--- Portfolio -Matthew Twells <jawndeere>

<Matt Twells (jawndeere) />

Principal Solutions Engineer • Systems Explorer • Amateur Game Dev • GO BIRDS!

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<My Posts />

❯ Why Agentic Programming Feels Hollow, And Why I Stopped Caring

[Feb 8, 2026]

Reflecting on getting back into personal projects after an exceptionally stressful time, with the help of OpenAI's Codex.

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❯ AI, Take The Wheel - Lessons Learned from my First AI-Driven Project

[Nov 28, 2025]

I wanted to see what AI-led programming for a whole project was like, play with Ollama a bit too and see what I learnt along the way.

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❯ Breaking the Coding Barrier: A Self-Taught Roadmap to Thinking in C

[Nov 9, 2025]

Part voluntary CompSci syllabus, part masochistic art project: enter the Proficiency Roadmap

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❯ Endianness? Parsing? Lessons Learned Building the Rapido Port Scanner

[Sep 14, 2025]

Sockets? More straightforward than I thought. Argument parsing, though...

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❯ The Hacker's Guide To Understanding Linux

[Sep 5, 2025]

A practical map of Linux’s cryptic folders, explained with a hacker’s eye.

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❯ Properly Understanding Memory in x86_64: Some Assembly Is Required

[Sep 5, 2025]

Using memory_dungeon.c to explain how memory works when you run a program!

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❯ Pointers Aren’t **Magic: How To Learn &Kung-fu

[Sep 3, 2025]

Breaking down C pointers with examples from my Pointer Dojo.

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❯ Don't Overthink It: Portfolio Sites with GH Pages and Astro

[Sep 1, 2025]

How I got matttwells.com up and running in a day.

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<Technologies I Know />

Astro
C
C++
HTML
CSS
Salesforce
HubSpot
Outreach
Godot
GDSCript
Git
Python
React

<About Me />

Principal Solutions Engineer @ DeepSeas. Ex-Army comms engineer, pentester, internal auditor and consultant. I love building dumb, fun things that sharpen the blade and still make me laugh. The goal is to develop an unassailable set of hard technical skills.