<p>My name is Andrew, but I also go by andrei, or zah. I entered this earth in '96 in Chicago.</p>
<p>My name is Andrew, but I also go by andrei, or zah. I entered this earth in '96 in Chicago.</p>
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<h2id="_background">Background</h2>
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<p>At the end of 2014 I started teaching myself how to program here and there with ruby and rails.
After I graduated I started looking for rails jobs to no avail, so I ended up teaching English in
South Korea in 2017. I’ve been studying Korean ever since then.</p>
South Korea in 2017. Iโve been studying Korean ever since then.</p>
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<p>In 2018 I found a job with <ahref="https://ossys.com">Open Source Systems</a> and have stayed there since.
I’ve had the opportunity to work on many projects, with all sorts of languages: ruby, python, c#, rust, golang, and typescript.</p>
Iโve had the opportunity to work on many projects, with all sorts of languages: ruby, python, c#, rust, golang, and typescript.</p>
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<p>I am not tied to any particular language, but I do prefer rust if the situation makes sense.</p>
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<h2id="_ideologies">Ideologies</h2>
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<p>I generally try not to use proprietary software unless the open source alternatives <strong>really</strong> suck. That said, I don’t mind paying for good software if it’s not user hostile.</p>
<p>I generally try not to use proprietary software unless the open source alternatives <strong>really</strong> suck. That said, I donโt mind paying for good software if itโs not user hostile.</p>
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<p>I am generally disgusted at the current state of web development. Modern web pages are severely bloated and collect an insane amount of personal data. Web developers update their old, fast, usable websites with buggy, slow, whitespace-heavy abominations. They optimize for ease of developing (on beefy computers and fiber internet…​), not performance or user happiness. It’s all very inconsiderate.</p>
<p>I am generally disgusted at the current state of web development. Modern web pages are severely bloated and collect an insane amount of personal data. Web developers update their old, fast, usable websites with buggy, slow, whitespace-heavy abominations. They optimize for ease of developing (on beefy computers and fiber internetโฆโ), not performance or user happiness. Itโs all very inconsiderate.</p>
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<p>Free Speech doesn’t mean one is free of criticism. However, I think people go too far sometimes,
sifting through decades of someone’s writings to find something, anything to criticize.
<p>Free Speech doesnโt mean one is free of criticism. However, I think people go too far sometimes,
sifting through decades of someoneโs writings to find something, anything to criticize.
I also find the overall approach to be almost completely punitative, with very little attempts at rehabilitation.
It also feels like a lot of people <em>enjoy</em> the drama that arises.</p>
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<h2id="_contact">Contact</h2>
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<p>If you’re contacting me about an issue for an open source project I work on,
<p>If youโre contacting me about an issue for an open source project I work on,
creating a github issue is better.</p>
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<p>Please ping me again if I don’t respond in 1-2 weeks.
<p>Please ping me again if I donโt respond in 1-2 weeks.
I try to get back to people when possible but I can be quite spacy about responding.</p>
<description>Table of Contents 1. Hangeul Basics 1.1. Grid System 2. Subject Elision, especially -you- 3.</description>
<description>I was inspired to write this after reading German for Programmers. [0] Itโs quite likely that Iโm just biased to see things a certain way because I work with programming languages for a living, but I often find myself drawing comparisons among Korean and programming.</description>
<description>Table of Contents My Goals The Requirements Part List Usage A Use for the Raspberry Pi References A few months ago I got gripped with server fever.</description>
<description>A few months ago I got gripped with server fever. Iโd had a raspberry pi for a while, but I could never find a meaningful use for it.</description>
<description>Table of Contents 1. My Philosophy 2. Life Abroad 2.1. Socializing 2.2. Food 2.3. Work 2.</description>
<description>In January of this year, I set out for semi-permanent traveling with only two* backpacks: A Goruck GR1 26L, and a Goruck GR2 40L.</description>
<description>2020 was a hell of a year. One of the many things that occurred is programmers began to re-evaluate certain terminology, starting with master/slave.</description>
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<title>How to run Kakaotalk on Linux in 2020</title>
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<description>Table of Contents My Goals The Requirements Part List Usage A Use for the Raspberry Pi References A few months ago I got gripped with server fever.</description>
<description>A few months ago I got gripped with server fever. Iโd had a raspberry pi for a while, but I could never find a meaningful use for it.</description>
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<description>Table of Contents 1. Development Machine 2. Configuring OSX &amp; Tools 2.1. poor manโs window tiling 2.</description>
<description>Hi! My name is Andrew, and I work remotely as a software developer. Iโve worked while traveling across America with spotty or no internet connection.</description>
<description>Table of Contents 1. My Philosophy 2. Life Abroad 2.1. Socializing 2.2. Food 2.3. Work 2.</description>
<description>In January of this year, I set out for semi-permanent traveling with only two* backpacks: A Goruck GR1 26L, and a Goruck GR2 40L.</description>
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<description>Table of Contents 1. Hangeul Basics 1.1. Grid System 2. Subject Elision, especially -you- 3.</description>
<description>I was inspired to write this after reading German for Programmers. [0] Itโs quite likely that Iโm just biased to see things a certain way because I work with programming languages for a living, but I often find myself drawing comparisons among Korean and programming.</description>
