Michael Altfield
Founder at Founder BusKill
Summary
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RockstarMichael Altfield is a founder with eight years of experience building startups and advising open-source projects, notably as Founder of BusKill and advisor to OpenSourceEcology. He blends entrepreneurial drive with hands-on technical sensibility, focusing on practical solutions that intersect security and community-driven hardware/software initiatives. Based in the United States, Michael brings a maker-oriented perspective that values resilience and real-world impact over theoretical polish. His dual role as founder and open-source advisor suggests strength in both product strategy and collaborative software/hardware ecosystems.
8 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
2,291reputation
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58answers
61questions
Github Skills (200)
sphinx-doc10
web-application10
perl10
cffi10
ubuntu10
rsync10
chat10
cloud-platform10
usb-devices10
whatsapp10
tripwire10
spotify10
surveillance10
py2exe10
kivy10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
maltfield/rtd-github-pages
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
Fork-ready base for your project's documentation using Sphinx + Read the Docs on GitHub Pages
Contributions:27 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
pythonsphinxreadthedocsread-the-docs
BusKill/buskill-app
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
BusKill's main CLI/GUI app for arming/disarming/configuring the BusKill laptop kill cord
Contributions:10 releases, 3 reviews, 860 commits in 2 years 7 months
gui-apppythontripwireusblaptop
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