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PGP key (for email alias): https://www.thejach.com/about#pgp
Available for IM on Matrix/Element -- Jach#matrix.org. Discord as jach9107. Sometimes on Libera IRC as Jach or Jachy. Hit me up if you want to chat about anything; I'm bad at reaching out myself.
I'm just some unimportant programmer, dabbler by nature, you probably shouldn't listen to me but that doesn't always stop me from commenting or giving advice.
Please excuse my Common Lisp evangelism, I'm just a poser who after a journey from PHP through Java, Python, C, C++, JS, Scheme, and Clojure, just loves the language, enjoys programming anything in it, and has fun trying to correct decades-old misconceptions about it. Maybe by the time I'm 50 I'll have more to show for it. i.e. I think it's better to write cool programs in Lisp than to evangelize, and I'm failing to live up to my own standards.
I've collected some stuff I occasionally link in comments here in one place: https://www.thejach.com/view/2022/1/thoughts_on_writings_on_lisp
I'm not currently employed -- I did a speed-run to quasi-retirement in 2020.
I have a BS Degree in Computer Engineering from a school more renowned for degrees in video game [engine] programming.
I'm located in Bellevue, WA, feel free to get in touch for coffee/dinner/whatever if you're in the Seattle area. Or even if you're not, maybe we can play some online games. I like to visit Japan, too. でも、私の日本語は下手です。