About me

I’m rpmn0ise.

I’m a tech-oriented individual focused on understanding systems rather than simply using them. I work at the intersection of Linux, audio, gaming simulation, hardware, and digital culture. My approach is pragmatic: learn by doing, break things on purpose, rebuild them properly, and keep what actually works.

I don’t really fit into a single label. “Developer”, “hacker”, “audiophile”, “gamer”, or “student” are all partially true, but none of them are sufficient on their own. What defines me best is curiosity, autonomy, and an almost compulsive need to understand how things behave under the hood.

What I work on

Most of my work revolves around systems — software systems, audio systems, game systems, and sometimes social systems.

Linux, systems & security

Linux is the core of my daily workflow. I mainly use Arch Linux, experiment with other distributions when it makes sense, and maintain separate environments for testing, gaming, and breaking things without consequences. Distro hopping isn’t a phase here — it’s a methodology.

What I enjoy about Linux is the balance between:

I’m also interested in cybersecurity and hacking culture, from a technical and exploratory perspective. I study how systems are protected, how they fail, how they are bypassed, and how they can be hardened again. Topics like piracy, digital freedom, and access to information are not treated as shortcuts, but as tools to understand how modern ecosystems really function — economically, technically, and politically.

Audio, bass & sound systems

Audio is not a side interest — it’s a constant background process.

I’m deeply involved in home audio, car audio, and headphones, with a strong focus on:

I care about physical impact, but also about control. Raw power without precision is just noise. A well-tuned system that behaves exactly as expected is far more satisfying than an oversized one that doesn’t.

Musically, my taste is wide but consistent: hard music, electronic, dance, US rap (including rebassed tracks), and older classics. If it hits hard and is well produced, it has my attention.

Gaming & simulation

Gaming matters to me when it becomes a simulation.

My main focus is BeamNG.drive, which I consider less a game and more an experimentation platform. I use it to explore vehicle physics, test mods, modify internal files, compare behaviors, and push systems beyond their intended limits. With a sim racing setup and extensive modding, it becomes a hands-on learning tool.

Competitive FPS games don’t interest me much. I prefer sandbox environments where mechanics, physics, and systems can be observed, modified, and understood.

Hardware & performance

I’m interested in PC hardware, electronics, and performance optimization — especially when audio or simulation is involved. Understanding how components interact, bottleneck, overheat, or misbehave is part of the process.

Performance matters. Not for benchmarks screenshots, but because a system that responds instantly and predictably is simply more pleasant to work with.

How I learn and document

I learn by:

This website is part of that process.

I treat documentation as a living thing. Content is iterative, sometimes incomplete, sometimes experimental. “WIP” doesn’t mean careless — it means honest. If something isn’t finished, it’s marked as such.

Guides, blogs, and knowledge bases coexist here. Some pages are structured like a wiki, others like a lab notebook, others like personal logs. The goal is usability first, perfection later.

Philosophy

My core values are freedom, control, and autonomy.

I strongly believe in:

I’m critical of digital enclosure, platform dependency, and systems designed to lock users in rather than empower them. Technology should be a playground, sometimes a tool, sometimes a weapon — but never a cage.

I don’t reject structure or rules; I reject opaque ones.

Community & sharing

I’m the founder of SGPI, a private French tech community focused on Piracy, free tools, guides, and digital culture. It’s a serious project: curated, moderated, and built around sharing useful knowledge rather than noise.

The objective is simple:

learn together, share resources, experiment freely, and stay curious.

This site

This website is my personal hub.

You’ll find:

It’s intentionally structured, but not sanitized. Think of it as a controlled chaos: organized enough to be useful, flexible enough to evolve, and honest enough to show the process — including the mistakes.

Contact & presence

You’ll mostly find me through:

I’m not everywhere. I prefer places where long-form thinking, experimentation, and real discussion are still possible.