based in Chernivtsi, Ukraine — open to projects
I build things from scratch — not because it's efficient, but because I actually want to understand how everything works.
No tutorials, no boilerplate. Just source code and a lot of late nights.
I'm Max, from Chernivtsi, Ukraine. A developer who probably spends more time building things than anything else.
It started with curiosity about how Linux works under the hood. That turned into building my own distro from scratch — compiling the kernel, solving dependency hell at 2am. Worth it.
I speak Ukrainian, Russian, English, and some German. Big into anime (Jujutsu Kaisen), retro gaming, and anything that requires understanding a system at the lowest level.
Nothing hit different than booting into an OS you compiled yourself. That's the whole thing for me: understanding before using.
Timeline
2024 — early
Started with Arch Linux
First real deep dive into Linux. Broke and fixed the system more times than I can count.
2024 — mid
Built the Dungeon Crawler
C++ and SDL2, five dev phases. First time writing procedural audio from scratch.
2025
Built MaxOS from scratch
LFS methodology. Custom kernel, package manager, networking. The whole thing.
2026 — now
Working on a window manager
Next step for MaxOS. Also open to new projects and collaboration.
Not a methodology. Just how my brain works.
Step 01
I don't start building until I actually know what I'm building. Docs, source code, whatever it takes. If I don't get it, I go deeper.
Step 02
No frameworks unless I need them. I'd rather write more code and understand every line than import something I can't explain.
Step 03
Half my learning happens when things go wrong. Kernel panics, segfaults — those are the moments that actually stick.
Step 04
At some point you just have to finish it. Get to a working state first, then layer on complexity.
Got a project? Want to collab on something low-level? Or just talk about operating systems and anime? I'm down.
Usually reply within a day or two
got it — i'll get back to you soon 👍