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█▓▒░ EMBEDDED SYSTEMS HERO | HARDWARE HACKER | FIRMWARE WIZARD ░▒▓█
$ whoami
taylordanger@embedded:~$ Crafting elegant firmware for the tiniest screens
=======
$ ls -la ~/skills/
total 42
drwxr-xr-x esp32 modern_cpp e_paper_ui real_time_systems
-rwxr-xr-x embedded.so firmware.bin testing.exe hardware_hacks.sh
$ ./connect --social
$ cat ~/manifesto.txt
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ > Turning hardware constraints into design opportunities ║
║ > Making microcontrollers feel like desktop experiences ║
║ > Bridging the gap between 4KB RAM and infinite user expectations ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
$ grep -r "expertise" ~/skills/
/home/taylor/skills/core.h:#define ESP32_WIZARD 1
/home/taylor/skills/core.h:#define MODERN_CPP 1
/home/taylor/skills/core.h:#define EPAPER_NINJA 1
/home/taylor/skills/core.h:#define REALTIME_MASTER 1
/home/taylor/skills/core.h:#define UI_ARCHITECT 1╭─────────────────────[ SYSTEM STATUS ]─────────────────────╮
│ │
│ ██ GITHUB STATS LOADING... │
│ ████████████████████████████████████████████ [██████] │
│ │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
$ ./run_diagnostics.sh --full-scan
╔═══════════════════════[ TECH STACK ANALYSIS ]═══════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ ┌─[ PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ]─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ C/C++ ████████████████████ 100% [EXPERT] │ ║
║ │ Python ██████████████████░░ 90% [ADVANCED] │ ║
║ │ TypeScript ████████████████░░░░ 80% [PROFICIENT] │ ║
║ │ Rust ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░ 40% [LEARNING] │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ ┌─[ EMBEDDED & HARDWARE ]───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ESP32/ESP-IDF ████████████████████ 100% [WIZARD] │ ║
║ │ FreeRTOS ██████████████████░░ 90% [ADVANCED] │ ║
║ │ Arduino ████████████████████ 95% [EXPERT] │ ║
║ │ e-Paper Displays ██████████████████░░ 90% [SPECIALIST] │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ ┌─[ DEVELOPMENT TOOLS ]─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ Git/GitHub ████████████████████ 100% [MASTER] │ ║
║ │ CMake ████████████████░░░░ 80% [PROFICIENT] │ ║
║ │ CI/CD ██████████████░░░░░░ 70% [INTERMEDIATE] │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
$ cat /proc/taylor/status
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STATUS: █ ONLINE LOCATION: █ REMOTE/HYBRID │
│ FOCUS: █ EMBEDDED UI/UX AVAILABILITY: █ OPEN FOR HIRE │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
$ ls -la ~/projects/featured/
total 1337
drwxr-xr-x 4 taylor embedded 4096 Oct 12 2025 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 taylor embedded 4096 Oct 12 2025 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 taylor embedded 2048 Oct 12 2025 esp32-virtualpet/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 taylor embedded 1024 Oct 12 2025 multi-epaper-manager/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 taylor embedded 512 Oct 12 2025 open-source-contrib/
$ ./project_info.sh --detailed
╔══════════════════════[ PROJECT SHOWCASE ]══════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ ┌─[ ESP32-VIRTUALPET ]────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ > Smart Tamagotchi-style companion for ESP32 │ ║
║ │ ✓ Real-time pet simulation with persistent memory │ ║
║ │ ✓ Optimized rendering pipeline (60fps on 240MHz) │ ║
║ │ ✓ Deep sleep power management (~10µA idle) │ ║
║ │ ✓ Touch/button input with debouncing │ ║
║ │ ► git clone github.com/taylordanger/ESP32-Virtualpet │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ ┌─[ MULTI-EPAPER-MANAGER ]───────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ > Advanced e-paper display orchestration system │ ║
║ │ ✓ Seamless multi-screen transitions │ ║
║ │ ✓ Memory-efficient graphics pipeline (2KB buffer) │ ║
║ │ ✓ Dynamic content scheduling & rotation │ ║
║ │ ✓ Hardware abstraction layer for any e-paper │ ║
║ │ ► git clone github.com/taylordanger/GxEPD-Multiple... │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ ┌─[ OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS ]─────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ > Contributing to the embedded ecosystem │ ║
║ │ ◆ Bug fixes & performance optimizations │ ║
║ │ ◆ Documentation improvements & examples │ ║
║ │ ◆ Community support & code reviews │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
$ cat ~/.philosophy/embedded_manifesto.txt
╔═══════════════════════[ DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY ]═══════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ "The best embedded UI is one that users forget ║
║ is running on a microcontroller." ║
║ -- Taylor Danger, 2025 ║
║ ║
║ PRINCIPLES: ║
║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ ▸ DESKTOP-QUALITY UX │ ║
║ │ └─ UI logic runs identically on sims and hardware │ ║
║ │ ▸ ZERO-COMPROMISE TESTING │ ║
║ │ └─ Every component isolated, CI/CD automated │ ║
║ │ ▸ HARDWARE-AWARE DESIGN │ ║
║ │ └─ Constraints become features, not limitations │ ║
║ │ ▸ INCREMENTAL PERFECTION │ ║
║ │ └─ Atomic changes, reproducible builds, no magic │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
$ echo $WORKFLOW
"Small commits, big impact. Test everything, assume nothing."
Try the simulator:
git clone https://github.com/taylordanger/ESP32-Virtualpet
git clone https://github.com/taylordanger/GxEPD-Multiple-Epaper-Screen-Example