hey there, i'm
znepb /zənɛp/
he/him
programmer
coaster thoosie
sysadmin
compsci student
gaming nerd
tech tinkerer
3d modeler
road geek

a little bit

about me

Hi! I'm Marcus, known as znepb here on the internet. I am a second-year Computer Science major, hobbyist programmer, sysadmin, and roller coaster enthusiast.

I started programming when I was 9 years old, with a Minecraft mod called ComputerCraft, in a language known as Lua. Over the years, I became more interested in computers and programming, branching out to learn new languages, such as Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, C, and others. Eventually, I decided to pursue Computer Science as a career. I also enjoy tinkering with electronics, hardware, and breaking Linux.

I also enjoy riding roller coasters. I've ridden 116 roller coasters at 18 different parks, with over 1200 individual logged rides. That totals over 957 miles of roller coaster track! My favorite roller coaster is Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point (I know, a very common choice, but it's a good ride).

things i like

some of my favorite

music artists

KGLW

A 6-piece Australian band that does a little bit of everything.

Boards of Canada

Two Scottish guys who make some really ethereal electronic music.

C418

Yes, the guy behind the Minecraft music. He makes some pretty good music outside of that!

Pink Floyd

My favorite "classic" artist, they have a lot of amazing, but sometimes sad, music.

i also like to play

video games

Minecraft

I'm sure you've heard of this game by now, I've been playing it as long as I can remember, and I still love it today.

Planet Coaster

Stemming from my obsession with roller coasters, I like to make roller coasters and theme parks from time-to-time.

Cities: Skylines

A game about building and managing your own city. I just like making unnecessarily complicated interchanges

and ride awesome

roller coasters

Steel Vengeance

Cedar Point

X2

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Skyrush

Hersheypark

Maverick

Cedar Point

stuff I've made

some of my favorite

projects

Being someone who messed with programming and just making stuff in general since very early on, of course I'd have my own repertoire of projects. Some of them are probably lost to time, others aren't as good as I'd like, though all were part of my journey!

A handful of them have been compiled into this neat list for your convenience, and you can start by checking out some of the highlights:

A user interface on a car's built-in touchscreen featuring a color selection wheel, six preset colors, a brightness adjustment wheel, and a light power toggle button.

Car LEDs

Making a Raspberry Pi control BLE lights, interfaced with by an Android 4.1 app.

2026 finished
The home page of the Permafrost application. It features the current logged in user's name, the user's recent connections, and their recent devices. On the left is a navigation menu.

Permafrost

Authentication gateway for Snowflake users. Made in collaboration with AutiOne and Erb3.

A railroad crossing, featuring gate arms, lights, two tracks, and various other road features, such as markings and signage

Roadworks

A Minecraft mod which adds traffic lights, road markings, and other road amenities.

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Tiktin Mods

A pair of companion mods for the Tiktin creative server.

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A screen showing a status monitor for a 3D Printing farm. Each printer is labeled with its name, the current filament loaded, and the print progress, where applicable.

Bambu Monitor

A simple, single-page webapp to monitor my small print farm.

2026-now active
The cover page of znepb.me v6.

znepb.me v7

The 7th iteration of this website.

2022-2026 deprecated
The cover page of znepb.me v6.

znepb.me v8

The 8th, and current, iteration of this website.

The home page of the blog.

Find My Keys

A simple CTF which utilized path traversal.

A welcome screen for a music app on a purple background. It features a modal with a header, reading "Blueberry", and header text, reading "Unravel a world of amazing experiences". There is an array of album art featured, and a "Get Started" button.

Blueberry

A web-based decentralized music app I've worked on with AutiOne.

2022-2024 deprecated
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colorful.kst

A shop on the SwitchCraft server which made colored items on-demand.

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Combine

Remotely control and monitor ComputerCraft farms.

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SC Chatbox

A collection of chatbox programs made for the SwitchCraft server.

The spawn area for Caverns, featuring some lanterns, a large building, a small building, and a small fountain.

Caverns

A Roblox game focused around exploring caves, fighting cave monsters, and finding ores.

2020-2023 deprecated
A countdown to New Years Day 2023.

Countdowns

A website which would show you countdowns to customizable dates.

The cover page of znepb.me v6.

znepb.me v6

The 6th iteration of this website.

The homepage of Lens

Lens

A fancy photo dump.

2022 deprecated
A simple screen with stylized text reading "LIT". The background features a violet gradient.

LIT

Feature-creep open-source social media

2020-2022 deprecated
A webpage featuring 3 photos.

Photos

A less fancy photo dump.

The cover page of znepb.me v6.

zwm

A window manager for ComputerCraft.

all made with

technologies & tools

Of course, a creator is nothing without any tools. Across the years of making the projects above and also other creations, I got myself into learning how to use lots of different technologies and programs that are now part of my day-to-day work cycle. Some of them include:

langs & frameworks

TypeScript typescript
JavaScript javascript
Kotlin kotlin
Lua lua
HTML5 html5
CSS css3
React react
Svelte svelte
Next.js nextjs
Sass sass
java

software & tools

Figma figma
Git git
Docker docker
KiCad kicad

posts I've written

read some of my

thoughts

Since I'm human, I think about things. This is where I put those thoughts. I also put some more detailed information on projects here. If you're interested, take a look.

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The Origins of znepb

People ask me all the time, where does znepb come from? This article will hopefully answer that question!

platforms I use

my means of

contact

If you need to get in touch or see more of my work, you can find me in the following online platforms: