Pike County, PA · Education Technology Leadership · Since the dial-up days
Chuck
Culver
I build the systems people only notice when they stop working. The goal is simple: keep them safe, keep them useful, and keep the panic to a minimum.
$ systems.status
● stable by design
$ philosophy
boring systems win.
01 The day job
Leading the technology, security, and operations that keep schools moving.
For nearly three decades, I've been the guy responsible for the things that cannot be down: identity, networks, endpoints, backups, security, and the strange legacy thing nobody wants to touch.
Infrastructure
Servers, virtualization, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and the patience to document it properly.
- Windows Server & Proxmox
- Veeam & PBS
- Hardware lifecycle
Networks & Security
Networks that stay fast, segmented, and understandable. Security that helps people work instead of just getting in their way.
- Routing, switching & Wi-Fi
- Firewalls, VLANs & RADIUS
- Fiber optic infrastructure
Identity & Devices
Modernizing the old stuff without wrecking a Tuesday morning for a thousand students and staff.
- Microsoft Entra & Intune
- Google Workspace
- Windows, macOS & ChromeOS
02 The builder side
When the workday ends, I still make things.
I grew up writing code, running a BBS, and taking apart the software I used. That part never really went away. These days it shows up as useful Linux tools, network oddities, web applications, and games through Edge Case Software ↗.
Linux printing
Hive-IPP-Bridge
An unofficial driverless IPP bridge for PaperCut Hive printing on Linux.
↗ Linux utilityWireWarden
A clean little control room for WireGuard tunnels on Linux.
↗ Network artPacketPaper
Live traffic, turned into wallpaper.
↗ More experimentsUseful, weird, unfinished.
That's where the good ideas usually start.
↗03 Off the clock
Still a nerd. Just outside sometimes.
Old-school adventure games. Horror and dark comedy. Fishing before the lake wakes up. A house full of half-finished projects. And whatever I can get running on Linux this week.
Current operating mode
- 01 Keeping school districts calm
- 02 Building something after hours
- 03 Fishing when I can
- 04 Trying not to buy more gear
04 Open channel
Have a system that needs to work?
Tell me what you are building, fixing, or trying to keep from catching fire. A useful first message is usually enough to start a good conversation.
status: accepting reasonable problems, strange infrastructure, and good questions.