Oh, hi ho! It has been brought to my attention that everything is bad and nothing matters. Yet still I endeavour to create joy and reduce our collective suffering. If this is impractical, it is only because some people don’t want to, and the rest of us don’t want to enough.
For 20 years I’ve been making thoughtful software that actually improves the lives of others, not lining my pockets building the Torment Nexus. For the things that don’t benefit from technology, I contribute to thoughtful communities that help improve our world in more old-fashioned ways.
If you don’t know where you came from, you can’t make good sense of the world. Preservation keeps our cultural heritage accessible for those who seek to experience it—whether for nostalgic joy, maintaining useful
I believe we can only accomplish truly great things when we all work together. That’s why, throughout my career, I’ve helped write and maintain the open-source bedrock on which high-quality, secure, accessible software is built.