About the builders.

I'm 20, based in California, and somewhere between a business student and a sysadmin. I got into computers by taking them apart, started fixing other people's machines, and eventually turned that into a business building custom PCs. Outside of school I'm in the homelab, running Linux on things it wasn't supposed to run on, and writing about it. At Ctrl+Alt+Elite, I handle the builds, testing, shipping, and the systems that keep the shop running. I care about clean cable management, good thermals, and making sure every rig leaves the bench ready to game. When I'm not working on school or the business, I'm usually experimenting with new hardware, optimizing workflows, or learning something I can apply to the next build.

I'm 19, an MIS student based in California with a passion for technology that caught fire quickly once I was exposed to the environment. What started with IT self-study and tinkering with hardware turned into operating a PC business full-time, experimenting with Linux, networking, self-hosting, and building out a homelab just to see what I could make work. At the intersection of business and IT, I'm interested in how technology actually works — and how it can be used to solve real problems. When I'm not working on school or computers, I'm usually stuck in my room learning/building projects, or writing and reading about technology and theology.