Nathan Haines
Owner at Starbound Publishing
Lake Forest, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Haines is an IT consultant, instructor, and publisher with 18 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting systems for home users, small businesses, and community projects. He combines deep practical skills in Linux system administration, IP-PBX/VoIP troubleshooting, and advanced Excel automation with Python-driven data processing to deliver reliable, cost-saving solutions. As an active Ubuntu community leader and conference organizer, he has run Ubucon events, authored multiple published articles, and advocated for Free Software since 2005. He also runs Starbound Publishing, providing manuscript editing and self-publishing services, reflecting a rare mix of technical and editorial expertise. Fluent in German and comfortable presenting to technical and nontechnical audiences, Nathan is equally adept at public speaking, training, and producing technical documentation. He’s known for translating complex migrations and legacy virtualization projects into straightforward, maintainable systems while teaching others to avoid common pitfalls.
18 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer and Business Information Systems, Computer and Business Information Systems at Long Beach City College
English, German
Github Skills (41)
sphinx10
documentation10
nextcloud10
ubuntu9
markdown9
braille9
ascii-art8
putty8
console-application8
ascii8
gnome8
static-site8
dock8
vector-tiles8
ruby8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nathanhaines/mapscii
Oct 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 10 pushes in 2 years 10 months
puttywindowsasciiconsolebraille
fheinle/PyRoom
Feb 2008 - Aug 2008
Contributions:8 commits in 5 months
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