About me and this website
Some information about myself and the site
Bear with me as I struggle to write something meaningful here. I believe no amount of prose, poetry or illustrations can truly capture the essence of a person, and invite you to contact me if you wish to connect on a deeper level. In fact, I’d be elated if you did, as I find it unbearably difficult to bridge the gap between myself and others.
Here is a bullet list of quick facts for you to skim through if you don’t feel like reading everything:
- The way I type resembles the pages on this website. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s authentic to who I am.
- Social interactions are often draining for me. Consequently, I cling to meaningful relationships and avoid superficial ones.
- Since childhood, I’ve held a curiosity not limited to an understanding of the natural world, but also of people and their motivations.
- I love it when simplicity meets elegance: a story told eloquently in a few words, a minimal yet functional workspace, a fun game with simple mechanics and no overwhelming interface.
This website is a successor to an older one I had, which was much more personal than this one has been up until the time of writing this. Looking back, I see a lot of myself in those pages, and I now wish to recreate that feeling here. Despite the more professional early tone of this site, I want it to still feel like me.
Interests
Here’s a non-exhaustive list, in no particular order:
- Excercising dialectics, pushing others to question their own beliefs and assumptions, playing devil’s advocate.
- Declarative approaches to programming, system administration, and infrastructure.
- Languages and linguistics, particularly phonetics and etymology.
- GNU/Linux and free software, and the philosophy behind the latter.
- Consuming media (e.g. movies, series, books) with others and discussing them afterwards.
The last one is particularly important to me. I find that sharing experiences is the best way to bond with others, and that analyzing and discussing the things we encounter helps us appreciate them more deeply. In the process, we’ll come to understand one another and the world around us better, little by little. I would love it if you came to love the things I love, and vice versa.