I'm a 48-year-old from the Pacific Northwest 🇺🇸 with a passion for tech, CNC, vintage computing, electronics, homebrew computing, OSDev and radio hobbies. Most people just call me GB. You can hear how to pronounce my last name here.
- 🏭 Did I mention hobbyist developer
- 💼 Occasional legacy FANUC CNC support
- 💻 OS Development, x86 IA-32, i386/486/586/686
- 🛠️ Hobbyist Developer
- 🧰 Occasional custom CNC programs for 3/4-axis mills & lathes and G Code
Mostly side/personal projects — not looking for dev work. I enjoy learning modern web stacks & building stuff just because I can. Ask me about my history.
- 💻 OS: MX Linux, ESXi VMs, Debian-based distros
- 🖥️ Editor: VS Code / Sublime / Vim
- 🌐 Browser: Firefox (and Chrome Dev Tools)
- 🧱 Stack: HTML5, CSS3, JS (ES6), REACT, NodeJS, Express, PostgreSQL
- 📻 Shortwave/MW/AM DXing (big loop antenna guy!)
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- 🧠 Learning programming always!
- 🎮 Main Rig: i7-6700K, 32gb, ASUS Z170A
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- 🖥️ Server(s) HP DL360 Gen 7, Dell R720, Dell R930 and others
- 🔌 Lab:
BASIC, C, C++, C#, FORTRAN 77, JavaScript, Perl 5, PHP 8, Python 3, SQL
- 📚 ES6 & ES7 Javascript, React 18, Node 22, PostgreSQL 17, MongoDB
- 💡 Diving deeper into modern dev tooling.
- 🔧 Also brushing up on x86 32 bit assembly + OSDev
Want to help out on one of my coding projects? PR's are welcomed. Bugs and issues are welcomed as well. I'm always open to chat and collab — especially with folks who love vintage tech, modern JS stacks, or building from scratch.. especially OS Development. There will be no paid projects here, sorry.
- 🔗 See the github https://github/gbowne1/ list of projects
- 👥 Community building: Discord, GitHub, Twitch.tv
Find me anywhere as gbowne1 (LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitch, YouTube, etc.)
Or visit: gbowne1.com | Twitch
💬 Drop a hello anytime. I’m always happy to talk shop, tech, or help with reviews while I learn new stacks!
- 🎧 I have a Pandora staton called Stressed Out Radio here: https://www.pandora.com/station/3960158081900970617