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Hey there, friend! šŸ‘‹šŸ»

I'm Andy. I'm the Senior Developer Relations Engineer at The Matrix.org Foundation.

You can find me primarily on Mastodon (but I am also in other places in the #Fediverse).

I'm a maker at Forge & Craft, and I co-run the HackWimbledon "pop-up hackspace" meetup. I'm a Hopeful Technologist.

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  • I'm one of the co-hosts of the weekly technology podcast šŸŽ™ļø Games at Work dot biz - you can find us on all the major podcast directories. Let us know what you think!
  • My website is where I post blog updates, and the most recent posts are listed above.
  • I have a newsletter šŸ“® which gets sent to subscribers on an occasional basis.

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Fun facts šŸŽ±

  • šŸŒ± Iā€™m spending time learning šŸ MicroPython, and šŸŒ Fediverse (Social Web) APIs like ActivityPub
  • šŸ“ Most-used editors: VS Code (GUI), neovim (CLI)
  • šŸ’» First computer: Acorn Electron (and, I still have an Acorn Risc PC that I need to dig out from cobwebs sometime soon)
  • šŸ’» Current systems: Framework 13 (Fedora), Chuwi Minibook X (Fedora), StarLabs Starlite Mk V (Fedora), MNT Pocket Reform (Debian), MacBook Pro M1 Pro (macOS Tahoe), Homelab (Proxmox w/ Debian LXC, VM etc)

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I rolled before Covid-19: Survivor of the Great TP Shortage I joined GitHub 15 years ago. I am a polite coder. I have participated in pull requests with 10 or more people I'm a star gazer! I found the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything! I got more than 10 thumbs down. I got more than 10 thumbs up. I merged a PR with failing checks I closed an issue that was open for 8 years I joined GitHub 5 years ago. I joined GitHub 10 years ago. I contributed to My Badges! I closed an issue that was open for a year I closed an issue that was open for 2 years I closed an issue that was open for 3 years I closed an issue that was open for 4 years I closed an issue that was open for 6 years I closed an issue that was open for 7 years I have participated in pull requests with 5 or more people

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    * [The Business Value of Developer Relations - Mary Thengvall](https://www.persea-consulting.com/book)
    
              
    
              
    
                
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    * [Developer Relations: How to build and grow a successful developer program - Caroline Lewko & James Parton](https://www.devrelbook.com/)
    
              
    
          
    

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