Scott Vranesh-Fallin
Open Source Technologist & Writer
Open Source Technologist & Writer
Who I Am
While this site exists largely so I have a place to hang my résumé online, it is under construction, as they say.
And now, something in the way of a biographical statement:
I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., with my wife of 20 years and our two rescue cats.
Professionally, I work across Linux administration, automation, and open source database administration. I am also a polyglot developer. Some of the code I have written can be viewed on my GitHub page.
I am a writer by avocation. I am interested in human resilience in the face of quiet desperation and the comic nature of said desperation.
I am also a student of Spanish. While I am very much a beginner, I do know how to swear a bit.
Get in touch →I periodically publish long-form essays on Substack—on technology, anthropology, and the spaces in between. I'd welcome you to join me over there.
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A short meditation on what a decade spent debugging servers taught me about paying attention to humans.
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An essay on visual anthropology as a way of seeing—and what gets lost when we stop looking closely.
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On automation, open source, and finding a strange kind of calm in a terminal window.
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What training in Libre Fighting taught me about surviving a silent room and a bad callback.
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A love letter to mid-century Las Vegas, and to the strange comfort of a town built on odds.
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On obfuscated code, obsolete hobbies, and why some jokes are worth keeping in your signature file.
Read the Essay →Should you have something to say or something to tell me, feel free to reach out by email:
scott.fallin@gmail.com