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I'm **Andrei Jiroh Halili** (he/they), an 18 year old Autistic Filipino student, self-taught Node.js developer (in training), open-source contributor,

     

       
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I'm **Andrei Jiroh Halili** (he/they), an 18 year old Autistic[^7] Filipino student, self-taught backend developer (in training), open-source contributor,

     

       
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and [The Bloody Hell PH](https://fromthebshq.substack.com) based in Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines. I'm passionate about Linux (especially shell scripting and all things

     

       
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but I am also exploring Python, Go and other languages), politics (_cough Philippine politics in lens of foreigners while disabled with [Honest Government Ads] level of satire_) and internet health (things like fandom toxicity and cancel culture).

     

       
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the community of high school coders and communities fiscally hosted by them[^6] through their Slack workspace.

     

       
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Outside of being a Linux enthusiast and JS dev myself, I am mostly seen lurking and joining lore discussions over at [~mikedmoy's Discord server](https://go.andreijiroh.xyz/discord/gildedguy)[^5]. I am not only followed animators and furries (_please send help in the backrooms if I need to eyebleach on NSFW art_), but also (not just anime) roleplaying accounts, SubStack writers and even fellow devs and disabled people (not just autistics).

     

       
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## Why I code + use Linux?

     

       
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* **Editors**: nano, [VS Code](https://go.andreijiroh.xyz/vscode) (switched between stable and Insiders), [Zed](https://go.andreijiroh.xyz/zed-editor)

     

       
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* **Code forges**: [GitHub](https://github.com/ajhlili2006), [GitLab on ~tulir's instance](https://mau.dev/ajhalili2006)[^2]

     

       
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* **Phone**: Infinix X6528B with Android 13, 8 GB of RAM, 248 GB of internal storage[^3] (256 GB total if adding 8 GB reserved as virtual RAM).

     

       
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* **Programming Languages**: [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) + [Deno](https://deno.land)

     

       
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* **Editors**: nano, [VS Code](https://go.andreijiroh.xyz/vscode) (switching between stable and Insiders), [Zed](https://go.andreijiroh.xyz/zed-editor)

     

       
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* **Cloud development environments as service**: [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces), [Gitpod](https://www.gitpod.io)

     

       
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* **Code forges**: [GitHub](https://github.com/ajhlili2006), [GitLab on ~tulir's instance](https://mau.dev/ajhalili2006)[^2], [sourcehut](https://sr.ht/~ajhalili2006)

     

       
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[^1]: Obviously not a US LLC company, but we're sorting out the fiscal hosting related chores behind the scenes.

     

       
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[^5]: `~mikedmoy` (also `~gildedguy`): Michael Moy, also known in Hyun's Dojo Community as Gildedguy (the animator). See <https://gildedguy.com/website-reborn> for context behind his (old) domain.

     

       
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