Gage Lara
About Me:
I’m an aspiring DevOps and Cloud engineer who loves turning complex ideas into satisfyingly efficient, automated, and declarative solutions. In addition to completing the Cloud Resume Challenge I’ve built and maintained a NixOS-powered cloud homelab, created interactive JavaScript tools for Tabletop RPGs, and designed streamlined CI/CD workflows for turning local markdown notes into fully built and deployed websites with a single click.
Hobbies
Music Production
TTRPGs
Firedancing
3D Printing
Philosophy
Certification and Badges
Skills
NixOS
GitOps
Cloud: AWS & Digital Ocean
Terraform
Projects
Cloud Resume Challenge (AWS, Terraform, GitOps)
Completed the Cloud Resume Challenge by developing a serverless static resume website on AWS, fully provisioned with Terraform, featuring a custom API and a Python Lambda function that updates a DynamoDB table to track the total number of website visitors.
Obsidian to Quartz GitOps Tutorial (GitOps)
Developed a tutorial explaining how to build a streamlined GitOps pipeline for turning Obsidian markdown notes into Quartz static websites with a single click, with instructions on automatically building and deploying multiple websites simultaneously from within a single vault - both demonstrating and teaching effective CICD principles in a beginner-friendly fashion.
NixOS Configuration (Nix, NixOS)
Published and maintain my personal NixOS Configuration in a GitHub repository demonstrating my understand of NixOS, Linux, and Declarative workflows.
Overlord: Javascript TTRPG Statblock Web App with PWA (JS, HTML, CSS)
Overlord: A visual statblock library manager, creator, and editor for the Trespasser Tabletop RPG. This tool was made as a personal project for one of my favorite games while learning Javascript.
Other Experiences
Inventory Management Specialist
Pioneer Balloon · 2018 - 2024
Inventory Management Specialist
Walmart · 2014 - 2017