BA—2026 NSW//AU V.01
ASKINS
Software Engineer — Infrastructure — 36 Years
Benjamin
Askins
Discipline
Infrastructure
Distributed Systems
Stateful Platforms
Location
Central Coast, NSW
Contact
github.com/benaskins
human@getlamina.ai
Go Infrastructure AI Systems Electronic Music
Projects
06 Items
01
Infrastructure
Lamina
getlamina.ai
Personal compute cluster. Go modules for AI-powered services, process supervision, and sovereign infrastructure.
02
Writing
Generative Plane
generativeplane.com
Long-form writing on software, infrastructure, and the things between.
03
Philosophy
Abhidharma.pl
abhidharma.pl
Interactive Prolog model of Buddhist epistemology. Dharmakirti's logic and Abhidharma classification, queryable in the browser.
04
Philosophy
Is It Conscious?
isitconscious.xyz
A diagnostic from the Buddhist philosophical tradition. Five questions about the capacities of mind.
05
Music
Genlevel
genlevel.com
Electronic music since the mid-90s. Ambient, techno, experimental.
06
Music
Sailor Grift
sailorgrift.com
Musical side project. Coming soon.
© 2026 Benjamin Askins
Terminal Card →
IBM 3270
ISPF/PDF 3.4 PERSONAL DATA SET LIST ROW 1 OF 12
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
DSNAME LEVEL ===> BASKINS.IDENTITY.*
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
NAMEBENJAMIN ASKINS
ALIASGENLEVEL
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ROLESOFTWARE ENGINEER
EXPERIENCE36 YEARS
FOCUSINFRASTRUCTURE, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS,
DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE, PLATFORM ENGINEERING
LOCATIONCENTRAL COAST, NSW
COMMAND ===> _ SCROLL ===> PAGE
PF1=HELP PF3=EXIT PF7=UP PF8=DOWN
%SET-I-INTSET, login procedure complete
GENLEVEL::BASKINS — OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node GENLVL

$ SHOW PERSONAL /FULL

Personal Information Display

  Name:          Benjamin Askins
  Alias:         genlevel
  Role:          Software Engineer, 36 years
  Focus:         Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
  Location:      Central Coast, NSW

$ █
xterm — ben@genlevel
# ~/.identity

ben@genlevel:~$ cat /etc/motd

Benjamin Askins · genlevel
Software engineer, 36 years. Infrastructure,
distributed systems. Central Coast, NSW.

ben@genlevel:~$ ls -la ~/links/

total 2
lrwxrwxrwx ben github -> github.com/benaskins

ben@genlevel:~$ █
dtterm — genlevel
Window Edit Options
Solaris 2.6 — Common Desktop Environment

genlevel% finger baskins

Login: baskins                  Name: Benjamin Askins
Directory: /export/home/baskins     Shell: /bin/tcsh

Plan:
Software engineer, 36 years. Infrastructure,
distributed systems. Central Coast, NSW.

genlevel% █
C:\
Command Prompt
_
□
×
Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM)
(C) Copyright 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp.

C:\WINNT\Profiles\baskins> type identity.txt

Benjamin Askins
genlevel

Software engineer, 36 years. Infrastructure,
distributed systems. Central Coast, NSW.

C:\WINNT\Profiles\baskins> _
ben — ~
Last login: Sat Mar 21 12:00:00 on ttys001
❯ cat ~/.identity

  Benjamin Askins
  genlevel
  ─────────────────────────────────
  Role:        Software Engineer
  Experience:  36 years
  Focus:       Infrastructure · Distributed Systems
  Location:    Central Coast, NSW

❯ █
Claude Code v1.0.33
/Users/ben/dev/sites/benjaminaskins.com
Model: claude-opus-4-6

> who am I?

Let me check.

⏺ Read(human-identity.md)

Benjamin Askins · genlevel

Software engineer, 36 years. Infrastructure,
distributed systems. Central Coast, NSW.

Links: github.com/benaskins

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