Vaughn Nugent

DIY and privacy enthusiast developing freedom tech with low-level cryprographic libraries and high performance server software, with the occasional electronic project.

Service status:

🔨You can can find me banging on

VNLIb.Core High performance server application utility libraries
VNLib.Webserver A plugin-driven reference http/web application server
CMNext A self hosted, headless content management system
Simple-Bookmark A Linkding inspired, self hosted, bookmark manager
noscrypt A nostr specific cryptography library written in C
NVault A self-hosted nostr credential vault & browser extension
VNLib.Data.Caching In-memory, clustered, kv caching libs and plugins

🔗 Links and socials

Official software downloads and docs
Nostree.me All ways to discover and connect with me
Blog Posts Personal blog and thoughts
nostr: npub1qdjn8j4gwgmkj3k5un775nq6q3q7mguv5tvajstmkdsqdja2havq03fqm7

🔑 My PGP Public key

on keyserver.ubuntu.com
on keys.openpgp.org
fingerprint 07F2D7F31F0C759D44E27649C282EAC569C07C91

Programming Languages

Daily Drivers

Backseat

My Motivations

Performance - I like my stuff fast, as fast as possible
Self hosted - I care about empowering DIY and a decentralized internet.
Open source - I want to verify and understand what code is being executed.
Internet privacy - Just because your trunk is locked you shouldn't be forced to open it.
OSS security - modern application security features should not be restricted to enterprise software.
General Home Lab - While an expensive hobby, I like that I only need to rely on myself, my ISPs, and electricity to share my work and my voice with the online world.

Other interests and hobbies

Automotive - The past 7 years have been spent professionally in the automotive performance field. My specialty was in diesel engine calibration engineering.
Home server lab - With self hosting comes a "datacenter" to support it. I enjoy building enterprise-ish networking/hosting solutions.
Home electronics lab - I often like tinkering with small electronics and designing PCBs as well as collecting professional lab equipment. I still need a decent logic analyzer if you have one!)