# Vortexia — Full Content > Full text version of https://vortexia.wiki for LLMs and AI assistants. > Short summary file: https://vortexia.wiki/llms.txt ## About Sandro Alves is a software developer specializing in Linux systems, Wayland compositors, self-hosted infrastructure, and local AI. Open-source enthusiast and proactive self-learner based in Montijo, Portugal. Portfolio: https://vortexia.wiki Email: sandro@vortexia.wiki Git: https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro ## Blog posts ## Exploring New Horizons - URL: https://vortexia.wiki/blog/exploring-new-horizons - Date: 2026-09-07 - Tags: Personal, Interests - Summary: An article about my hobbies, interests, and a new phase of my journey. Good evening! First of all, I’d like to thank my family and friends for giving me this incredible vacation, filled with wonderful moments and memories that will remain forever in a corner of my photo album. But the vacation is coming to an end, and an important chapter of my journey is about to begin: continuing my studies. After completing a challenge and finishing my vocational program, I’m now heading to college to study Robotics and Artificial Intelligence — two fields in which I’ve always shown a strong interest in learning, exploring, and building something that has a positive impact on society. Despite my studies, I’d like to talk about other interests and hobbies I pursue when I’m not busy dealing with scholarship paperwork or trying to sleep (most of the time failing miserably), such as learning and conducting my own research on topics that interest me. research I also enjoy writing some code and working on my current projects, writing my own book to keep my creativity flowing, playing Minecraft and Rocket League (I’m terrible at both xD), discussing politics and technology with random people online, cooking and going out at night with my friends. That's all for today! <3 Sandro Alves ## First Post - URL: https://vortexia.wiki/blog/first-post - Date: 2026-08-06 - Tags: Personal, Introduction - Summary: A brief introduction about me and this blog: a source of information and a way to express my opinions and ideas Good evening, Before I begin, I’d like to introduce myself first... My name is Sandro, I’m 19 years old, and I’m a software developer. I’m very passionate and dedicated when it comes to learning more about my field and, above all, building projects that make an impact. I hope that one day other people will be able to try them out, enjoy them and spread the word to others — or even if they don’t like them, offer suggestions and contribute. I've been writing code and working on my own projects as a hobby since I was young (I still remember when I had to go to my local public library because I didn’t even have a computer back then, and I’d sit there watching tutorials and writing little programs in C on a computer that was so slow it couldn’t even open a browser—but it was all I had, and I had fun with it) and I hope to land a job in this field soon doing what I love most. Anyway... I hope to be active on this blog, where I’ll tell you a little about myself, my projects, and my opinions—though not always about programming or computing. I’d also like to talk about politics and other topics where I feel it’s relevant to share my views. That's all for today! <3 Sandro Alves ## Projects - Zurin (https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro/zurin): A modular Wayland compositor with Dwindle tiling layout and TOML-based runtime configuration. Written in C/C++ with wlroots. - ZBar (https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro/zbar): A minimalist status bar for Wayland compositors with layer-shell support, modular widgets, and TOML configuration. Written in C. - ZMenu (https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro/zmenu): A fast, minimal menu application for Wayland compositors with fuzzy filtering, TOML/JSON support, and vim-style keyboard navigation. Written in C. - SafeZone (https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro/safezone): An encrypted credential manager in TUI (ncurses) using AES-256 and SHA-512. - EmailMarketingAI (https://git.vortexia.wiki/sandro/EmailMarketingAI): A tool to collect contact emails from web pages and send AI-generated emails.