David Beecher

UNIX Systems Architect • Software Developer • Network Engineer • Infrastructure Archaeologist

Welcome

Posted: May 2026

Welcome to my corner of the Internet.

I've been building systems, networks, compilers, terminal emulators, communications software, virtualization engines, and large-scale infrastructure since long before the modern web existed.

This site serves as a living archive of projects, articles, historical work, technical observations, recovered code, and professional highlights accumulated across decades of computing history.

Featured archival article: SSH Tunneling — SA Magazine Cover Article

Highlights

Selected Work & History

30+ years UNIX/Linux systems administration experience
Developer of communications software and terminal emulation systems
Co-developed RIPTerm for Macintosh
Built one of the earliest PC-based virtualization engines
Designed large-scale outbound email and telemetry infrastructures
Extensive experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Laravel, Python, C, and assembly language
Created security tracking and threat intelligence systems including rootlist.org
Published technical writer and SA Magazine cover author

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