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Hey there, friend! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป

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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Recent blog posts


More about me

๐Ÿ’– OMG

  • I'm one of the co-hosts of the weekly technology podcast ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 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 ๐Ÿ“ฎ which gets sent to subscribers on an occasional basis.

Code (outside GitHub)


Fun facts ๐ŸŽฑ

  • ๐ŸŒฑ Iโ€™m spending time learning ๐Ÿ MicroPython, and ๐ŸŒ Fediverse (Social Web) APIs like ActivityPub
  • ๐Ÿ“ Most-used editors: VS Code (GUI), neovim (CLI)
  • ๐Ÿ’ป First computer: Acorn Electron (and, I still have an Acorn Risc PC that I need to dig out from cobwebs sometime soon)
  • ๐Ÿ’ป 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)

Bonus badges ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ

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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  1. theindiebeat-gnome-ext theindiebeat-gnome-ext Public

    A GNOME Shell extension to stream sounds of the Fediverse from The Indie Beat

    JavaScript 6 1

  2. mcauser/awesome-micropython mcauser/awesome-micropython Public

    A curated list of awesome MicroPython libraries, frameworks, software and resources.

    HTML 1.8k 220

  3. Useful resources for getting started... Useful resources for getting started in Developer Relations pipr.co/devrel andypiper.url.lol/devrel
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    # ๐Ÿ“š Books 
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    * [Selling the Dream - Guy Kawasaki](https://guykawasaki.com/books/selling-the-dream/)
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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/)
  4. fw-lid-fprint-daemon fw-lid-fprint-daemon Public

    Switch off fingerprint auth when the lid is closed.

    Shell 8

  5. makeronicc/hackwimbledon makeronicc/hackwimbledon Public

    A new refreshed Hackwimbledon

    HTML

  6. matrix-org/matrix.org matrix-org/matrix.org Public

    matrix.org public website

    JavaScript 614 455