Seasoned, versatile developer crafting small, durable, well‑named tools.
Open source advocate & long‑form writer for 20+ years at ralsina.me.

A clean, minimal web frontend for systemd journald logs — lightweight, fast to stand up, and intentionally uncluttered.

Installation & docs: https://grafito.ralsina.me/

Single‑liner:

curl -sSL https://grafito.ralsina.me/install.sh | sudo bash

Why: Focused log triage without adopting a full ELK-scale observability stack.
Status: Active • License: MIT • Source: https://github.com/ralsina/grafito

Lean remote KVM tool (Crystal) emphasizing simplicity, speed, and low operational friction.

Installation & docs: https://kv.ralsina.me/

Single‑liner:

curl -sSL https://kv.ralsina.me/install.sh | sudo bash

Design priorities: minimal latency • understandable code • pragmatic feature set
Status: Active • Source: https://github.com/ralsina/kv

Lightweight “watchtower‑style” monitoring experiment aimed at low‑resource or inexpensive setups.

Status: Early prototype / exploratory • Tech: Crystal
Goal: Provide just‑enough visibility without a full monitoring stack.

Straightforward TODO / workflow lab for experimenting with lightweight personal process tooling.

Status: Iterative experiment • Tech: JS
Focus: Simple flows over feature sprawl; a sandbox for workflow ideas.

• Current focus: Python · Crystal
• Care about: clarity • correctness • minimal surface area • graceful deletion
• Enjoy: bridging gaps with purposeful utilities; building “just enough” infrastructure
• Guiding idea: make things future‑self friendly; bias toward boring reliability

Project	Summary	Tech	Stars
kv	Modern remote KVM (lean, fast)	Crystal
grafito	Clean web frontend for journald logs	HTML / JS
tocry	Straightforward TODO / workflow lab	JS
mangrullo	“Como un watchtower pero para gente pobre” (lightweight monitoring experiment)	Crystal

Other exploration: sepia

• Creator of rst2pdf — generate PDFs directly from reStructuredText.
• Creator of Nikola — extensible static site & blog generator.
• Long‑term stewardship mindset: keeping useful tools alive past the novelty phase.

Preference: small composable systems over sprawling frameworks.

Two decades of essays & technical notes: architecture trade‑offs, tooling, sustainability, naming, pragmatic engineering.
Read at: ralsina.me

Build small. Name well. Delete freely. Automate tedium. Leave code your future self won’t resent.

• Website / Essays: ralsina.me
• GitHub: (you are here)