Alright folks, I'm trying something new, so I'm making a new #introduction.

Hiya! I'm Drew.

I've recently set up a second #fedi account using a #holos relay through my domain name, so I'm trying out the #fediverse from my phone. Cool! My regular mastodon handle is @abmurrow@hachyderm.io for those curious.

I'm a #webdev in #Drupal, #PHP, and I do a bit of work in #FOSS. I am originally from the Appalachias in the southeast US, but these days I'm living in #Aotearoa #NZ. I am learning clawhammer #banjo and am seeking out weird, old, crooked tunes the play on it because I really enjoy the sound.

I work with #Linux, #nix, and #nixos, though I'm starting to take a serious look at the #BSD world. I'm strongly anti #AI and #LLM and do my best to avoid unethical software and hardware. This opinion will not be changed through persuasion or "spirited debate" ;)

I believe in the power of FLOSS and the OSS community, but more than that, I believe that tools have opinions that usually get left there by people with opinions, and using those tools tends to frame your thinking and behavior even when you don't expect it. So tool choice is, in effect, and ethical choice and one that will change you. What does that mean? It means I'm constantly in friction with my daily choices and am seeking out alternatives all the time that better fit with my values, which is why I'm here!

Holos offers a nice way to self host my data without self hosting a bespoke fedi instance, so I'm taking a look around before I commit.

Glad to be here!