video adaptations of the business’s podcast.

Skills & Proficiency

Linux/Unix

Command Line/Bash Skills

Kubernetes (k8s)

Docker

Webflow

Git

Web Design

Hugo

JavaScript

Video Editing

Audacity

Vi/Vim

Python

Ansible

Wordpress

Github Actions

Argo CD

Helm

VLANs

Google App Script

NGINX

Ableton

React Native

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

pfSense

Micro-controllers

Databases (SQL)

Wiregaurd

OpenVPN

C

WinRM

Powershell

Java

Emacs

Cowsay

Scratch