Hayden's Website on www.haywalk.ca

Using AI Un-Sloppily

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Taking the good with the slop

Moon Missions Are Our Cathedrals

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Musings on grandeur

Contact

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, or if you are interested in any of the subjects I’ve written about on this site and would like to talk about them, please feel free to contact me using the means listed below. Alternatively, if you shout loudly enough, I may hear you!

E-Mail

hayden at haywalk dot ca

Encryption

Download my PGP public key
Fingerprint: 7038 1712 982B 971B 0269 77C4 AC29 40BF 5387 68D1
How and why should I encrypt e-mail?

linkedin.com/in/haywalk

Getting Fonts to Work on Mobile

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How to do battle with Apache and win

About Me

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to my website! My name is Hayden, and I’m from beautiful New Brunswick, Canada. I’m currently working in DevOps at a fintech startup in Saint John. This site is meant to showcase my interests and projects, technical and otherwise. All opinions expressed on this site are my own.

I graduated from Mount Allison University in May 2025 with a BSc with first-class honours in computer science and a minor in math. My thesis work was about applying ideas from theoretical computer science to the security of smart homes, and was peer-reviewed and published¹ in the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation in Tallinn, Estonia, which I attended with my supervisor. While studying at Mount A, I worked as a teaching assistant, and was a TA for many first- and second-year math and computer science courses. I also served on the board of MtA Hacks, Mount A’s hackathon, and was the founding president of the Mount Allison University Linux Users’ Group.

How to Use a Wireless Xbox Controller with Linux

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fighting with drivers!

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How I prepared for and passed the DVA-C02 exam

Attending the 19th IEEE ICCA in Tallinn, Estonia, plus Germany!

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting my thesis work and visiting friends!

AI-Generated Pineapple Lentil Curry

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Finding out if Grok can cook

Cum Honoribus primi Ordinis, cum Laude

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Graduating from Mount Allison University

S.M.A.R.T. 2025

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

2025 Symposium on Maritime Amateur Radio Technology

Visiting Colorado

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Short recap of my trip to Denver

A Look Back on Five Years of Self-Hosting

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Pictures of every version of this site so far!

The Quest to Stop Consuming

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Links to some reflections on overconsumption

Books I Read in 2024

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

My embarassingly short reading list

Northern Lights

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

My view from Sackville, NB

Science Atlantic MSCS 2024

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting my research and programming competitively!

Travelling to Sherbrooke, QC via Maine

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Featuring Cick-fil-A

Shad MtA 2024 Research Fair

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting my research to Shad students

Ham Radio Achievements

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Things I did in the months after getting my ham radio license

1200 Days of German

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Wie ich Deutsch gelernt habe!

Ham Radio Logbook in React

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Introducing wzlog

Colours as Vectors: Applying Matrices to Images

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Treating pixels as vectors and applying linear transformations

My 3D Printing Setup

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

MP Select Mini mods and OctoPrint setup