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_(This is a [now](https://nownownow.com/about) page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.)_ +Last updated on: **2026-05-04** + ### What really matters -I am an extremely happy husband and father of a lovely baby girl (she's growing up very fast, but she'll always be my baby!). Essentially, I have _two additional bosses_ outside of work, but I don't mind: I love spending time with my family and I hope I can be the best husband and father in the world for them. +I am an extremely happy husband and father of a lovely girl and boy. Essentially, I have _three additional bosses_ outside of work, but I don't mind: I love spending time with my family and I hope I can be the best husband and father in the world for them. ### $dayjob@@ -20,20 +22,13 @@ ### H3RALD ecosystem
I've recently collected what I call the _H3RALD Ecosystem_ on [code.h3rald.com](https://code.h3rald.com). It is a collection of my own tools, mainly for my personal use, that may also be useful to others. Every project is open source, and every project is either a standalone, self-contained command line tool or something equally minimal. You can obtain the source code of each of these tools via [code.h3rald.com](https://code.h3rald.com) or [GitHub](https://github.com/h3rald). -In particular, I am more frequently tinkering with [min](/min), [hex](/hex), [LiteStore](/litestore), [HastyScribe](/hastyscribe) and [HastySite](/hastysite). Projects like [pls](/pls) and [nimhttpd](/nimhttpd) are fairly _complete_, so changes are going to be more sporadic, but I am using them literally every day as well. +With not one but two young kids, I basically don't have time to work on my personal projects right now, but it doesn't mean that I don't use them myself frequently or that I don't push the occasional feature or fix when needed. ### Permacomputing, frugal computing, Solarpunk, artisan engineering... In July 2023, I stumbled across a [thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36734445) on Hacker News pointing to [the Uxn ecosystem](https://100r.co/site/uxn.html). I became fascinated by this, and started researching more on [frugal computing](https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/frugal-computing/), and similar concepts. Around the same time frame, I also joined the Merveilles [webring](https://webring.xxiivv.com/) and [community](https://merveilles.town) — it has been a wonderful and eye-opening journey so far. I have always felt a bit uneasy at the apparent _necessity_ of our day-to-day life to rely on [walled gardens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_platform) and overly-bloated software for our day job and even for leisure. By contrast, I have always been obsessed with finding _the right tool for the job_, or — better — even make my own [nifty tool](https://nifty.tools). - -Right now, I am focusing on: - -* Making my web sites (this one in particular) smaller and less bloated, because [the small web is beautiful](https://benhoyt.com/writings/the-small-web-is-beautiful/]) -* Tinkering with my own ecosystem of tools, and evaluating the possibility of open sourcing more of them. -* Try learning about [Uxn](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxn.html), the [Varvara](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/varvara.html) computer system, and the [Uxntal](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxntal.html) assembly language, with the aim to contribute to this ecosystem and leverage it to create my own _sustainable_ applications. -* Learning more and more from the members of the Merveilles community ### Semper exploro