Michael Altfield
Founder at Founder BusKill
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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
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Github Skills (200)
sphinx-doc10
perl10
rsync10
chat10
usb-devices10
whatsapp10
tripwire10
spotify10
surveillance10
py2exe10
kivy10
py2app10
css10
php10
privacy10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
maltfield/cross-platform-python-gui
May 2020 - Aug 2021
A fork-ready base for your new GUI application. Uses CI to automatically build executables for Linux (AppImage), Windows (exe), and MacOS (dmg)
Contributions:153 commits, 70 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
appimagedmggui-applicationlinuxmacos
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
clianti-forensicsguipythonsecurity
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