About

Hello! I'm Puxtril - a dude on the internet in his late 20s. Full-time software dev / reverse engineer. I mainly enjoy programming in my free time, but I also have a stake in cooking, bodybuilding, vtubers, selfhosting, and I'm a big privacy advocate (No stock Android on my devices). Actually, the selfhosting and privacy stuff are kinda intertwined.

I'd say my biggest project/accomplishment is the Warframe Extractor. It's a tool which reads the custom model/texture/level/material/shader data from Warframe (and Soulframe!) and converts them to standard formats like FBX/PNG/Txt. I've been around Warframe since it released in 2013, and I cannot state how much I love Digital Extreme's atitude for development. They put a huge emphasis on community interaction, having monthly development streams (even after 10 years), they love showcasing fanart, they listen to community feedback on their game… Just full of love. And their game runs well. In a time of AI upscaling, asset flips, horrible optimization, and full outsourcing, Digital Extremes continues to make the right choice.

Ahem Anyway. DE also isn't afraid to completely overhaul old code in favor of something better. Which means they continuiously update their file formats. Which means I stay busy reverse enginering them. I don't think the extractor has stayed stable for more than 6 months. To me, it feels like doing a sunday crossword puzzle, but the outcome is actually useful to other people. It's fun.

Oh and the profile picture - it's a Solari worker from Warframe. I'm usually filling my free time with programming projects, putting a big emphasis on working. The Solari are a race of augmented humanoids who are indentured servants to their capitalist overlods. A bit bleak, but they manage to keep a positive outlook. Sometimes I feel a bit slave-like to my own hyperfocus on work over play.

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