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 building thoughtful software to solve real problems that actual people have. (Big Tech & VCs, take some notes!) But no app can give someone a hug, help them move house, or hang out together at the park. So for the struggles in life that aren’t improved by technology, I instead build community.
If you don’t know where you came from, you’ll never know whether you’re moving forward or going backward. Preservation keeps our cultural heritage accessible for those who seek to experience it—whether for nostalgic joy, maintaining useful infrastructure, or simply trying to understand what the hell happened to us.
I believe we can only accomplish truly great things when we all work together. That’s why, since 2010, I’ve helped write, maintain, and manage the open-source bedrock on which high-quality, secure, and accessible apps are built.