diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4576937..c212bfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.bck
 *.bak
-*\~
+*.un~
+*~
 *.swp
diff --git a/scripts/doxless.py b/scripts/doxless.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0554494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/doxless.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# NB: get aiofiles yeah?
+import pathlib
+import os
+import time
+
+def in_content(needle: str, pathlike: str):
+    content = ""
+    try:
+        # NB: latin-1 since we actually do have some language translation files
+        with open(pathlike, 'r', encoding='latin-1') as f:
+            content = f.read().lower()
+    except BaseException as e:
+        raise BaseException(f"Unable to determine content of {pathlike}: {e}") from e
+
+    return needle in content
+
+def gitignore_patterns(gitignore_f: str | None = None):
+    with open(gitignore_f, 'r') as f:
+        return [line for line in (line.strip() for line in f) if not line.startswith('#') and line]
+
+def main():
+    begin_stopwatch_s = time.perf_counter()
+    # if OSError, too bad, user probably knows why, so just throw xD
+    username = os.getlogin() 
+    ignore_patterns = gitignore_patterns(os.getenv("IGNORE_FILE", ".gitignore"))
+    print(f"{ignore_patterns=}")
+
+    # NB: impure pattern due to walk being costly
+    username_in_file = []
+    username_in_content = []
+    user_lower = username.lower()
+
+    for root, dirs, filenames in pathlib.Path("./").walk():
+        absdirs = [
+            e 
+            for e in ((root.joinpath(d), d) for d in dirs)
+            if all(not e[0].match(pat) for pat in ignore_patterns)
+        ]
+        files = [
+            e 
+            for e in ((root.joinpath(f), f) for f in filenames)
+            if all(not e[0].match(pat) for pat in ignore_patterns)
+        ]
+
+        username_in_file.extend(
+            abspath
+            for abspath, fname in absdirs + files 
+            if user_lower in fname.lower()
+        )
+        username_in_content.extend(
+            absfname
+            for absfname, _ in files
+            if in_content(username, absfname)
+        )
+
+
+    nl = "\n"
+    if username_in_file != []:
+        print(f"Doxxed by username in file path:\n{nl.join(f'- {e}' for e in username_in_file)}")
+    if username_in_content != []:
+        print(f"Doxxed by username in file content:\n{nl.join(f'- {e}' for e in username_in_file)}")
+
+    stop_stopwatch_s = time.perf_counter()
+    print(f"done analyzing in {(stop_stopwatch_s - begin_stopwatch_s):.04}s")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()