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Hello, I'm Jonathan
AKA TECHHEAD

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Some Issues of interest

• Automatically update Github profile with open issues

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techhead's Issues

Setup a Mastodon instance

I think that the Fediverse is very important. I plan to blog about it. I wanted to build it before I was aware that it already existed. Now I want to help built it.

https://joinmastodon.org/

Here's an excellent intro article by @revmischa.

https://dev.to/cybermischa/decentralizing-social-media-31e3

I plan to set up a public instance running a forked version of Mastodon and curate new features based on user feedback. I bought the domain tusked.net for this purpose. I'll update this issue when it's up and ready for signups.

Automatically update Github profile with open issues

Play with Ruby/Rails

It's time to pull the trigger and learn Ruby and Rails.

To be honest, I've never had much interest in learning it. But it's been popping up in my world more lately. For one, I've been following dhh lately and really enjoying what he has to say. When job openings appeared at 37signals, it made me wish that I already had some experience. Time to get some.

Another motivator is the popular opensource project, Mastodon. It's written in Rails. And I plan to set up a public instance (see issue #2) and contribute to the community.

Play with ActivityPub

ActivityPub is the protocol used by:

• Mastodon (Twitter clone)
• PeerTube (YouTube clone)
• Pixelfed (Instagram clone)

Secure 3 Letters of Intent for hire by German entities

https://allaboutberlin.com/guides/freelance-visa-letter-of-intent
http://www.essentialpackingchecklists.com/german-freelance-visa-letters-of-intent-to-hire/

A letter of intent is not a contract. The businesses and individuals that write your letters of intent are not forced to hire you.

If you are a Germany company or individual and have a software project that you need built, please contact me for an obligation-free discussion.