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Hi there! I'm a recently-graduated CS bachelor from the University of Minnesota, currently working as an associate researcher at [SIFT][11]. My computing-related interests lie in programming language design and analysis, systems security, cryptography, and distributed systems. <!-- more --> Some of the projects I've been working on in my free time include:

- [**Leanshot**][6], a Linux screen capture tool.
- [**Garbage**][7], a CLI interface to the trash can API.

More can be found on [this page][12] or my public [Gitea][2].

I've also started making an increased effort at using and supporting [FOSS][8], and other software that're not predatory towards users. As a part of this effort, I'm also self-hosting and rewriting some of the services and software that I use regularly. Find out what I'm using [here][9].

I'm also an avid rhythm game player and beatmap creator, mostly involved with the free-to-play game [osu!][3]. Check out some of my beatmaps on my [osu! userpage][4].

## contact

- Email: `mail` &commat; [this domain]
- PGP Key: [`925ECC02890D5CDAE26180D4BDA47A31A3C8EE6B`][10]
- IRC: `mzh` on [libera.chat][5]

[1]: https://keybase.io/michaelz/pgp_keys.asc?fingerprint=925ecc02890d5cdae26180d4bda47a31a3c8ee6b
[2]: https://git.mzhang.io/explore
[3]: https://osu.ppy.sh
[4]: https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2688103
[5]: https://libera.chat
[6]: https://git.mzhang.io/michael/leanshot
[7]: https://git.sr.ht/~iptq/garbage
[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
[9]: setup
[10]: pgp.txt
[11]: https://www.sift.net/
[12]: ../projects