About me

My name is Elouan Martinet (aka Exagone313) and I'm a French web developer and system administrator.
I'm interested in programming and infosec.

You may scroll down to find more about me!

Social accounts

Mastodon

Self-hosted instance.

@Exagone313@share.elouworld.org

Twitter

Mainly retweets.

For computer science, privacy, technology, general news…

On-topic information.

For TV series content, technology, computer science…

Lobsters

For computer science.

Like Hacker News but with a better community.

Freenode (IRC)

For programming and software help channels.

/query Exagone313 if you are registered to Freenode.

Development accounts

GitLab

Main public Git account.

GitHub

Aimed at contributions.

Gitea

Self-hosted instance, for more private projects.

GitLab BMC

Instance for the Bit My Code group.

Current projects

Dotfiles

Configuration settings (including shell and editor) for all systems I use.

Made without external dependencies.

A news aggregator

For improving my access to information (aggregation, filtering, notification, sharing).

etbloat

Server mod for the game Wolfenstein - Enemy territory (in C), diverging from the legacy mod.

Studies

42

Peer to peer school offering practical computer science projects.

Licence at
Paris 7 uni.

Gave me theoretical knowledge in algorithmics (like automata and graph theories).

Working with

Note that as a developer, I can adapt myself to any documented programming language or technology.

JavaScript

Using native browser APIs and Node.js.

Working with React and TypeScript.

Python

Using it at work.

Not a fan of how decorators are used for code execution during package imports.

PHP

Worked on personal projects using vanilla PHP for a decade.

I follow some of the language's development (RFCs, internals).

POSIX shell

Since I developed parts of a shell following POSIX, I have good knowledge in shell syntax and features. As such I try to avoid bashism.

C

For system programming. I can work with networking, concurrency (processes, threads, synchronization)…

Java

A good language to learn OOP.

Used it a lot at uni, e.g. for system programming.

Databases

Mainly using relational databases like PostgreSQL and MariaDB (MySQL).

Also got some knowledge in NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB).

System administration

I use UNIX-like OS on desktop and servers: Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo.

Looking into non Linux-based OS.

Docker

I got a liking for containerization and I like Docker's approach of packaging using layers (overlayfs).

Kubernetes

Kubernetes gives me a way to deploy and scale applications on a cluster.

nginx

After using Apache httpd, I moved to nginx. It's much easier to use.

Infosec

I'm kept informed about recent vulnerabilities and types of attacks in my daily readings.

Looking into OSINT.

Interested in learning Elixir and Rust.

Running on my servers

This website

Was previously developed along with a self built modular framework using PHP, but I've reworked it using Jekyll.

Mastodon

Mastodon is a decentralized social network based on ActivityPub.

This instance is not open to registrations.

ZNC

ZNC is an IRC bouncer.

Gitea

Gitea is a self-hosted Git service.

Nextcloud

I use Nextcloud to synchronize files between computers and phone.

Tiny Tiny RSS

Feed reader, will be replaced by my own news aggregator.

Software I promote

I also promote software listed above.

Arch Linux

My favourite GNU/Linux distribution, for daily use.

Neovim

Vim replacement. I stopped to use other editors. Once configured with (vim) plugins it's pretty usable.

Audacity

For small audio edits (example: copy/cut), and to detect loops.

NoMacs

Cross-platform image viewer, a bit slow to load.

Gimp

I always use this image editor, for simple use. See also Inkscape or Krita.

Gaming

Enemy Territory

An old FPS, but still actively developed by the ET: Legacy team.

Playing on the ETc Clan server, which is one of the top servers.

Steam

Playing various games over here.

Occasionally playing to Among Us, League of Legends, Minecraft…

Favorite TV series

I really like TV series created by J. J. Abrams.

Person of Interest

Good thinking about what AI is or might become.

Alias

Rambaldi <o>

Good TV series if you like action, espionage and myths.

Lost

Interesting how they could switch genres.

Game of Thrones

Fantasy world.

Fringe

What if you disrupt a parallel universe?

Heroes

What would you do with a supernatural power?

(Note: Heroes Reborn is not as good and got canceled.)

Banshee

A story of mafias and a couple on the run.

Prison Break

Help your brother.

(Note: the recent 5th season is not as good as the previous ones.)

Breaking Bad

If you get bored by your life and like chemistry: just watch this.

The IT Crowd

About the IT team of a company, living in the basement.

The best sitcom ever!

Stargate SG-1

What happens if you enter a Stargate backward?

I'm less interested in TV series nowadays.

A selection of my favorite animes

See MyAnimeList for a complete list.