Hi, my name is Kobus

I am a passionate engineer who loves working on systems, algorithms, and the finer details of how software interacts with hardware. On this website you can find out more about what I do, as well as a blog where I sometimes write about the technical concepts I’m exploring.

I enjoy working on challenging programming projects, particularly those where efficiency and speed are critical. My interests include high-performance computing, low-level optimization, and understanding the Linux kernel. I’m a keen Linux user and a firm believer in the open-source philosophy.

In my free time I enjoy working on various projects with the aim of always learning something new.

Feel free to get in touch with me using any of the platforms listed on this website, I’d love to hear your feedback.


Latest posts

Linux Security Summit: Europe 2025 talk

28 Jan 2026 1 minutes
My talk at the Linux Security Summit: Europe in 2025 titled “Recoverable, Tamper-resistant Full-disk Encryption at the Distributed Edge”

Building a muscle (EMG) controlled hand exoskeleton

26 Nov 2023 11 minutes
An overview of my final-year engineering project, a muscle (EMG) controlled hand exoskeleton built using machine-learning and a unholy amount of hot glue.

Auto-switching power profiles when plugging in your charger using power-profiles-daemon on Linux

9 Dec 2021 2 minutes
A small script to automatically switch your power profile based on whether your laptop is charging or not

Running unprivileged LXC containers on Fedora

2 Dec 2021 6 minutes
A complete guide on setting up and running unprivileged containers on Fedora with bind-mounts and SELinux support

Searching text in Django models

25 Feb 2021 9 minutes
Fast and flexible and text searching of multiple model fields in Django
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