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 7<img src="https://cdn.icyphox.sh/fit?url=http://files.garage.koti.lan/IMG_1570.jpg&width=1000&height=1000" />
 8
 9I'm Anirudh Oppiliappan, often found as **icyphox** (or sometimes just
10**icy**) on the Internet. I currently live in beautiful Helsinki,
11Finland and work for [UpCloud](https://upcloud.com) as a Kubernetes
12Engineer. Below are a few things that interest me, and can serve as
13conversation starters for you:
14
15- Infrastructure and distributed systems.
16- Motorsport. I closely follow F1, F2 and F3.
17- Startups and indie-hacking. Admittedly, I don't know much but I follow
18  the space.
19- Fitness. Strength training, calisthenics.
20- The Go programming language. I love Go and I swear by the standard
21  library.
22- (Spoken) language learning. Currently learning Finnish. Big
23  fan of total immersion and comprehensible input.
24- Self-hosting and homelabbing.
25- Ergonomic keyboards. I like to build them. I also like to use them.
26- Electric skateboarding and PEVs.
27- 35mm film photography.
28- Veganism, ethics and plant-based nutrition.
29
30Some of my links:
31- Bluesky [@icyphox.sh](https://bsky.app/profile/icyphox.sh)
32- Lobsters [@icy](https://lobste.rs/u/icy)
33- Hacker News [@icy](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=icy)
34- Steam [@icyphox](https://steamcommunity.com/id/icyphox)
35- GitHub [@icyphox](https://github.com/icyphox)
36- Fediverse [@icy@icyphox.sh](https://h.icyphox.sh/@icy)
37
38If you're interested in **hiring me** -- here's my
39[résumé](https://cdn.icyphox.sh/resume.pdf).
40
41## contact
42
43Send mail to [anirudh@oppiliappan.com](mailto:anirudh@oppiliappan.com).
44
45If you have my phone number, you can reach me on Signal/iMessage. My
46Signal username is
47[icy.19](https://signal.me/#eu/Nphsc2OCoWjih4d8jfuRRV0v6fJNPOXG9lY1X6B4vYb7KPR4wdpKu6SScSzuztil).
48
49I'm available on IRC as `icy` on [libera.chat](https://libera.chat) and
50[rizon.net](https://rizon.net) but I'm likely to miss messages as I
51don't get notified. Use the above methods instead.
52
53## colophon
54
55This site is built using [vite](https://git.icyphox.sh/vite) -- a static
56site generator written in Go. The source for this site is
57[here](https://git.icyphox.sh/site), licensed under MIT. All content on
58this site is available under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
59
60This site is [hosted at home](/uses#homelab-k3s-cluster) on
61[Garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/).