My name is Axel. I'm Mexican American, raised in Mexico City, living in Ithaca, NY.
Currently working as a Web and Systems Integrator for Cornell's College of Human Ecology and doing contract work for small to medium organizations (more in /work). I'm also an NYS Certified First Responder and volunteer firefighter.
Besides computers I am passionate about music and cuisine. The more I learn about the culture, history, techniques, and constraints behind food and music, the better I can appreciate them and share them with others.
I'm philosophically absurdist, aspirationally stoic, and a strong proponent of FOSS and local AI.
Designed to work on anything from an Apple Watch to a TV, and to be accessible to anything from a terminal to an AI agent. The core principles guiding the design were simplicity and flexibility.
Built using Fastify + Nunjucks to serve a plain-text version for terminals complete with llms.txt for AI agents, relatively light HTML for browsers, and PWA for curious mobile users.
The site is multiplayer too, in the off chance multiple people are browsing at once.
email axel@aesv.io · https://github.com/4esv · gpg at https://aesv.io/api/gpg