My name is Aaron Eiche (pronounced “Ike”). I’m a Professional Software Engineer just outside of Portland Oregon. My hobbies include: Electronics, Computers, Robotics, and baking.
A little History:
I’ve always love computers and technology, but for a long time I was convinced that I just didn’t have the kind of mind for programming. I was blessed to be given an opportunity that required me to stretch my simple web development skills back in late 2005. Over time I learned to develop websites with PHP and Javascript. Eventually, I figured I could actually do this for a living, and I got full time work building websites and apps. In 2007 I married my sweetheart (woohoo!) and I started messing around with programming microcontrollers. We moved to Oregon and bought a house while I have done freelance and full-time development.
Currently:
I work for Locus Robotics writing software to manage robots. I publish personal projects, and and occasional commentary here at this website.
I want to hire you!
I’m flattered, thank you! I’m available for small projects, and gigs. I’m especially interested in experiential entertainment. I enjoy working with electronics, robotics, and web technologies. If you have something you think is a good fit, please email me at aeiche at aaroneiche.com and we can talk!
Can you help me?
Maybe! I’d love to answer your question (if I can). I’m happy to help. Shoot me an email at aaron at aaroneiche.com.
Send me an encrypted message!
If you want to send me a private message, you can use my My GPG Public Key . If you encrypt your message with my public key, you can guarantee that I’m the only person who can read it. This isn’t a good place for teaching you how to use GPG or PGP. Google it, there are lots and lots of researchers who have written good tutorials. For a basic understanding of asymmetric key cryptography I strongly recommend reading the beginning of chapter 10 of Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother” (PDF). It does a really good job of explaining the concept.
The fingerprint is D0105 FED79 33C49 D13F9 A0952 DA425 85CD2 A000F. If you don’t trust the link above for some reason, you can find it on most keyservers. You’re looking for Key ID 2DA42585CD2A000F, Or just search for my name. (This key is updated as of Nov 20, 2025)