Hello Red Hat Learning Community!
I'm Aaron Ferguson, an Enterprise Systems Architect, Kernel Engineer and everything in between at Open Research and Development Laboratories (ORDL), from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania - East Coast, USA. I’m thrilled to join this community of innovators and open-source enthusiasts! We've always heard of the hatters, now we can become one, with the legacy of IBM and the credentials of the leading pioneers for all things enterprise-grade, open source and production ready, let's get it.
With a deep rooted passion for free and open-source software (FOSS), I specialize in Linux kernel development, concurrency, memory management, and dynamic systems design, plus many other things - not limited to? Lol. My journey in tech is self-taught, spanning every programming language from C (my go-to), to Java (A favorite), to Ada (Yikes), and even x86_64 assembly for those low-level challenges and data structure designs. As a systems architect, I focus on building modular, maintainable, and future ready solutions. Whether it’s enterprise-grade software, network security, structural integrity / solutions, microservices / systems - anything, all the way to / from game development. I believe in paving smooth paths for others through solid foundations, integrity, and well I guess clean code - readable, manageable, and expandable - lots of uh bulls there, but sounds about right. Totally plausible, always - Pioneering by boldly venturing into uncharted territory with visionary ideas (You can leave the ideas at home, just bring your keyboard we got this - something will happen), Engineering through rigorous first principles, problem solving to create practical solutions, and Architecting by designing scalable, sustainable systems that ensure long-term impact and adaptability. This is a fun way to tell yourself you might be on to something or you're insane, either way keep it pushing. Let others decide that non-sense and see where it goes, worst thing that can happen is you're a few thousand lines deep and you have no clue where, what, why you were doing this in the first place.
Beyond the terminal, I’m a teacher in my local community AKA family, discord, and anyone interested enough to ask what's up. Sharing knowledge on systems administration and software engineering, can teach you Linux in 24 hours solid, you'll install from baseline nothing to full WM/DE (I say this from experience - one dedicated person and 24 hours, the systems yours). Can have you up and writing code by yourself in 2, pick a language (Please don't say C++). I’m also a PROUD FATHER - who isn't right? Legit the best thing accomplished ever. I have a son and he's 8, we do all kinds of things together, everyday - all day. He's a gamer so I don't have to be, we work on cars, we do all things grow - indoor and outdoor, we both enjoy outdoors as much as anyone else when it isn't death out there. I try to be mom and dad at the same time but just end up failing so we just stick with best friends - it's easier that way for the both of us. He's not picked up on why I find programming so fascinating, but he does like LEGOs and lincoln logs, so that's a start! I'm a night-owl, and a "Midnight Toker" when brainstorming new ideas or whatever the mood is. My interests extend to fields like quantum computing, where I’m exploring how probabilistic algorithms can optimize system performance, and AI, where I’m fascinated by its potential to enhance developer workflows without replacing human ingenuity.
At ORDL, I wear many hats, executive, engineer, developer, security advocate, innovator and pioneer. I’m here to collaborate, discuss, and contribute to the Red Hat ecosystem. Whether it’s kernel tweaks, scalable architectures, or just geeking out over open source possibilities and/or chit-chatting, I’m all in. Let’s build a better world for them, through code or any other means, together, from us. Full force - all systems are a go, I repeat, all systems are a go.
After reading this and others, yikes I may have over done it. I was really relying on a template or something, but oh well here she is. Also if you wanna know anything else feel free to get ahold of me I'm open. Uh oh, it said invalid HTML during preview, I entered no HTML. If it's janky or things have been removed that's on the hatters, lol. I really am not about to read this over again, I'm sure it's good enough. Good luck.
Looking forward to connecting, collaborating, or just being here with the hatters.
Winsock
Aaron Ferguson
[ORDL] |RT|BT|FOSS| Concurrency | Dynamics | Memory Space
Open Research and Development Laboratories
Enterprise Systems Architect
Kernel Engineer
|RH|FOSS|
Concurrency | Dynamics | Mutants | Memory Space
