I'm Darius — software engineer, builder, open sourcerer. I build open-source projects and ship production systems. My stack is opinionated, my code is direct, and I document the real process — not the polished version.
This site is where I write about the things I build and the decisions behind them. NixOS configurations that took three attempts. Database choices that turned out to be right for the wrong reasons. The gap between what the docs say and what actually works.
How I work
I believe in building small, shipping fast, and being honest about tradeoffs. Every tool has a cost. Every abstraction has a leak. The best systems are the ones that make their constraints visible instead of hiding them.
I run my own infrastructure — a NixOS homelab on Proxmox with Traefik for routing and Tailscale for private networking. Everything is declared in config. If the VM dies, I rebuild from source. That's the point.