It me! I'm Rohan Kumar, a.k.a. Seirdy (online handle).
Canonical versions:
Staging/rough-draft Tildeverse mirror:
See the Director's Cut of my bio in the "about" page:
Tech stuff: I care a lot about accessibility, and often use screen readers and forced colors to deal with overstimulation. I'm a FLOSS (Free, Libre, and Open-Source Software) enthusiast, software minimalist who likes watching anime and tweaking his Linux setup. Current interests include search engines, security, privacy, and the IndieWeb.
My perspective on software freedom is a bit different from the FSF's; I've been trying to distance myself from "fossbro" culture.
Git repos:
Since some people asked me about music, here's a generated list of every track in my library that I've rated 8/10 or higher:
I am made of microplastics and can be trusted with your forklift.
PGP: 1E892DB2A5F84479 (don't rely on it for strong security guarantees)
Fediverse (@Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net)
Chat with me: I prefer IRC, where my nick is Seirdy on Libera.chat, Snoonet, OFTC, Tilde.Chat, and a few smaller networks. Alternatively, I'm on Matrix:
My secondary Matrix account for Synapse-only rooms is @seirdy:fairydust.space.
If you send me marketing emails or solicit guest posts, I will block you and submit you to third-party blocklists without warning.
Orbits (Gemini equivalent of webrings):
I don't collect anything except default server logs, purged regularly. More detail on a dedicated page:
Poggies.
2024-05-30: Takeaways from the Google Content Warehouse API documentation leak
2024-04-04: MDN’s AI Help and lucid lies
2023-11-12: Proposal: an HTML element for spoilers
2023-05-02: My Fediverse blocklists
2022-12-09: The limited utility of the phrase “GNU/Linux”
2022-07-10: Stylometric fingerprinting redux
2022-07-02: An experiment to test GitHub Copilot's legality
2022-06-25: Two types of privacy
2022-06-11: Best practices for inclusive CLIs
2022-06-05: A layered approach to content blocking
2022-02-02: The right thing for the wrong reasons: FLOSS doesn't imply security
2021-04-17: Misinfo about Permissions Policy and FLoC
2021-03-10: A look at search engines with their own indexes
2021-02-23: Keeping platforms open
2021-01-28: WhatsApp and the domestication of users
2021-01-12: Becoming physically immune to brute-force attacks
2020-11-23: Best practices for inclusive textual websites
2020-11-19: Resilient Git, Part 1: Hydra Hosting
2020-11-17: Resilient Git, Part 0: Introduction
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