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Jonathan
Freedman
Computer Using Person
Jonathan
Freedman
Computer Using Person
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Halifax, NS
1981-2008 Grew up surrounded by the ocean, trees, and computers. Stayed in the Maritimes until I ran out of startups.
Oakland, CA
2010-???? Currently trying to strike the balance manifesting creativity and a fulfilling career.
Montreal, QC
2009-2010 Ate poutine and wrote web services in C. Lived in the Snowdon neighborhood and commuted to Old Montreal every day in the snow.
2008-2009 Brooklyn, NY
Commuting from Flatbush to Williamsburg to work on a dream disguised as a startup.
Hexayurt Trip Report
I used to live in a tinfoil and cellulose hut in the middle of the desert.
Artemiid
When someone asks if you want to go to the pirate marina to help launch an art boat you say yes
ANXS
A set of Ansible roles for common system dependencies.
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Join me in showing up in the struggle for collective liberation for all.
Secret Key Service
I gave a talk at BSidesSF in 2017 on the Secret Key Service I am helping manifest at work using tools such as Hashicorp Vault and aomi
Tribes That May Be
A Minecraft modpack designed around the idea of what if you were stuck in a desert surrounded by the remains of a party.
hcvswitch
Assorted shell scripts I use to juggle the Hashicorp Vault instances I still touch.
The Regrettable Attrition of a Hero
An essay on how perpetuating the myth of hero engineers leads to DevOps burnout.
Safety 7th
Some writing on the spectrum of personal safety thresholds
MacGyvers' Union
Founding member of Local #001 located in Black Rock City, Nevada
libsecondlife
Some open source software I was involved with early on got written up in The Register after virtual world drama.
Agile Inner Source
I spent a fair bit of time at Autodesk building inner source communities within a large publicly traded company.
BRC GPE
I volunteer with the Black Rock City Gate Perimeter and Exodus department every year just outside of Gerlach, Nevada.