Well, it’s a surprise you’re here, but welcome.
This is my small blog, an outlet for me to write down whatever is bugging me in the moment, so that my thoughts on the matter don’t rattle around in my head, or cause someone unfortunate to have to listen to me ramble about whatever has gotten me upset that week. Everything here is, of course, personal opinion. My time to write these is limited to a handful of moments, and I generally don’t edit anything after hitting "save" - don’t expect a Substack level of writing or analysis here.
As for myself, I’m a software developer on the west coast. I’ve lived all across the country (six different states by the time I was 18), was homeschooled through elementary school, son of divorced parents, dropped out of public school in the 7th grade, and taught myself how to build software of all shapes and sizes. I got a job as a Microsoft support contractor before I could legally drink, and professionally the rest is as you’d expect it to be.
I was a member of the Democratic party for a number of years, culminating in being a precinct delegate in 2016 for Hillary Clinton. Those experiences, and living in Seattle for a couple years, began what could unironically be called a "red-pill" process. I very swiftly became disillusioned with the Democratic machine, but while I’ve always understood and weighed Republican ideas, that party wasn’t really for me. After being "politically homeless" for some time, I settled on the Libertarian party.
There is a separate site for my technical blogging, because I believe that one should not mix personal and professional content. I used to enjoy using Twitter a lot, because I got to see people I admired think "out loud" - passing glimpses of a future that wasn’t realized yet. It was like getting to be a fly on the wall whenever they mused about something new. Comedians tried out new jokes, programmers thought about big problems, thinkers would throw out a new idea - it was all very exciting. Unfortunately, that’s mostly changed. Professional brands make personal statements, people that are not really celebrities freely mix their technical opinions, political opinions, and personal anecdotes. It makes it a lot harder to take someone seriously when they go from describing an interesting problem, to screaming about the patriarchy, in the span of five minutes.
We keep the professional separate from the person, because the profession is what is valuable to society. That’s why there’s two blogs. I’m also not under the impression that anyone cares - but it’s always good to practice what you preach.