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Hi, I'm VanessaSaurus, a Software Engineer.
Building tools, containers, and cloudy things, with a penchant for Python and parsnips. -- about me

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Pokemon Invade the Scientific Filesystem! Back in 2016, I created a pokemon Python module (Github) for the sole purpose of converting images to ascii, and then creating a small client to catch pokemon and generate pokemon “avatars” given an identifier. I came back on my... Read more

The Scientific Filesystem The Scientific Filesystem (scif) is an organizational format that supports exposure of executables and metadata for discoverability. The format includes a known filesystem structure, a definition for a set of environment variables describing it, and functions for generation of the... Read more

Goodbye Fish To be cut twice, in the same way again. Not just in physical but emotional whim An unexpected pain A mistaken of kin Empty and nauseous Restless in tears Shaken, sickening Unrelenting fears A heart so lost, A $PATHless bin... Read more

The Mystery of PS4 The little set of $PS* variables that are hiding on standard linux machines are one of those hidden nuggets of awesome that, once you discover, lead to numerous kinds of fun! Give it a try on your machine, and see... Read more