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Jayro "Jay" Ovalle Castillo

Ja{y,i}ro "Jay" Ovalle Castillo

Named Jairo. Recorded as Jayro. Better known as Jay.

Cloud engineer by day, homelabber by night

🇩🇴 Dominican-American 🇺🇸 (v1.0). From the Gotham City , currently based in .

From building a private iCloud (jCloud?) to a bespoke Netflix (), I'm dedicated to developing a digital ecosystem for my friends and family that rivals that of Big Tech.

Interests

  • Alliterations and pop culture references
  • Self-hosted open-source software that give monopolies a run for their money.
  • Mangos, avocados, rum, sugar cane and just about anything Caribbean. 🌴🍹🥭
  • FC Barcelona 💙❤️💛 y La Furia Roja 🇪🇸⚽️🏟️
  • Sci-Fi, F1, Marvel, RPGs

Fun Facts

  1. I'm an FC Barcelona fan literally allergic to the city of Madrid 😅 - From the best of times in Barcelona to the worst of times in Madrid (my first and only allergic asthma episode).
  2. I'm training to be a one-man orquesta 🪗 - Inspired by Selena & Los Dinos, I'm learning electro-acoustic guitar, tambora, güira, and the acordeón to keep the music coursing through the family veins.
  3. I've been on live television 📺 - Featured on News12 Connecticut as a public housing scholarship recipient

Hobbies

Homelab

Running all sorts of hardware and software powered by . The rack has a bamboo slab on top to match the office aesthetic, and I still daydream about a quieter enclosed rack with serious airflow.

Containers

~100

Hosts

11

Cost/mo

Priceless

Guitar

I dabble in covers recreated by ear. Still cannot memorize chord names to save my life, but I keep playing anyway.

Music

Omnipresent growing up. In the car, in the kitchen, in the shower. Life felt and can feel kinda dull without it.

Now I collect vinyl and curate playlists to retain and build on that history and influence.