Bill Zhang IdkwhatImD0ing

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Bill Zhang · AI-first builder · hackathon operator · ships fast¹

$ cat /etc/motd
Current processes are running smoothly.
uptime: 4 years, 10 months (since 2021-09-21)
artemis.target: waxing gibbous (68% illuminated)
motd.d regenerated: 2026-07-23

Note

Parts of this page are rewritten on a schedule by the machine itself — an LLM daemon, four cron jobs, and whatever you're about to do in the fsck section. The commit history is the changelog of a README editing itself.

`$ ps aux --sort=-obsession`

PID	%CPU	TIME	COMMAND
6853	95.0	16:13	`portfolio-v4 --update --merge`
1406	90.0	89:26	`hackathon-starter --open-pr --review`
5468	85.0	71:08	`voice-ai --build --deploy`
6233	80.0	116:53	`idkwhatimdoing --delete --push`
4776	75.0	99:36	`hackathon-pitch --analyze --report`

`$ tail /var/log/hackathons.log`

$ grep -v '^#' /var/log/hackathons.log | tail -n 6
2023-02-04  GDSC Solution Challenge  [SHIP]  SlugLoop — Top 10 Global
2024-04-20  LA Hacks 2024  [WIN]  AdaptEd — Gemini Challenge 1st
2024-06-22  UC Berkeley AI Hackathon  [WIN]  DispatchAI — Grand Prize
2024-11-16  HackUTD 2024  [WIN]  TalkTuahBank — Overall 1st Place

$ grep -c '\[WIN\]' hackathons.log*
3
# log rotated — lifetime: 35 wins / 58 entered (source: the human)

`$ htop --user bill`

$ render /var/cache/skyline.svg --3d

`$ fsck /dev/sda1`

Warning

filesystem check required. 10 corrupted sectors detected on /dev/sda1 (board #3, 0/71 verified). any operator may run fsck — click a sector below to scan it. scanning a corrupted sector panics the kernel.

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

_{scans are handled by a single-threaded fsck daemon: submitting an issue queues your scan, the eyes reaction means ack, and the board redraws about a minute later. refresh gently.}

S.M.A.R.T. log — last 3 operation(s)

operator	op	result
IdkwhatImD0ing	`reformat`	new disk online
IdkwhatImD0ing	`fsck C3`	KERNEL PANIC
IdkwhatImD0ing	`fsck E5`	sector clean

hall of fame — disks cleaned	hall of shame — kernel panics caused
(vacant)	1. IdkwhatImD0ing ×1

_{ART3M1S accepts other commands. they are not documented.}

`$ ls -la ~/ships`

total 58
drwxr-xr-x  bill  wheel   the good ones are below. the rest are
-rwx------  bill  wheel   hackathon dirs with 3am commit messages

mode	ship	payload
`-rwx r-- shipped`	DispatchAI	AI copilot for overloaded 911 dispatch centers
`-rwx r-- shipped`	TalkTuahBank	voice-first banking for the people banks forgot
`-rwx r-- shipped`	SlugLoop	real-time campus bus tracker, UCSC-approved
`-rwx r-- shipped`	AdaptEd	lectures that reshape themselves to the student

`$ artemis-pkg list --explicit`

typescript    5.x        (load-bearing)
python        3.12       (the other load-bearing one)
react         ∞          (cannot uninstall, dependency of everything)
next.js       latest     (see: react)
fastapi       latest     (default answer to most questions)
postgres      16         (where the state actually lives)
elevenlabs    hackathon-critical
pytorch       2.x        (installed for one weekend, kept forever)
ffmpeg        any        (do not ask what it is wired into)
tmux          -          (home)

warning: package 'sleep' is an optional dependency and is not installed

`$ artemis-screensaver --idle 300`

screensaver of the week: snake — a classic. the predator rotates. come back next week.

`$ crontab -l`

# m h dom mon dow  command               comment
@reboot            artemis-ops.yaml      # on visitor input
9 13 * * 1,4       metrics.yaml          # repaint own dashboards
17 15 * * 1,4      profile-summary.yaml  # an LLM rewrites this page
23 7 * * 1         screensaver.yaml      # rotate the predator
41 14 * * 1        terminal-hero.yaml    # reroll boot (1-in-8: panic)
# the LLM's drafts go unreviewed. quality has improved.
# this machine stays alive by committing to itself. so can you.

_{daemon sources: artemis-ops.yaml · metrics.yaml · profile-summary.yaml · screensaver.yaml · terminal-hero.yaml}

`$ mount /dev/peripherals`

lander.stl — ART3M1S descent module (drag to rotate, seriously)

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man bill — manual page for bill(1)

see man/bill.1.md — includes SYNOPSIS, EXIT STATUS, and a BUGS section legal made me keep.

`$ tail /etc/passwd`

$ tail -n 8 /etc/passwd
prakhxr0:x:1000:100:starred 2024-06-14:/home/prakhxr0:/usr/bin/zsh
# 1 user registered — star this repo to create your account.

`$ nmap whitebox`

PORT      STATE     SERVICE   NOTES
443/tcp   open      https     art3m1s.me — talk to my agent
80/tcp    open      http      thehackathonplaybook.dev
1337/tcp  open      card      see below
22/tcp    filtered  ssh       opens after you email first

This profile can leave your browser. Run this in your own terminal²:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IdkwhatImD0ing/IdkwhatImD0ing/main/bill.ansi

`$ sudo shutdown -h now`

Caution

This profile may spontaneously change topics, layouts, or opinions between visits. The maintainer considers this a feature and has declined to file a bug.

currently cooking: ████████████ (announcement compiles itself)

If you are building something ambitious, weird, AI-heavy, or demo-worthy, I probably want to hear about it.³

[ reboot ] · [ view source ] · [ .plan ]

_{compiled from 2e1e001 · build 29 · this page rebuilds itself; the human is a contributor}

Connection to whitebox closed.

"fast" is defined as demo-ready before the venue wifi fails.³ ↩
Windows: use curl.exe, not the PowerShell alias. you knew that. it's fine that you checked. ↩
this footnote is load-bearing. removing it breaks footnote ⁴. ↩ ↩²
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`$ ps aux --sort=-obsession`

`$ tail /var/log/hackathons.log`

`$ htop --user bill`

`$ fsck /dev/sda1`

`$ ls -la ~/ships`

`$ artemis-pkg list --explicit`

`$ artemis-screensaver --idle 300`

`$ crontab -l`

`$ mount /dev/peripherals`

`$ tail /etc/passwd`

`$ nmap whitebox`

`$ sudo shutdown -h now`

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Bill Zhang IdkwhatImD0ing

Achievements

Achievements

Highlights

$ ps aux --sort=-obsession

$ tail /var/log/hackathons.log

$ htop --user bill

$ fsck /dev/sda1

$ ls -la ~/ships

$ artemis-pkg list --explicit

$ artemis-screensaver --idle 300

$ crontab -l

$ mount /dev/peripherals

$ tail /etc/passwd

$ nmap whitebox

$ sudo shutdown -h now

Footnotes

Pinned Loading

Uh oh!

`$ ps aux --sort=-obsession`

`$ tail /var/log/hackathons.log`

`$ htop --user bill`

`$ fsck /dev/sda1`

`$ ls -la ~/ships`

`$ artemis-pkg list --explicit`

`$ artemis-screensaver --idle 300`

`$ crontab -l`

`$ mount /dev/peripherals`

`$ tail /etc/passwd`

`$ nmap whitebox`

`$ sudo shutdown -h now`