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HI!

Heyo, I'm AJ Jordan, sometimes known as Alex. I'm 25, live in New York City, and
write code - sometimes for open source/freedom-respecting software, sometimes
for my employer January (we're hiring!).


PASSIONS OF MINE

I like to write code. I primarily prefer to write projects in JavaScript, and
consider myself pretty good at it. I'm a very big Unix fan and use the
commandline for virtually everything (I frequently use GNU coreutils - stuff
like ls, mv, cp, etc. - instead of a graphical file manager).

Along with the coding projects that I work on, I also do a lot of system
administration work. I selfhost virtually every major online service I use, and
I'm also interested in the userops movement as a way to empower less
technically-inclined people to do the same. In a similar vein, I'm extremely
interested in federated networks and spend a large portion of my free time
contributing to pump.io in particular.

This is probably obvious by now, but I'm a vocal supporter of digital freedom. I
believe in sticking to my values and I choose my digital products carefully with
a lens towards whether they respect my fundamental rights to privacy, security,
and software freedom.

Finally, I very much enjoy dance, poetry, and photography - I prefer traditional
black and white film.


STUFF I'M GOOD AT

Like I said, I love code (though I have, as I suspect many others do too, a
complicated relationship with it). So in that vein, here's some types of code
that I'm good at writing:

 * HTML/CSS/JavaScript - I know these fairly well, but I could improve. (I could
   also get way better at website design, although I'm pretty happy with this
   site's weird style - try the buttons in the lower-right, maybe?)
 * node.js
 * POSIX sh
 * C
 * Java, mostly for Android development
 * Python

and some types of code that I sort of know but am not super good at:

 * Debian packaging
 * ELisp
 * Brainfuck
 * Common Lisp

and some types of code that I don't at all know how to write but would love to
learn... someday:

 * Plan 9-style C
 * Rust
 * Haskell
 * Pony
 * Perl
 * Smalltalk
 * x86 assembly
 * Vala (and associated technologies)
 * GTK+

If I had unlimited time I would also be at the very least vaguely interested in
learning Limbo, Crystal, Scheme and PHP (the last mostly to contribute to
existing projects), but sadly I definitely do not have unlimited time. C'est la
vie.


STEEVIE

To run my selfhosted stuff, I run a server called steevie. steevie is supposed
to be a traditional UNIX server (in addition to his duties as a server server),
which isn't really relevant anymore - now that you can run Xorg on a laptop
without swapping - but still fun. He has a longish history of installations, but
he currently runs Debian Bullseye (with a mix of Buster and Bullseye LXD
containers).

You may find the source code for this website, licensed to you under the GNU
Affero GPL, on GitHub. English copy is additionally licensed under Creative
Commons BY-SA 4.0.

© Copyright 2012-2023 AJ Jordan.



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