Lost USB: I wanted Portage back until I buy a new SSD
I misplaced the Ventoy stick, put Nix on a shelf without abandoning it, and somehow turned a temporary Gentoo reinstall into FF00 Ark.
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crimsonvariableFF00VAR · FF00ΔBern, Switzerland
Personal systems and field records
Serialise Thyself
Systems, software, field media, and the work connecting them.
I build practical digital systems, document how they work, and shape field media into clear visual records.
- Infrastructure
- Linux systems
- Video editing
- Field records
Current project
FF00 Studio is becoming a usable local music system
The current Experimental Pre-Alpha connects a Waveform Rack, crash-isolated worker, Surge XT, Master control, and deterministic Preview / Discard / Apply authority.
Field notes
Recent records from work in motion
Development logs and technical observations connected back to the systems they describe.
Sep 10, 2026·development log
An installer is not an alpha
FF00 Studio gained deterministic Surge recipes, a real headless authority proof, and its first Windows setup program—without pretending packaging alone makes it ready for public use.
- FF00 Studio
- Surge XT
- VST3
- Waveform
- Windows installer
Sep 6, 2026·development log
The Rack can act. The model still cannot.
FF00 Studio reached a larger pre-alpha checkpoint: Surge control survived Waveform, worker replacement stayed bounded, and the first local advisor was deliberately given no mutation authority.
- FF00 Studio
- Surge XT
- local AI
- VST3
- Waveform
Connected system
From portable workspace to public release
The strongest projects are parts of one operating model rather than isolated cards.
Ark recovery system→Bridge workspace→Private Forgejo→VPS blueprint→Deployable services→Public site
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FF00 Ark
An in-development Gentoo recovery and operations system built to load itself into RAM, deploy your system, and recover your state.
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Portable Bridge Workspace
A removable workbench with repo hub, provider API access, Git pushes, and private VPS-backed development.
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VPS Infrastructure Blueprint
A Git-tracked reconstruction specification for an always-on private host, its service boundaries, storage, and recovery workflow.
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Media Stack Distribution
A private deployment package that preserves custom media automation while keeping secrets and runtime state outside Git.
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Tools shaped around the way they are used
Desktop interfaces, this public archive, and smaller identity experiments.
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FF00 Video Wallpaper Manager
A graphical per-monitor video and static-image wallpaper manager for Linux X11, built as the first public application in the FF00 series.
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Polybar WIP
A shelved Polybar setup for a compact Linux desktop status line and workspace workflow, retained as a useful desktop record rather than presented as current work.
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Personal Portfolio Website
A bilingual, static Astro identity hub for technical systems, field media, adventures, and evidence-backed project records.
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Whatever catches my interest.
Things I make, try, explore, and feel like sharing. Projects, hobbies, days out, and whatever comes next.
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