Seasoned, versatile developer crafting small, durable, well‑named tools.
Open source advocate & long‑form writer for 20+ years at ralsina.me.
A clean, minimal web frontend for systemd journald logs — lightweight, fast to stand up, and intentionally uncluttered.
Installation & docs: https://grafito.ralsina.me/
Single‑liner:
curl -sSL https://grafito.ralsina.me/install.sh | sudo bashWhy: Focused log triage without adopting a full ELK-scale observability stack.
Status: Active • License: MIT • Source: https://github.com/ralsina/grafito
Lean remote KVM tool (Crystal) emphasizing simplicity, speed, and low operational friction.
Installation & docs: https://kv.ralsina.me/
Single‑liner:
curl -sSL https://kv.ralsina.me/install.sh | sudo bashDesign priorities: minimal latency • understandable code • pragmatic feature set
Status: Active • Source: https://github.com/ralsina/kv
The best pastebin ever. AI integration, API, SSH, zero-knowledge encryption and much more.
Status: Early prototype / exploratory • Tech: Crystal
Goal: Maximalist but with an unobtrusive UX so you can grow into it.
Lightweight “watchtower‑style” monitoring experiment aimed at low‑resource or inexpensive setups.
Status: Early prototype / exploratory • Tech: Crystal
Goal: Provide just‑enough visibility without a full monitoring stack.
Straightforward TODO / workflow lab for experimenting with lightweight personal process tooling.
Status: Iterative experiment • Tech: JS
Focus: Simple flows over feature sprawl; a sandbox for workflow ideas.
- Current focus: Python · Crystal
- Care about: clarity • correctness • minimal surface area • graceful deletion
- Enjoy: bridging gaps with purposeful utilities; building “just enough” infrastructure
- Guiding idea: make things future‑self friendly; bias toward boring reliability
| Project | Summary | Tech | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| kv | Modern remote KVM (lean, fast) | Crystal |  |
| grafito | Clean web frontend for journald logs |
HTML / JS |  |
| tocry | Straightforward TODO / workflow lab | JS |  |
| mangrullo | “Como un watchtower pero para gente pobre” (lightweight monitoring experiment) | Crystal |  |
Other exploration: sepia
- Creator of rst2pdf — generate PDFs directly from reStructuredText.
- Creator of Nikola — extensible static site & blog generator.
- Long‑term stewardship mindset: keeping useful tools alive past the novelty phase.
Preference: small composable systems over sprawling frameworks.
Two decades of essays & technical notes: architecture trade‑offs, tooling, sustainability, naming, pragmatic engineering.
Read at: ralsina.me
Build small. Name well. Delete freely. Automate tedium. Leave code your future self won’t resent.
- Website / Essays: ralsina.me
- GitHub: (you are here)