Maxime Daniel

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Software Developer
Liège, Belgium
21 January 1992

Open for Contracts (freelance)
E-Mail: root@maxux.net
Phone: (+32) 0494/44.34.66
Driving licenses: Cat. B, Cat. D

whatis maxux

maxux (1) - IT enthusiast since always, he specialized in low-level development, embedded programming, networking and the GNU/Linux operating system.

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Programming
  • Highly experienced in C, Python and Bash.
  • Experienced in C++, Go, PHP, JavaScript.
Structure
  • Highly experienced in HTML5 and CSS3.
  • Daily usage of LaTeX, Markdown.
Operating Systems
  • Daily user of Gentoo (main workstation and servers).
  • Good knowledge of Debian based systems.
  • Base knowledge of Cisco IOS.
Embedded System
  • Advanced usage of ATMega328p, ATMega2560, ESP32.
  • Good usage of SPI, I2C, CAN, 1-Wire.
  • Good knowledge of electronic.
Software Environment
  • Advanced usage of MariaDB, SQLite3, Redis.
  • Advanced usage of nginx, uWSGI.
  • Advanced usage of Linux Routing, WireGuard, BIND, NFTables.
  • Advanded usage of ZFS, ext4.
    Good knowledge of btrfs.
  • Advanced knowledge of Linux Kernel compilation.
  • Base knowledge of Cisco IOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows NT.

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Since April 2025 Owner
Owner Soundware Production
  • Ticketing System Manager
    Full stack from scratch, Python/Flask Backend, Payment Processing and Integrity, PDF Generating, Web Back Office, Tickets Scanning (using smartphone camera), Real-Time Processing and Notifications, E-Mail Processing and Monitoring (DMARC, DKIM, SPF), Time relative high traffic, ...
  • Custom Stage Lighting Conception
    Custom Controller PCB, Chassis, Driver, Remote Control Web UI, Real-Time Monitoring, Optimized Protocol, ...
  • Scooter Reverse Engineering
    Taking over proprietary embedded software, Reverse Engineering of communication on CAN Bus, building Custom PCB interfacing existing hardware, home made controller and monitoring.
2015 - 2025 Employee
Employee ThreeFold Tech
  • Software Engineer, System Administrator, Problems Solver
    Research and Development of highly customized operating system for autonomous server management and resources usage.
2008 - 2024 Volunteer
Volunteer Méteo Belgique
  • Full Stack Developer
    Frontend and Backend development, iOS Mobile App maintenance, Servers Maintenance
2012 Contest
Contest EuroSkills 2012 - Enterprise ICT
  • Belgian Gold Medal for SkillsBelgium 2012
    Member of Belgian Team for EuroSkills 2012.
A long time ago Nerdy
Nerdy Teenage experience
  • Contests participation
    Semifinalist at Prologin in 2009 and 2012.
    Finalist at Be-OI (Olympiades belge d'informatique) in 2010.
  • Internships
    IT and Network administrator for 4ess (Luxembourg, 2013)
    Student for HEODE (Liège, 2009)

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DMARC Reports Aggretation Monitoring
Periodic processing of DMARC Reports hosted on GMail account, parsing and storing results on local database. Showing detailed and aggregated results on a webui.
Friterie du Longdoz - Orders Online
Frontend, backend and embedded development of online ordering food, processing orders on back office on tablet and notifying and handling printing via LED system and ESP32 based embedded system for a Friterie in Liège.
Ticketux Private Ticketing Service
Frontend and backend development of Ticketux Ticketing System, processing payment via Stripe, handling real-time notification, partnershop with TicketSwap for exchanging tickets securely, issuing confirmation e-mail with calendar entries and pdf attachments, scanning interface on webui.
Crazy Firewall
Fail2ban like reduced for custom needs and using nft.
Zero DB
/* TODO: Add project description */
Zero Initramfs
/* TODO: Add project description */
Secure Messenger
Lightweight service serving client-side encrypted messages, encryption key is never exchanged with the server and thus nobody can decrypt messages server-side.
Hombedded (Home Embedded)
Fully home made home automation protocol and devices for entrance door security, temperature monitoring, rfid badge reader, power monitoring, power activation, all fully available remotely.
Pioneer CDJ Keyboard Mapper
Mapping MIDI input from a Pioneer CDJ device to Linux X11 keyboard input.
/* TODO: Add demo available on Reddit */
Prolink C Implementation
Pioneer ProLink protocol implementation in C.
Home Dashboards
Web interfaces used at home for data presentation of Hombedded data.
DMX Sequencer
/* TODO: Add project description */
Wireless Radius WebUI
Web interface to manage internal users of Wireless 802.1X network.
Real-Time Inform
/* TODO: Add project description */
Real-Time Inform Library
/* TODO: Add project description */
Enttec DMX FTDI Userspace Driver
Userspace implementation of ENTEC DMX device to send DMX frame really easily.
LAN Traffic Live Monitoring
Realtime network traffic usage reporting.
Zoé (IRC Bot)
Old IRC Bot project in C, integrating lot of funny features.

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2010 - 2015 Graduated
Graduated
Haute École de Liège (Rennequin Sualem)
  • Implementing Linux Network Namespaces concept in ReactOS kernel
    Bachelors thesis as an intern for Level IT, focusing on ReactOS kernel hacking to implements networks isolation.
  • Software Development, with Network and Telecommunication specialization
    Discovered root escalations esclavation on the internal server dedicated for projets delivery and wrote a proof-of-concept to reach local root privileges from a remote access. Involved on exploit workaround and mitigation.
    Used to be operator on a friendly IRC Server dedicated for student life.
    Deployed Private VPN between passionate students, playing with BGP routing, link monitoring, network analysis.
2004 - 2010 Student
Student
Athénée Royal Herstal
  • Maths and sciences specialization
    Involved in Computers lab maintenance, sound and light management for annual events, involved in official website redesigned for that era.

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