Howdy! I’m Mat, (an aspiring engineer focused on open protocols, embedded systems, and rapid prototyping[1].)
:where to find[2] me
A decade of technical experience has shaped me into an indie maker who builds engaging, accessible, and secure tools[3] for real people. I am especially passionate about search UX, decentralized infrastructure, and a safer internet.
Outside of computing, I’m also a guitarist, competition aficionado[4], and linguaphile. (English, Spanish, and Esperanto)
Recently, I've been shipping from Pennsylvania, (expand for stats!) but also:
slacker-news- Official News from Hack Club (1 day ago)indigest- privacy-concious slack bridge for api, webhook, rss, and pub/sub 🪠 (1 day ago)website- Builder's Collective PSU website (1 day ago)matmanna.dev- personal sitev4v1 (4 days ago)mayfly- Mayfly: an autonomous drone swarm for indoor search and rescue. Many small, affordable drones explore a damaged building in parallel and fuse what they see into one shared 3D map, feeding a rescue dashboard with live feeds, survivor locations, estimated vitals, hazards and routes. CalHacks 13. (1 week ago)pointmaxx- The right card at every checkout. (2 weeks ago)betterbill- Don't pay what you don't owe. Snap your hospital bill, finds questions, and advocates for you (2 weeks ago)marmalade- 🍊 is a permissionful api access and administration layer for 🍓 (3 weeks ago)
pointmaxx- The right card at every checkout.betterbill- Don't pay what you don't owe. Snap your hospital bill, finds questions, and advocates for youcallcoach- Operating system for nonprofit outreach coordinator observability, capture improvement + private, on-device copilot for outreachyinzone- Operating System powering the burgh's build chain. Made for AI Horizons 2026 Hackathon
📡 My hackatime stats from this week
💾 Languages:
unknown 33h 9m 1s ██████████████░░░░░░░░░░░ 52.67%
TypeScript 14h 47m 29s ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 23.50%
Text 3h 56m 40s ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 6.27%
Markdown 3h 23m 54s ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 5.40%
Python 1h 11m 50s █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 1.90%
💼 Projects:
matmanna 15h 49m 54s ███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 27.15%
openmotion 13h 13m 24s ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 22.68%
omnifork 6h 36m 39s ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 11.34%
hacklas 4h 24m 51s ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 7.57%
website 4h 21m 39s ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 7.48%
Total: 36 hrs 45 mins
auto updates on the hour via taciturnaxolotl/markscribe
- reverse-engineering electric and bass guitar amplifiers to build:
- contributing code and technical support for Hack Club programs incl. Hackatime and HCTG.
Since being exposed to computer programming on Scratch a decade ago, I’ve:
- made videogame submissions within 48hrs-2wks for ~7 game jams
- built a life-sized board game using industrial tech which supports community outreach & won:
- 1st in the 2025 PLCNext Innovation Contest Nationals
- 1st at the 2026 Pennsylvania Invention Convention
- a Hack Club X Congressional App Challenge Open-source Certification
- ran AV systems (livestreams and sound mixers) for funerals and weddings
- discovered and disclosed vulnerabilities and data leaks within my school and Hack Club
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other miscellaneous things (not that interesting)
- Participated in the selective PennApps XXVI college [hackathon](https://pennapps.com)
- Received recognition for Integrity and Sportsmanship within academic competitions.
- Earned ~$1k in grants and prizes for personal projects submitted to Hack Club programs incl. High Seas, Summer of Making, CMD-K, and Magazine.
Thanks for stopping by! footnotes and :extra stuff
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