Kestas K.

## BIO I'm a 19 year old second year undergraduate student studying computer science & physics. * I started using UNIX around four years ago, learning FreeBSD and Linux. * I worked at a real estate data entry business for a year. * I have worked at a mining company, writing their multi-user, database driven inventory system. * I have done freelance work, usually adding extra features to PHP/MySQL software. * In my spare time I wrote the popular open source, multiplayer, turn-based strategy game <a href= "http://phpdiplomacy.net">phpDiplomacy</a>. It has 10-20 users typically on at any given time and has a handful of co-developers. * I have written <a href= "http://kestas.kuliukas.com/">articles</a> on Packet Filter firewall rules, password hashing, cellular automata, and PHP security. ## Area of Expertise * * PHP (Zend Engines 1 and 2) * MySQL (Though I write standards compliant queries and also have experience with PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and SQLite 2+3) * InnoDB - I can write database driven code which is completely resilient in a multi-user environment which requires locking and transactions, while remaining efficient * Standards compliant HTML 4.01 Strict(among others) and CSS * C# - .NET 2.0, WinForms * sh - POSIX compliant sh, or bash, along with all the common GNU/BSD apps * perl - including comprehensive PCRE knowledge