A scantily haired being powered mostly by espresso and rice balls, it spends a large portion of its time in cool, dark places. It eschews the trappings of modern culture and prefers a well-configured emacs buffer. Concentrating its efforts on the technological arts, it seeks a balance between the best of the digital and analog worlds. Easily appeased with juicy fruits, nifty new hardware, or a tome of ancient wisdom, it is generally harmless if encountered in the wild and can be a useful companion when facing beasts of formidable algorithmic complexity.