Howdy! I’m Mat, _{(an aspiring engineer focused on open protocols, embedded systems, and rapid prototyping^[1].)}

:where to find^[2] me

a lil' :about me

A decade of technical experience has shaped me into an indie maker who builds engaging, accessible, and secure tools^[3] for real people. I am especially passionate about search UX, decentralized infrastructure, and a safer internet.

Outside of computing, I’m also a guitarist, competition aficionado^[4], and linguaphile. _{(English, Spanish, and Esperanto)}

what i'm up to :now

Recently, I've been shipping, _{(expand for stats!)} but also:

🏗️ The latest repos I've pushed to

• website - Builder's Collective PSU website (1 day ago)
• matmanna.dev - personal site v4v1 (1 day ago)
• slacker-news - Official News from Hack Club (4 days ago)
• indigest - privacy-concious slack bridge for api, webhook, rss, and pub/sub 🪠 (4 days ago)
• mayfly - Mayfly: an autonomous drone swarm for indoor search and rescue. Many small, affordable drones explore a damaged building in parallel and fuse what they see into one shared 3D map, feeding a rescue dashboard with live feeds, survivor locations, estimated vitals, hazards and routes. CalHacks 13. (1 week ago)
• pointmaxx - The right card at every checkout. (1 week ago)
• betterbill - Don't pay what you don't owe. Snap your hospital bill, finds questions, and advocates for you (2 weeks ago)
• marmalade - 🍊 is a permissionful api access and administration layer for 🍓 (2 weeks ago)

📦 My latest projects

• pointmaxx - The right card at every checkout.
• betterbill - Don't pay what you don't owe. Snap your hospital bill, finds questions, and advocates for you
• callcoach - Operating system for nonprofit outreach coordinator observability, capture improvement + private, on-device copilot for outreach
• yinzone - Operating System powering the burgh's build chain. Made for AI Horizons 2026 Hackathon

📡 My hackatime stats from this week

💾 Languages:
unknown             21h 23m 2s    █████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░  49.91%
TypeScript          11h 11m 51s   ███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  26.14%
Markdown            3h 5m 29s     ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  7.22%
Text                2h 20m 51s    ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  5.48%
Python              54m 10s       █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  2.11%

💼 Projects:
openmotion          9h 4m 7s      █████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  32.14%
omnifork            6h 32m 22s    ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  23.18%
matmanna.dev        2h 59m 45s    ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  10.62%
improve-invoicing   2h 21m 6s     ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  8.33%
slacker-news        1h 38m 1s     ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  5.79%

Total: 23 hrs 22 mins

auto updates on the hour via taciturnaxolotl/markscribe

• reverse-engineering electric and bass guitar amplifiers to build:
  • LtAmp.py: a Python library for interacting with supported amplifiers
  • The Twist: an augmentation module with features incl. remote control and preset playlists
• contributing code and technical support for Hack Club programs incl. Hackatime and HCTG.

formative :experiences

Since being exposed to computer programming on Scratch a decade ago, I’ve:

• made videogame submissions within 48hrs-2wks for ~7 game jams
• built a life-sized board game using industrial tech which supports community outreach & won:
  • 1st in the 2025 PLCNext Innovation Contest Nationals
  • 1st at the 2026 Pennsylvania Invention Convention
  • a Hack Club X Congressional App Challenge Open-source Certification
• ran AV systems (livestreams and sound mixers) for funerals and weddings
• discovered and disclosed vulnerabilities and data leaks within my school and Hack Club
• other miscellaneous things (not that interesting)

  • Participated in the selective PennApps XXVI college [hackathon](https://pennapps.com)
  • Received recognition for Integrity and Sportsmanship within academic competitions.
  • Earned ~$1k in grants and prizes for personal projects submitted to Hack Club programs incl. High Seas, Summer of Making, CMD-K, and Magazine.

Thanks for stopping by! _{footnotes and :extra stuff}

	README 88x31s?!
competitive environments fostered my "ship early" mentality↩ i normally go by @matmanna (or @mat) but please verify ↩ i see my projects as tools meant to serve (what do i use↩?) esp. trivia, having competed on a TV quizbowl and won 3rd at a regional NOSB.↩