The work is mysterious and important.
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| LUMON INDUSTRIES / EMPLOYEE RECORD / FILE 0x2C |
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| NAME Kai Cryan |
| DESIGNATION Software Developer, Macrodata Refinement |
| SITE Sydney, AU (remote-eligible) |
| FOCUS Backend / Infrastructure / Networking / Linux |
| CLEARANCE Junior Developer, Japan Secure Solutions |
| STATUS ACTIVE - innie and outie in good standing |
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My work is mysterious and important. In practice that means backend services in Go, self-hosted infrastructure, networking, and Linux — the parts that stay invisible until they break. Outside the building I'm a penultimate-year Bachelor of Information Technology student at Macquarie University (Software Technology major).
Work currently on the terminal:
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| Japan Secure Solutions ... junior developer |
| Home lab ................. self-hosted DNS / DHCP, Zigbee sensors |
| Freelance ................ web design, spec to launch |
| Algorithms ............... daily practice, C++ and Java |
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Issued to this workstation:
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| LUMON INDUSTRIES / OUTIE ACTIVITY / COMMENDATION 0x51 |
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| PROJECT RebootLoop |
| RESULT 5th of 24 teams, Pitch for the Planet 2026 (MQ) |
| FUNCTION Privacy-first routing for device repair, reuse, donation |
| and recycling, with secure data-preparation guidance |
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Built with two teammates for Macquarie's sustainability pitch competition: answer a few non-identifying questions about a device and RebootLoop recommends its safest next life, without ever asking for an account, a file upload, or a serial number.
The outie may be reached through approved channels:
- Portfolio — kaicryan.dev
- LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/kaicryan
- Email — kaithecryan@gmail.com
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