I am a Harvard student in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Relevant coursework:

• CS 61 - Systems Programming & Machine Organization
• CS 2620 - Graduate Distributed Systems
• CS 1520 - Programming Languages

You can learn more about me at my website, ethancedwards.com. You can also find some of my school and open source projects here.

I'm an A+, Security+, ISC2 CC, and GitLab Certified Git Associate. Currently deciding what to study next.

I've been using Linux full time since 7th grade and I've loved every second of it.

GPG: 2E51 F618 39D1 FA94 7A73 00C2 34C0 4305 D581 DBFE

My work/open source experience:

• Dracula Tmux (750+ stars): I am the lead maintainer for this themed plugin that adds Kubernetes, Git, SSH, hardware, and other status supports to your tmux status bar in an attractive way
• Linux Kernel Development: I am active in Kernel Self Protection Project development.
• NixOS/Nixpkgs: I am an active (175+ packages) contributor to the Nixpkgs collection. I was a Summer of Nix 2025 participant where I worked on NGIpkgs.
• Carroll County Public Schools: I was a Technology Support Intern. I managed a team of up to 7 interns and coordinated weekly tasks and schedules. Two large projects I supervised were replacing old Smartboards and Projectors with 75 new interactive TVs across two buildings and unboxing, provisioning, packaging, and distributing 1200 new Chromebooks to students during the school year. We also do Chromebook repair and IT Support throughout the school year. Another project was the installation of 40 interactive TVs aross three elementary schools.
• The Ridge Podcast: 95+ episdes. I host a podcast where I interview local Appalachians in my comunity. My guests include judges, lawyers, authors, journalists, teachers, first responders, veterans, and more.
• StorageReview.com: I am a Contributing Technical Writer. I have written articles on networking equipment, software, storage drives, certifications, and more.

Some tools and skills I've picked up:

• C#, Python, PowerShell and Bash/Shell
• Anything Linux/UNIX, Git, Docker, PGP/GnuPG
• Web Hosting and Systems Administration
• NixOS/nix-darwin and nix package manager for reproducible deployment and builds, plus declarative system managerment