Current tidings - June

Flowers from the Rhodope mountains, which are a good bit cooler than Sofia

Enjoying the warm summer weather in Sofia; a fan brings just about enough chill to make it bearable, but I dread the days when it will go up to 35+°C. At least Vitosha mountain is decently close by...

Life

Currently going through college in the pursuit of a Bachelor's in Computer Science, at Thomas Edison State University. Around half-way there; aiming to graduate in the first half of 2026.
As of this update: studying up for TECEP tests in Microeconomics, Critical thinking, and Public speaking; after knocking off some of the math and programming subjects earlier.

Other than that, slowly getting around to a more proper workout and house maintenance schedule.

Programming

Recently completed what should be my last development push at the Comrade Cooperative, integrating an S3 solution built on top of Minio that runs inside Trusted Execution Enclaves and accepts on-chain payments. Got some misgivings over the general disregard of end-users in the cryptocurrency sphere as a whole, so considering courteously distancing myself from it long-term.

I'm generally on the lookout for opportunities and postings at open-source and open-source-friendly firms, even if my current focus is speed-tracking completing my Bachelor's.

Writing

My writing time is spent mainly on articles and opinion pieces in a bid to slowly build up the blog with content. As such, I'm not actively writing fiction at the moment. Have some back-burner idea about a sci-fi academia novel/novella, but it's still far future for now. (And besides, the synopsis wasn't cooperating with me 😂)

Current projects

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