Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Mark Earnest An Internet Website For Your 386 Computer ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://markearnest.net/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://markearnest.net/blog/) - Blogging Like It's 1999 - [Building a personal Fedora Atomic image for a Framework 13, the hard way](https://markearnest.net/2026/08/03/building-a-personal-fedora-atomic-image-for-a-framework-13-the-hard-way/) - How I turned a hand-tuned laptop setup into a reproducible, CI-built OS image and the dozen small things that fought back. Why bother I daily-drive a Framework 13 (AMD Ryzen) a 2256×1504 panel at roughly 200 DPI, which means everything runs at fractional scale. For a long time it ran Aurora DX (Universal Blue’s KDE - [Grounding an AI Coding Assistant in a Codebase It Can't See](https://markearnest.net/2026/06/06/grounding-an-ai-coding-assistant-in-a-codebase-it-cant-see/) - How I built iid-mcp: an MCP server that puts a private SailPoint IdentityIQ codebase in front of Claude Code, Copilot, and Claude Desktop, so they stop guessing. I write a lot of SailPoint IdentityIQ code: rules, workflows, tasks, plugins, and XML configs that an importer validates against a DTD with more than a thousand elements. - [Building a Personal AI Assistant (FinkBot)](https://markearnest.net/2026/04/03/building-a-personal-ai-assistant-finkbot/) - I work across too many contexts at once. Three email accounts. Two calendars. Work Teams. Personal Slack. A Gitea instance for side projects. Home Assistant watching over a thousand devices. Notes in Joplin. Tasks scattered across wherever I dumped them last week. For years I tried to manage this with dashboards, integrations, and sheer willpower. - [The Band Anna - Gig On Main 2023](https://markearnest.net/2026/03/25/the-band-anna-gig-on-main-2023/) - In 2023 The Band Anna played its last show and I feel we went out on top. Opening in Irwin's annual "Gig On Main" show that was headline by the Clarks we played a full set IN THE POURING RAIN to an increasingly larger and more enthusiastic crowd. The Band Anna was:- Brianna Acalotto - - [A Better Human: Book Review](https://markearnest.net/2026/03/25/a-better-human-book-review/) - I've recently finished A Better Human, the debut novel from J Donald (if you've watched any of the videos on my music page, he's the other guitarist), and I was blown away by how good this is. When I read novels, I like to mentally slot them into genre tropes, and this one subverted my - [Wordpress Theme](https://markearnest.net/2026/03/24/wordpress-theme/) - I made a Wordpress theme (you are soaking in it) to match the aesthetics of my Directory Master program, which in turn lovingly appropriated the idea from the old DOS Norton Utilities program (which, along with Wordperfect 5.1 represents the pinnacle of user interface design, it's been downhill since). Here is a screenshot of what - [Guitar Pedalboard Evolution](https://markearnest.net/2026/02/27/guitar-pedalboard-evolution/) - For a long time, I had an ART ECC 1 as my multi effects pedal. Around 2008 I decided I wanted to start using individual analog pedals. Over the decades (ugh) I have taken sporadic snapshots of the pedalboard before certain gigs or after major renovations and so I present here: the evolution of my ## Pages - [Mark Earnest](https://markearnest.net/) - This is my website. It features my resume, a brief description of my professional history, the obligatory blog, and information on my music, radio, and programming hobbies. Enjoy your stay. Keep the internet decentralized. - [Programming](https://markearnest.net/programming/) - My programming background spans everything from mainframe assembly to modern Python, with a professional focus on identity management systems and integration work. But outside of consulting, I write code for the same reason I build guitar pedals: because understanding how things work is more interesting than just using them. Professional Focus Most of my day - [Resume](https://markearnest.net/resume/) - Mark Allen EarnestChief Operating Officer / Co-Founder, Instrumental Identity[#] +1 833 IDM-HELP x704 | [@] mark@instrumentalid.com | [>>] LinkedIn Executive Summary Identity and Access Management executive with 20+ years architecting enterprise IAM solutions for Fortune 500 companies, universities, and healthcare organizations. Co-founded and scaled Instrumental Identity into industry-leading consultancy specializing in SailPoint, Oracle, and cloud - [Music](https://markearnest.net/music/) - I've been playing guitar for over three decades, focusing primarily on classic and alternative rock. My main instruments is a Rick Turner Model 1 and a Feder Stratocaster, though I also build guitar effects pedals as a side hobby and play a Fender Jazz bass and slide guitar. Over the years I've played in several - [Professional History](https://markearnest.net/professional-history/) - I've been involved with computers for decades. In the early 90s while in high school I started a company making websites for local car dealerships in the Pittsburgh area. In college I worked at the Penn State helpdesk, was one of the original members of the Penn State Linux User Group and worked for a - [Radio](https://markearnest.net/radio/) - I've been a licensed Amateur Radio operator since 2003, holding the call sign KB3LYB with a General class license (working toward Amateur Extra). I'm a member of the North Hills Amateur Radio Club (NHARC) where I help maintain the W3EXW 2-meter repeater's EchoLink connection. Current Projects My main station centers around a Yaesu FT-710 for - [Sample Page](https://markearnest.net/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! 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