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brandur/README.md

Hi, I'm Brandur.

I like databases, the independent web, and fast interfaces. I write in full sentences on Slack and use emoticons instead emoji. I think the modern web took a wrong turn on its evolutionary path and that we should resurrect ideas from the earlier days of computing — less centralization, software that's harder to learn but more powerful, and wider technical literacy.

My personal website is here and I'm on Twitter at @brandur.

I'm a sometimes writer. Most frequently by publishing a newsletter called Nanoglyph (which you should sign up for :). Here are its latest issues:

I put other stream of consciousness thoughts into tiny blog posts called fragments:

Once in a while, I write longer form articles:

As often as I can, I post a daily photo and update to sequences:

This README.md is generated automatically by a scheduled GitHub Action. More information on how that works here.

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