Engineer, Musician & Indie Game Enthusiast Zola 2025-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://tiniuc.com/atom.xml 2025-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 2025-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/uconsole-interview/

<p>Joel over at uConsole World was kind enough to interview me following <a href="https://tiniuc.com/hacksim-on-cyberdeck/">my article about running Botnet of Ares on my uConsole</a>.</p>

2025-09-22T00:00:00+00:00 2025-09-22T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/hacksim-on-cyberdeck/

<p>And in typical cyberpunk fashion, I had to put the deck together from whatever parts I could find.</p>

2025-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 2025-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/offline-firmware-patch/

<p>My deck was finally starting to take shape - I just needed to patch together a working driver for the PAN transceiver.</p>

2025-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/boa-blog-4/

<p>In Botnet of Ares, Aspects are thematic &amp; mechanical elements which represent different approaches to exerting influence onto the world.</p>

2025-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 2025-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/botnet-of-ares/

<p>Botnet of Ares is an incremental hacking roguelite set in a cyberpunk world where everything is connected. Unlock upgrades, expand your botnet, exploit millions of devices, optimize your network &amp; shape the future of AI. In a world where control of connection is control itself, how far will you go?</p>

2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/deriving-music-theory-with-python/

<p>My article for Paged Out! magazine.</p>

2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 2025-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/boa-blog-3/

<p>The growth of Ares does not go unchecked - as it grows and becomes more powerful, it will encounter killer ICE which will destroy the botnet unless dealt with appropriately.</p>

2025-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 2025-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/boa-blog-2/

<p>Progression in <a href="https://tiniuc.com/botnet-of-ares/">Botnet of Ares</a> is defined by increasing Ares' computational power, unlocking different types of machines to exploit &amp; gaining the ability to exploit more machines simultaneously.</p>

2025-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 2025-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/make-more-tools/

<p>Recently I've been thinking a lot about some of the tools I've made, and I have found an insight from game development that I think can apply to the software engineering industry as a whole.</p>

2025-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 2025-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/boa-blog-1/

<p>The most basic elements of gameplay in <a href="https://tiniuc.com/botnet-of-ares/">Botnet of Ares</a> are Machines, Tasks &amp; Workers - here's how they work.</p>

2024-11-30T00:00:00+00:00 2024-11-30T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/all-about-transposition/

<p>Transposition is the process of shifting the pitch of a song or composition up or down. This has the effect of changing the key of the song.</p>

2024-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 2024-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/about-me/ <h2 id="personal">Personal</h2> <p>I am working on <a href="https://tiniuc.com/botnet-of-ares/">Botnet of Ares, a hacking simulator game.</a>.</p> <iframe src="https://store.steampowered.com/widget/3627290/" frameborder="0" width="646" height="190"></iframe> <p>I made <a href="https://tiniuc.com/chord-chart-memo">Chord Chart Memo, an app for typing and transposing chord charts quickly.</a></p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>I'm currently working on 5G Fixed Wireless Access technology, with a focus on Customer Premise Equipment firmware development.</p> <p>I've been using &amp; developing for Linux all my career, chiefly working on embedded applications &amp; OpenWRT platforms.</p> <p>I have extensive experience implementing IoT protocols on low power embedded platforms. I've worked with Thread, KNX-IoT, Zigbee &amp; MQTT.</p> <h2 id="creative">Creative</h2> <p>I compose and produce music under the name 'Tiniuc'. I love playing the Chapman Stick, guitar, as well as programming &amp; playing synthesizers.</p> <p>I am passionate about independent video games, sci-fi literature, and <em>especially</em> sci-fi independent video games!</p> <p>I am also active in the following places:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/tiniuclx">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tiniuclx.bsky.social">Blue Sky</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/tiniuclx">GitHub</a></li> </ul> 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 2024-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/chord-chart-memo/

<p>Chord Chart Memo lets you input chords with just two taps.</p>

2024-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 2024-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/godot-for-apps/

<p>Godot is being slept on as an app development framework.</p>

2024-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 2024-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/ccm-privacy-policy/

<p>Chord Chart Memo does not use your personal data.</p>

2022-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 2022-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/upcoming-gigs-july-august-2022/

<p>I'm playing live Stick music on the 30th of July and the 5th of August!</p>

2022-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 2022-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/cybernetic-pipe-dream-out-now/

<p>Here are some of the places where you can listen to my Debut EP</p>

2022-05-31T00:00:00+00:00 2022-05-31T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/indie-gems-from-the-south/

<p>I've decided to launch a playlist for local indie artists!</p>

2022-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 2022-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/cybernetic-pipe-dream/

<p><strong>Southampton, United Kingdom</strong> - Tiniuc's debut EP 'Cybernetic Pipe Dream' takes you on a Synthwave adventure</p>

2020-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 2020-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 Alex Tiniuc https://tiniuc.com/where-are-the-hacking-simulators/

<p>Games where you play as a security hacker breaking into computer systems seem like a perfect match for the medium. They can make you feel how a hacker should feel, at least as portrayed by Hollywood.</p>