Engineer by trade. Tryhard creator by night. Slop hater always.
$ whoami
catalin "gmrdad82" ilinca
> engineer // still shipping
> youtuber // gaming, life, and everything in between
> based in // spain (since 2022)
> ai stance // embracer, not evangelist
> slop tolerance // 0.00
$ ./pito --why
> the best youtube tool around. i'd know — i made it.
> the paid ones never quite got what i wanted, so i wrote my own.
> game-to-video linkage · footage tracking · self-hosted · zero infra cost.
> built because i could, and because no one else was going to.
→ github.com/gmrdad82/pito · ❤ sponsor
▶ My First Computer — how it all started.
$ git log --oneline --decorate --graph
* a4f7b2c (HEAD -> now) engineering, youtubing, gaming, still building, slop-free
* 8e3d910 (tag: toptal-2024) wrapped 2 years — senior se, refactored monoliths
* 2c1f48a (tag: spain-2022) relocated to castellón, kept shipping
* 6b9a503 (tag: thoughtworks-2022) closed out 4 years — aircall, swrve, s4m
* d5e7c2f (tag: fepra-2018) architected fepra.ro — still running flawlessly
* 9fa3b71 (tag: 2performant-2015) joined as tech lead — devops, mentoring, microservices
* 4ce61d8 (tag: 2parale-2013) lead dev at 2parale (which became 2performant)
* 1afebbe (tag: v1.0-2006) shipped my first paid code as a freelancer
$ git status
On branch life
Your branch is ahead of 'main' by ∞ commits.
Active worktrees (parallel branches):
../2performant devops
../fepra engineer
../youtube creator (gmrdad82)
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: sleep.lock
modified: gaming.session
new file: tools/various.rb
helper: claude — as another pair of hands
(use "git commit" if you ever stop)
$ cat ~/.channels
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82 # Catalin Ilinca
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82good # Gamer Dad - The Good Ones
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82hard # Gamer Dad - The Hard Ones
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82fighter # Gamer Dad - The Fighter
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82survivor # Gamer Dad - The Survivor
open https://youtube.com/@gmrdad82strategist # Gamer Dad - The Strategist
$ tree ~/setup
.
├── daily/
│ ├── omarchy # linux, btw
│ ├── neovim
│ ├── kitty # terminal
│ ├── ruby on rails
│ ├── claude # ai, as another pair of hands
│ ├── slack
│ ├── brave
│ └── obs # recording / streaming
├── studio/
│ ├── sony zv-e10 + sigma 17-40mm f/1.8 dc art
│ ├── rode podmic (xlr) → focusrite scarlett solo 4th gen
│ └── ugreen capture card
├── gaming/
│ ├── ps5 pro
│ ├── nintendo switch 2
│ ├── sony dualsense edge ×2 (black & white)
│ └── nintendo switch pro controller
└── desk/
├── asus rog zephyrus m16 (2023)
├── asus rog 27" woled (4th-gen tandem, 1440p)
├── logitech mx keys mechanical
├── logitech mx master 4
├── secretlab magnus evo desk
└── secretlab titan evo chair
links → omarchy · neovim · kitty · rails · claude · slack · brave · obs
$ cat ~/.signature
> if it reads like gpt, i didn't write it.



