specs

global scale (0–7)

g: Geek Specialization (required)

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type: special | category: identity | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

Computing & Tech

• cs: Computer Science
• ai: Artificial Intelligence
• ml: Machine Learning
• cy: Cybersecurity
• ds: Data Science
• bc: Blockchain
• io: Internet of Things
• qc: Quantum Computing
• vr: Virtual Reality
• os: Operating Systems
• dv: DevOps
• ap: API Development
• cl: Cloud Infrastructure
• eg: Edge Computing
• sc: Ethical Hacking
• ux: User Experience
• wp: Web Performance
• db: Databases
• em: Embedded Systems
• fp: Functional Programming
• nx: Networking
• cv: Computer Vision
• nl: NLP / Comp. Linguistics
• cr: Cryptography

Science & Medicine

• bi: Biology
• cm: Chemistry
• ph: Physics
• md: Medicine
• nr: Neuroscience
• ev: Environmental
• fs: Forensics
• fd: Food Science
• as: Astronomy
• gl: Geology
• bt: Biotech
• gn: Genetics

Engineering & Making

• ee: Electrical Eng.
• me: Mechanical Eng.
• rb: Robotics
• dy: DIY / Maker
• tp: 3D Printing
• ar: Arduino
• ce: Civil Eng.
• ae: Aerospace Eng.
• am: Additive Mfg.
• ct: Control Systems

Academic & Humanities

• mt: Mathematics
• pl: Philosophy
• ed: Education
• lb: Library Science
• lw: Law
• ss: Social Science
• py: Psychology
• cg: Cognitive Science
• li: Linguistics
• hs: History
• an: Anthropology
• ec: Economics

Art & Design

• gd: Graphic Design
• ad: Animation
• fa: Fine Arts
• mu: Music
• pa: Performing Arts
• sr: Screenwriting
• tw: Tech Writing
• wr: Writing
• vd: Game Design
• pg: Photography
• tx: Textile Arts
• ty: Typography

Business & Comms

• bz: Business
• mk: Marketing
• gv: Government
• lo: Logistics
• qa: QA
• pm: Project Mgmt
• hr: HR

Culture & Society

• mm: Memes
• fn: Fandom
• pp: Pop Culture
• gn: Gender Studies
• al: Alt Lifestyles

Games & Media

• rp: RPG
• sm: Streaming
• pd: Podcasting
• cw: Cosplay

Futurism

• ax: Aerospace
• ft: Futurism
• ali: Alien Theories
• tr: Transhumanism

a: Age

type: direct | category: identity | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Under 10: Still loading. Baby Shark has more life experience.
1. 10-14: Old enough for Linux opinions, too young to drive to the meetup.
2. 15-19: Convinced you know everything. Might be right about the tech stuff.
3. 20-24: Student loans arrived but so has 3am pizza freedom.
4. 25-34: Peak earning-to-caring ratio. GitHub green, back complaining.
5. 35-49: You remember dial-up noises. Kids ask what a floppy disk is.
6. 50-64: You were there when it happened. All of it.
7. 65+: Living legend. Your software runs on OSes born decades after you.

b: Build

type: special | category: appearance | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

height

• 0: Extremely short
• 1: Very short
• 2: Short
• 3: Below average
• 4: Average
• 5: Above average
• 6: Tall
• 7: Extremely tall

width

• 0: Extremely thin
• 1: Very thin
• 2: Slim
• 3: Below average
• 4: Average
• 5: Above average
• 6: Broad
• 7: Extremely broad

c: Clothing

type: direct | category: appearance | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Nudist: Quite a fashion statement.
1. Punk: Safety pins are load-bearing.
2. Political tees: Your shirts have opinions so you don't have to.
3. Jeans & tee: Universal geek uniform. You own seven identical shirts.
4. Average: Inoffensive. Forgettable. Exactly as intended.
5. Smart casual: You've mastered the blazer-over-tee.
6. Formal: You iron things. On purpose.
7. Suit daily: CEO, lawyer, or cosplaying as one.

d: Editor / IDE

type: multi | category: tech | scale: proficiency | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Opened it by accident, couldn't close it.
• 7: The editor is an extension of my nervous system.

• vi: Vim / Neovim (block alias: vim)
• em: Emacs (block alias: emacs)
• vs: VS Code (block alias: vscode)
• ij: IntelliJ / JetBrains (block alias: idea)
• xc: Xcode (block alias: xcode)
• vt: Visual Studio (block alias: vstudio)
• ed: ed
• na: nano / pico (block alias: nano)
• su: Sublime Text (block alias: sublime)
• ec: Eclipse (block alias: eclipse)
• np: Notepad++ (block alias: npp)
• hx: Helix (block alias: helix)
• ze: Zed (block alias: zed)
• ka: Kakoune (block alias: kakoune)
• lp: Lapce (block alias: lapce)
• at: Atom (block alias: atom)
• nv: NvChad / LazyVim (block alias: nvchad)

e: Education

type: direct | category: identity | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. None / primary: School of life. And YouTube.
1. Middle school: Survived. Emotionally, jury's still out.
2. High school: They said best years. They lied.
3. Trade / associates: You can actually do things, unlike philosophy majors.
4. Bachelors: Four years and paper that cost more than your car.
5. Masters: First degree wasn't enough to convince anyone.
6. PhD: Call me Doctor. Especially at parties.
7. Post-doc: Forgotten what sunlight looks like.

f: Food / Cooking

type: direct | category: lifestyle | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Microwave only: Smoke detector is your kitchen timer.
1. Boils water: Sometimes remembers to turn off stove.
2. Basic meals: Eggs and pasta. The two food groups.
3. Follows recipes: To the letter. Substitution is heresy.
4. Home cook: Friends don't dread your dinner invitations.
5. Experiments: Sometimes works. You pretend you planned it.
6. Hosts dinners: Spice rack has subdivisions.
7. Chef level: Own a mandoline, all fingers intact.

h: Hair

type: multi | category: appearance | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Alopecia
1. Shaved
2. Stubble
3. Below average
4. Average
5. Above average
6. Impressive
7. Sasquatch

• h: Head
• f: Face / beard
• b: Brows
• m: Mustache
• s: Sideburns

i: AI Stance

type: direct | category: stance | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Butlerian Jihadist: Would unplug every GPU on earth.
1. Strongly opposed: 'No AI' in bio, code, and dating profile.
2. Skeptical: Prefer human-authored everything.
3. Cautious: Ethics papers keep you up at night.
4. Neutral tool: Like a hammer. No opinions about hammers.
5. Positive: Copilot saved 20 minutes today.
6. Enthusiast: Cyborg partnership workflow.
7. Singularity evangelist: Grocery list is AI-generated.

j: Gaming

type: multi | category: entertainment | scale: enthusiasm | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Video games are a waste of time.
• 7: People disconnect when they see your name.

Genre

• rp: RPG
• fp: Shooter
• st: Strategy
• pz: Puzzle
• si: Simulation
• mm: MMO
• ad: Adventure
• sp: Sports
• mb: Metroidvania
• ro: Roguelike
• su: Survival
• sa: Sandbox
• rr: Racing
• fi: Fighting
• ho: Horror

Platform

• pc: PC
• ps: PlayStation
• xb: Xbox
• ns: Switch
• mo: Mobile
• re: Retro
• vr: VR
• sd: Steam Deck

Tabletop

• dn: D&D
• pf: Pathfinder
• cc: Call of Cthulhu
• sr: Shadowrun
• wo: World of Darkness
• ft: Fate
• gu: GURPS
• bg: Board games
• mt: Magic: TG
• wh: Warhammer

k: Books

type: direct | category: entertainment | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Illiterate by choice: Words are tiny drawings that haven't tried hard enough.
1. Not since school: Didn't finish that one either.
2. Web only: You call this 'reading.'
3. Occasional: Mostly when trapped on a plane.
4. Few/year: Goodreads updated sporadically.
5. Regular: To-read pile doubles as furniture.
6. Avid: Library cards from multiple jurisdictions.
7. Book/week: Shelves have shelves. Read this spec for fun.

l: Spoken Languages

type: multi | category: identity | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. None
1. Few words
2. Tourist
3. Beginner
4. Conversational
5. Proficient
6. Fluent
7. Native

m: Music

type: multi | category: entertainment | scale: enthusiasm | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: This genre is an assault on sound.
• 7: This genre IS your personality.

• rk: Rock (block alias: rock)
• mt: Metal (block alias: metal)
• pk: Punk (block alias: punk)
• jz: Jazz (block alias: jazz)
• bl: Blues (block alias: blues)
• fk: Folk (block alias: folk)
• cl: Classical (block alias: clas)
• el: Electronic (block alias: elec)
• hp: Hip-hop (block alias: hip)
• pp: Pop (block alias: pop)
• rb: R&B (block alias: rnb)
• cn: Country (block alias: coun)
• ab: Ambient (block alias: amb)
• pg: Progressive (block alias: prog)
• rg: Reggae (block alias: reg)
• in: Indie (block alias: ind)
• sl: Soul (block alias: soul)
• lt: Latin (block alias: lat)
• wr: World (block alias: wrld)
• dk: Drum & Bass (block alias: dnb)
• tr: Trap (block alias: trap)
• lo: Lo-fi (block alias: lofi)
• sy: Synthwave (block alias: synth)
• go: Gospel (block alias: gospel)
• op: Opera (block alias: opera)
• ga: Garage (block alias: garage)

o: Operating System

type: multi | category: tech | scale: proficiency | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Would mass-format every drive running this.
• 7: You ARE the sysadmin. First person plural.

Linux (x prefix)

• xa: Arch
• xd: Debian
• xu: Ubuntu
• xm: Mint
• xp: Pop!_OS
• xf: Fedora
• xr: Red Hat
• xc: CentOS/Alma/Rocky
• xs: OpenSUSE
• xg: Gentoo
• xj: Manjaro
• xsl: Slackware
• xn: NixOS
• xk: Kali
• xv: Void
• xz: Zorin
• xx: MX Linux
• xt: Tails
• xq: Qubes
• xl: LFS
• xe: Elementary
• xw: WSL
• xi: Immutable
• xb: Bedrock

BSD

• fb: FreeBSD
• ob: OpenBSD
• nb: NetBSD
• db: DragonflyBSD

Windows

• wt: Windows 10
• we: Windows 11
• ws: Win Server

Mac

• mc: macOS

Mobile

• an: Android
• io: iOS
• pm: postmarketOS
• li: LineageOS

Other

• sl: Solaris
• ax: AIX
• ch: ChromeOS
• ha: Haiku
• tm: TempleOS
• se: SerenityOS
• rx: Redox
• pl: Plan 9

p: Programming Languages

type: multi | category: tech | scale: proficiency | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Mass-produced negative opinions without writing a line.
• 7: You ARE the language. People cite your blog posts.

• py: Python (block alias: python)
• rs: Rust (block alias: rust)
• c: C
• cp: C++ (block alias: cpp)
• cs: C# (block alias: csharp)
• jv: Java (block alias: java)
• kt: Kotlin (block alias: kotlin)
• sw: Swift (block alias: swift)
• ph: PHP (block alias: php)
• pl: Perl (block alias: perl)
• lu: Lua (block alias: lua)
• hs: Haskell (block alias: haskell)
• cj: Clojure (block alias: clj)
• er: Erlang (block alias: erlang)
• ex: Elixir (block alias: elixir)
• sc: Scala (block alias: scala)
• jl: Julia (block alias: julia)
• r: R
• m: MATLAB (block alias: matlab)
• zg: Zig (block alias: zig)
• ni: Nim (block alias: nim)
• as: Assembly (block alias: asm)
• sq: SQL (block alias: sql)
• ba: Bash (block alias: bash)
• ps: PowerShell (block alias: psh)
• vb: Visual Basic
• da: Dart (block alias: dart)
• oc: Obj-C (block alias: objc)
• ls: Lisp (block alias: lisp)
• js: JavaScript
• ts: TypeScript
• go: Go
• rb: Ruby (block alias: ruby)
• ml: OCaml (block alias: ocaml)
• fs: F# (block alias: fsharp)
• pr: Prolog (block alias: prolog)
• co: COBOL (block alias: cobol)
• fo: Fortran (block alias: fortran)
• gd: GDScript (block alias: gdscript)
• vl: VHDL (block alias: vhdl)
• sv: SystemVerilog (block alias: sysv)
• cr: Crystal (block alias: crystal)
• hy: Hy (block alias: hylang)
• rk: Racket (block alias: racket)
• tc: Tcl (block alias: tcl)
• aw: AWK (block alias: awk)
• sd: sed (block alias: sed)
• wm: WASM (block alias: wasm)

q: Security / Hacking

type: direct | category: tech | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. No security: Password is 'password'. Click every link.
1. Don't care: Firewalls are a construction thing.
2. Default passwords: Pet name plus birth year. Reused everywhere.
3. Basic awareness: Know phishing is bad. Fallen for it once.
4. Password manager: Normal human security.
5. 2FA everywhere: Judge friends' passwords.
6. Encrypts everything: Paranoid but justified.
7. Tinfoil hat: NSA has a file but can't read it either.

r: Religion

type: single | category: stance | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Hostile
1. Strongly negative
2. Lapsed
3. Indifferent
4. Cultural
5. Moderate
6. Devout
7. Clergy-level

• ch: Christian (block alias: chr)
• is: Islam (block alias: isl)
• ju: Judaism (block alias: jud)
• hi: Hindu (block alias: hin)
• bu: Buddhist (block alias: bud)
• sk: Sikh (block alias: sik)
• pg: Pagan (block alias: pag)
• de: Deist (block alias: dei)
• ag: Agnostic (block alias: agn)
• at: Atheist (block alias: ath)
• pn: Pantheist (block alias: pan)
• sp: Spiritual (block alias: spi)
• zo: Zoroastrian (block alias: zor)
• ja: Jain (block alias: jain)
• ta: Taoist (block alias: tao)
• sh: Shinto (block alias: shin)
• ba: Bahá'í (block alias: bah)
• dr: Druze (block alias: druz)

s: Sex / Relationships

type: direct | category: lifestyle | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Celibate: Made your peace.
1. Not active (unwilling): Dating profile is unrewarded effort.
2. Not active: 'Focusing on yourself.' Friends skeptical.
3. Complicated: Status requires a flowchart.
4. Private: None of your business.
5. Dating: At least two dating apps.
6. Partnered: Found someone who tolerates your geekery.
7. Married w/ kids: Evidence is small, loud, doesn't sleep.

t: TV / Film

type: multi | category: entertainment | scale: enthusiasm | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Crime against storytelling.
• 7: Know the lore deeper than the writers.

Sci-Fi

• st: Star Trek
• sw: Star Wars
• sg: Stargate
• ex: Expanse
• bs: Battlestar
• bb: Babylon 5
• ff: Firefly
• du: Dune
• fn: Foundation
• dw: Doctor Who
• tb: 3 Body Problem
• si: Silo
• fa: Fallout
• al: Alien
• bd: Blade Runner
• or: Orville

Fantasy

• go: Game of Thrones
• wo: Wheel of Time
• ro: Rings of Power
• wi: Witcher
• sn: Sandman

Other

• mp: Monty Python
• bt: Big Bang Theory
• rm: Rick & Morty
• bl: Black Mirror
• sv: Severance
• mr: Mr. Robot
• hm: Humans
• ww: Westworld
• dp: Devs

v: Politics

type: special | category: stance | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

social

• 0: Far-right authoritarian
• 1: Strong conservative
• 2: Conservative
• 3: Center-right
• 4: Centrist
• 5: Center-left
• 6: Progressive
• 7: Far-left libertarian

economic

• 0: Unregulated capitalism
• 1: Strong free market
• 2: Fiscal conservative
• 3: Center-right
• 4: Mixed economy
• 5: Social democrat
• 6: Democratic socialist
• 7: Full socialism

w: Hardware

type: direct | category: tech | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Defeated by USB: The cable won.
1. Can plug in: Big hole is for power.
2. Replaced a part: Three YouTube videos and mild weeping.
3. Troubleshoots: Can tell RAM from a graphics card.
4. Built a PC: Cable management isn't great but it posted.
5. Comfortable: Friends call when things break.
6. Mods regularly: Void warranties recreationally.
7. Builds everything: Manufactured your own PCBs.

x: Comics / Manga

type: multi | category: entertainment | scale: enthusiasm | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

notable:

• 0: Comics are for children. (You're wrong.)
• 7: Collection requires its own room.

• dc: DC Comics
• mv: Marvel (block alias: marvel)
• mg: Manga (block alias: manga)
• dl: Dilbert (block alias: dilbert)
• xk: XKCD (block alias: xkcd)
• in: Indie (block alias: indie)
• wt: Webtoon (block alias: webtoon)
• gn: Graphic Novels (block alias: graphicnovel)

y: Fitness

type: direct | category: lifestyle | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. What is outside: Cardiovascular exercise is walking to the fridge.
1. Avoids activity: Physical activity is a social obligation.
2. Occasional walk: Coffee is the point, not the walk.
3. Light activity: Own athletic wear. Never been to a gym.
4. Some exercise: Can climb stairs without existential crisis.
5. Regular workouts: Track your steps.
6. Very active: Resting heart rate impresses doctors.
7. Daily athlete: Body is a temple. Temple has a squat rack.

z: Maker / DIY

type: direct | category: lifestyle | scale: custom | modifiers: paid, aspire, alternative

0. Defeated by IKEA: Allen keys are your nemesis.
1. IKEA once: One screw left over. Probably fine.
2. Basic repairs: Holes approximately where they should be.
3. Handy: Fixes hold. Duct tape is structural.
4. Simple projects: A shelf here, a birdhouse there.
5. Regular maker: Projects folder never shrinks.
6. Advanced: Workshop has zones.
7. Built my house: Hardware store sends Christmas card.