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Hi, I'm tyil, and this is my site. I'm a software engineer with a big
interest in Free Software. As such, I spend much time writing and promoting
free software. Occasionally, I'll write an article about something freedom or
software related.
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## About me
Freedom-focused hacker. I love everything about free software, and spend much
time contributing to it myself. I occasionally write articles to help other
people getting started with free software, and show the issues with proprietary
software. I'm Active on a number of IRC channels, spread over multiple IRC
networks. Currently I have made over 10 modules for Perl 6, which are all
available on CPAN. I also write a blog post on occasion, with my latest
write-up being "[{{blogpost.title}}]({{blogpost.url}})".
If you think what I'm doing is awesome, and want to support me, you can do so
through donations. More information about how to donate and what I do with the
donations I receive can be found on the [support][donate] page.
## Contact
### PGP
My public PGP key is available on on [pgp.mit.edu][pubkey]. The fingerprint
is:
```
EB9E A484 1672 2D37 16F5 A799 9ACF E193 FFBC 1F50
```
### OTR
For instant messaging I use OTR where possible. My fingerprints are the following:
- `973F92EA 4A45DE93 60C2C60E DDC049D5 149B3BE2` XMPP, tyil@national.shitposting.agency
- `B174A02B 1F0A4258 B1527988 770843B4 0582A0D8` IRC, tyil @ DareNET
- `C6025214 E05A4FB6 5E65B900 9CA6A7AF A4A35C48` IRC, tyil @ Freenode
- `80999DD8 22504629 44EC13E3 5C31BF2F FC825703` IRC, tyil @ Rizon
### Channels
#### Email
Email contact goes via [p.spek@tyil.work][mail]. Be sure to at least sign all
mail you send me. Even better would be encrypted mail using my [PGP
key][pubkey].
I do not read my mailboxes very often, so please do not expect a timely
response. If you require a response as soon as possible, please find me on IRC
instead.
#### IRC
I am mainly active as `tyil` on [Freenode][freenode]. Other networks I frequent
are [DareNET][darenet] and [Rizon][rizon], using the same nick, `tyil`. I
use OTR for private messages on IRC, so be sure you use this if you want to
discuss something in private.
#### XMPP
I am available via XMPP/Jabber on `tyil@national.shitposting.agency`. Like IRC,
be sure to have OTR enabled if you wish to talk to me. Since my XMPP chats go
via [`BitlBee`][bitlbee], the response time is about the same as via IRC.
## Other links
- [Mastodon][mastodon]
- [Github][github]
- [DareNET gitlab][c.darenet]
- [Keybase][keybase]
- [LinkedIn][linkedin]
## RSS
If you'd like to stay up-to-date with my posts, you can subscribe to the [RSS
feed][rss] or the [Atom feed][atom].
[atom]: {{ "/atom.xml" | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}
[bitlbee]: https://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html
[c.darenet]: https://c.darenet.org/u/tyil
[darenet]: https://darenet.org
[donate]: {{ "/support/" | prepend: site.baseurl | perpend: site.url }}
[freenode]: https://freenode.net
[github]: https://github.com/Tyil
[keybase]: https://keybase.io/tyil
[linkedin]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickspek
[mail]: mailto:p.spek@tyil.work
[mastodon]: https://mastodon.social/web/accounts/34234
[pubkey]: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x9ACFE193FFBC1F50
[rizon]: https://rizon.net
[rss]: {{ "/feed.xml" | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}