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Independent operator · long-horizon systems

Chris MishTechnical strategist.
Veteran systems operator.

I help complicated technical systems—and the people depending on them—keep moving. Infrastructure, AI, internet services, difficult transitions, and the useful work between the labels.

“Everyone is born unique, but so many die as copies.”
— Me
01 / OPERATING THESIS

Keep the whole machine in view

Strategy that remembers implementation has consequences.

01

Context compounds.

The longer I understand a system, its history, and its people, the more useful the next decision becomes.

02

Operate, don’t posture.

I’m interested in what survives contact with production: clear ownership, durable infrastructure, sane tradeoffs, and fewer mysterious fires.

03

Connect the layers.

Architecture, operations, product judgment, and organizational reality rarely stay in separate boxes. Good strategy crosses the seams.

02 / CURRENT SYSTEMS

A constellation, not a logo wall.

Distinct work, connected by the same operator: me.

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ANALOG SIGNAL / ARCHIVE CM002VU

03 / SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY

I make room for continuity.

The best work usually starts after the first answer—when context has accumulated, the odd edge cases are visible, and judgment can replace repeated rediscovery.

I’m selectively available, mainly for people and organizations who understand the value of an ongoing retainer: durable stewardship, direct technical counsel, and an operator who stays acquainted with the system.

Tell me what needs an adult in the room
Not a generic “book a call” funnel. A real note is better.

04 / FIELD NOTES

Actual notes from the workbench.

Linux, public media software, small experiments, and the occasional joke.

WebGUIs on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Hands-on notes for a test box running Cockpit with KVM, Docker, Portainer, monitoring, certificates, and the networking tweaks that make it behave.

01 ↗

Insulting Sudo

A tiny Linux configuration change that makes a mistyped sudo password a little funnier.

02 ↗

EBM App on Desktop

A quick MacBook M1 test of the EBM-Radio iOS app: it worked great.

03 ↗

Torn Synthesis

A music experiment built from brain dumpings formatted and performed with AI, then adjusted and mastered.

04 ↗
“Beneath every cynic there’s a frustrated romantic.”
— Peter Bishop (“Fringe”)
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
— E.B. White

05 / AFTER HOURS

Signals, sets, and a long transmission.

The quieter layer: DJ sets spanning industrial, EBM, new wave, synthpop, noise, and whatever else belonged in the room. The mix archive keeps the trail.

After 25 years, EBM-Radio has gone quiet. A long broadcast deserves a proper sign-off, not a homepage takeover.

EBM-RADIO · TRANSMISSION COMPLETE

06 / OPEN A CHANNEL

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