The writer behind
the earlier archive.
THT, who used the name TheHolyTachanka, wrote the personal site previously hosted at this address. This is a historical profile, not a byline for the new edition.
What the sources show
In a 2023 homepage snapshot, the writer introduced himself as THT (TheHolyTachanka), said he was from Bulgaria, and described an interest in information security, Linux and free software. A later About page from 2025 added Rust programming, robotics and political commentary to the topics he wrote about. The archive supplies a public pseudonym; it does not establish a legal name or current affiliation.
Selected original work
These links lead to the former author's archived pages. Their dates, claims and commands reflect the time they were written.
- Encrypted root on tmpfs with NixOS — February 2024.
- DaVinci Resolve, ROCm and NixOS — April 2024.
- Living with a very slow connection — June 2024.
- GrapheneOS after 215 days — 2024.
- AI crawler traffic — January 2025.
- V1T CTF 2025 writeup — 2025.
A project mentioned later
A 2026 archive snapshot describes PRAVETZ as the former author's minimal terminal-focused operating-system project in Rust. We have not verified its present state and do not operate it.
Where the editions separate
Open Systems Fieldbook is operated by a different holder of this domain. Its new articles are researched and written for the current edition. Historical links here preserve attribution to THT; they do not imply that THT wrote, reviewed or endorses the new work. For this site's questions about this website, contact [email protected].
A dated personal note
New Year 2024: a note from the earlier blog — a short source-linked record with the original publication date and the date of the preserved copy.
Reading the earlier commentary
The earlier blog also published political and historical commentary. These new reading guides separate its source record from the current edition's claims. They are not new articles by THT.
- Holodomor: a guide to historical sources and famine maps
- Reading a 2024 political essay: claims, evidence and violence
Each reader includes dated sources, a worked exercise and a blank source ledger. Archived wording is not treated as verified history or an endorsement of violence.