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-# .profile
+# Hey, I'm Aryan.
 
-About Aryan, selected projects, and the move to a self-hosted code archive.
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+I like building things that make me understand the machine a little better: GPU kernels, systems that stay up, and software I actually want to use.
+
+This is my own Git server. It holds my projects, experiments, and the occasional rabbit hole that turned into a repository.
+
+### A few places to start
+
+- **[GPT-2 in CUDA](https://git.aryan-singh.dev/geneticglitch1/gpt-2-inference-engine)** — a team project implementing and profiling GPU inference kernels. [Project write-up →](https://gpt2.aryan-singh.dev)
+- **[Mind](https://git.aryan-singh.dev/geneticglitch1/mind)** — a native macOS workspace-switching project, built around keeping your work alive between contexts. Still in early development.
+- **[TLS Edge Failover](https://git.aryan-singh.dev/geneticglitch1/tls-edge-failover)** — an HTTPS relay and DNS failover watchdog for services I host at home.
+
+### Why my code lives here
+
+My GitHub account was suspended, so I moved my work to a Gitea instance on my own server. I recovered what I could from local copies and backups, and I'm continuing here. Some older history and assets weren't in those backups, so this archive is still a little uneven.
+
+I wanted a place where I could keep building and look after the code myself. This is that place.
+
+[Browse public repositories](https://git.aryan-singh.dev/geneticglitch1?tab=repositories) · [Portfolio](https://aryan-singh.dev) · [Public activity](https://git.aryan-singh.dev/geneticglitch1?tab=activity)