Since October 2025 I am really addicted to mapping for the OpenStreetMap (OSM). It's just soo much fun. A video game that benifits the world really. It really tickles my brain in the right way. I can highly recommed trying it yourself! Simply visit openstreetmap.org, hit the big "Edit" button, create an account and start mapping! The iD editor gives you a quick and easy introduction and is very easy to use :) Sadly it's not easy to make time for it :(

• OSM Profile

I am a big fan of open-source software and I try to contribute to projects whenever I got the time and I find some bug or I am looking for a new feature. Sometimes these are just very small things. Sometimes I really get into it. I also like to contribute to the Wikipedia when I notice something is wrong (Wiki Userpage). (Software) projects I contributed to (wrote code for) (the list of issues is much longer):

• physica package for Typst | Repository
• typst | Repository
• obsidian-latex-suite | Repository
• archinstall | Repository
• Arch User Repository | ArchWiki
• enmap | Repository

Self-hosting different open-source services is something I am really interested in. I just recently started and already learned a ton. My Beelink S12 Pro Mini at home has been running day and night without much trouble. I am using Caddy as a reverse proxy and using NixOS as the operating system. Nix and Docker/Docker Compose make it really easy to deploy services. Just look at what it takes to setup Audiobookshelf for example: NixOS Audiobookshelf Options. My dashboard lists every service I am hosting (pls don't hack or DDoS me 🥺):

• server.murphy.science | Dashboard

My journey with different operating systems was quite a long one. On mobile I started with iOS on the Apple iPod touch then continued with Samsungs Android for about 6/7 years and then for 5 years with Pixels Android until the end of 2025 when I switched to Graphene OS on my Pixel 4a (still a great phone). My migration to Graphene OS came with a lot of work on my server infrastructure and degoogling (see above). On desktop I started out with MacOS for about 5 years, then switched to Windows in 2020 until I eventually switched to Linux. First to Arch Linux at the end of 2022 and then to NixOS at the end of 2024. I tried using Hyprland but wasn't happy with it so I just sticked with KDE Plasma. The switch to NixOS and making basically my whole configuration declarative was quite the effort. It took me basically forever to switch but it was worth it. Linux is the best! On my Laptop I have a dual-boot system with Windows for rare cases where I need PowerPoint, Zoom or a projection working without complications. On my PC I have a system with my original Windows 11, Arch Linux and NixOS System. I also have a boot option for another linux system to play around with. Storage is so cheap these days and over countless reinstalls I've became quite good at managing multi-boot systems. Even though I finished the major act of switching to Graphene OS and from Arch to NixOS these systems are still evolving and I enjoy tinkering on them. That's why they are still kind of an open project even though using them has become a rather boring default (that's a good think! things should just work!).

• NixOS
• Graphene OS

As I mentioned in the context of Jambo on the work page, I am part of Discord server where we do monthly coding jams. From there and just my every day life I have a whole repository full of small projects like riddles, challenges and all kinds of thingies. For example do I like to participate in the Advent of Code every year or do something fun for the Pi-Day. Most of the projects are not finished nor polished at all 🙃 And that's okay! This is my having fun repository.

• CodingProjects | Repository

I guess this website is also one of my side projects. I build it with SvelteKit, Tailwind and deployed it with Vercel. First I tried using Fresh, Deno and Deno Deploy because I fell in love with Deno but I am just way too new to web development and wasn't up for it. Then I used Nuxt but it wasn't a good fit either. I really don't like web development but it's kinda just what you have to learn in order to built things like this... I am pretty happy with SvelteKit now though :)

• murphy.science | Repository