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   experimenting so you (hopefully) don't have to

About me

The heck is this?

You came here on your own will. This is my little corner on the internet, and it was made with simplicity in mind. This site was the main reason why I picked this approach. Sure, maybe people, including you, will say this is laziness in practice, but I don't mind. It is particularly enough for me.

Well, then who are you?

I'm Rin. People know me under that name. Some people call me Akira instead, I don't mind. My internet history starts back in 2019, pretty late compared to what this platform is mainly about.

I'm a hobbyist backend developer, a wannabe infosec undergraduate and a designer. I'm currently learning and actively experimenting with the Linux operating system. Guess you now know why this site is so simple in design: I'm not a frontend developer and I don't like it.

Okay, what do you do?

So as you have seen the header, I experiment with stuff. I do plenty of things that I think would mess my life up with bare metal systems because it's so boring and repeated. I used to own 5 bare metals. I broke 3 of them and left with 2 barely working ones. That's also why I have some heck of experiences.

I started experimenting on bare metal systems when I got my first USB flash drive. From there, I have came a long way to learn a lot of things about operating systems and started to dive deeper into system security.

What do you use for your development?

I use my brain. Every person needs one.

Tools, I mainly code with VSC. I also am learning Neovim to streamline my workflow, as I usually have to stare at the terminal.

I'm a JavaScript main. Python didn't interest me enough back then. I knew about weird JavaScript behaviors, but I lived along. I also do write some C++, if that interests you. My main web language is HTML, sounds honestly surprising.

You mentioned designing, so what do you use for that?

I like Photopea as a tool you can use anywhere, anytime. Just like how Lain is omnipresent. Let's all love Lain.

I do also use Photoshop for my works. I got the CS6 build from one of the machines I broke. Thanks a lot for the service.

Photomosh and EZGIF are also pretty neat tools to work with when you hate doing things manually. I create GIFs and distort images with effects with ease, and this is not sponsored.

Any personal stuff to share?

Yes.

I do stupid things pretty often. I play a single game on a laptop. I play a single game on a phone. And I watch very little anime.

That single game on laptop is osu!. On phone it's Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.

I like Serial Experiments Lain. I have watched Angel Beats! and Girls' Last Tour. And I have read Shimeji Simulation - pretty good stuff, check them out.

You might have interested me. Where can I find you?

Discord, please, for casual talks and chit-chats. Send me a DM @ shimeji.rin, don't send a friend request yet.

For more private and confidential information, please shoot me an email at sh1m3ji@disroot.org, and don't forget your public PGP. Use shimeji.rin@gmail.com if you prefer to talk to me through email formally.