Engineer by trade. Tryhard creator by night. Slop hater always.
$ whoami
catalin "gmrdad82" ilinca
> engineer // still shipping
> youtuber // gaming, life, and everything in between
> based in // spain (since 2022)
> ai stance // embracer, not evangelist
> slop tolerance // 0.00
βΆ My First Computer β how it all started.
$ git log --oneline --decorate --graph
* a4f7b2c (HEAD -> now) engineering, youtubing, gaming, still building, slop-free
* 8e3d910 (tag: toptal-2024) wrapped 2 years β senior se, refactored monoliths
* 2c1f48a (tag: spain-2022) relocated to castellΓ³n, kept shipping
* 6b9a503 (tag: thoughtworks-2022) closed out 4 years β aircall, swrve, s4m
* d5e7c2f (tag: fepra-2018) architected fepra.ro β still running flawlessly
* 9fa3b71 (tag: 2performant-2015) joined as tech lead β devops, mentoring, microservices
* 4ce61d8 (tag: 2parale-2013) lead dev at 2parale (which became 2performant)
* 1afebbe (tag: v1.0-2006) shipped my first paid code as a freelancer
$ git status
On branch life
Your branch is ahead of 'main' by β commits.
Active worktrees (parallel branches):
../2performant devops
../fepra engineer
../youtube creator (gmrdad82)
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: sleep.lock
modified: gaming.session
new file: tools/various.rb
helper: claude β as another pair of hands
(use "git commit" if you ever stop)
$ cat ~/.channels
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82 # Catalin Ilinca
open https://youtube.com/@wittygming # Witty Gaming
open https://youtube.com/@brkstance # Barking Stance
open https://youtube.com/@mshpoise # Mushroom Poise
$ tree ~/setup
.
βββ daily/
β βββ omarchy # linux, btw
β βββ neovim
β βββ kitty # terminal
β βββ ruby on rails
β βββ claude # ai, as another pair of hands
β βββ slack
β βββ brave
β βββ obs # recording / streaming
βββ studio/
β βββ sony zv-e10 + sigma 17-40mm f/1.8 dc art
β βββ rode podmic (xlr) β focusrite scarlett solo 4th gen
β βββ ugreen capture card
βββ gaming/
β βββ ps5 pro
β βββ nintendo switch 2
β βββ sony dualsense edge Γ2 (black & white)
β βββ nintendo switch pro controller
βββ desk/
βββ asus rog zephyrus m16 (2023)
βββ asus rog 27" woled (4th-gen tandem, 1440p)
βββ logitech mx keys mechanical
βββ logitech mx master 4
βββ secretlab magnus evo desk
βββ secretlab titan evo chair
links β omarchy Β· neovim Β· kitty Β· rails Β· claude Β· slack Β· brave Β· obs
$ cat ~/.signature
> if it reads like gpt, i didn't write it.



