Brandinos.nl

I have been using GNU/Linux for the past 9 years, mainly daily-driving Fedora. But to this day, I am using Artix (btw), an Arch derivative that uses openrc-init instead of Systemd.

In my free time if I am not gaming on my water cooled gaming PC, I am either programming stuff or administering my own home server that runs my notes, backups, photo backup using immich and so on. If I get bored with that, I spend the rest of my time watching anime. Occasionally, I have to manage my network that runs on the awesome Banana Pi OpenWRT One router, updating my PiHole with new adblock lists, or tweaking devices I own, for example, "hacking" my robot vacuum cleaner to get ownership over it, and disconnect it from the cloud with the awesome Valetudo project.

I consider myself a power user in many areas, preferring ownership of my devices and tweaking them to what I expect of such a device. If I can do it, I probably try to root, jailbreak or flash some OpenSource project on it. Because I find that these projects are often significantly better than what the factory-preinstalled software provides. OpenWrt compared to standard ISP routers proves that point well.

You may find me on the interwebs:

My anime list (MAL, a anime tracker)
Steam (i own many many more games outside of Steam)
World of Tanks main account stats
World of Tanks 3 mark account stats
For the rest, i do not own, use or engage in social media, public forums, and so on.

PGP key

The current fingerprint is:

9F57 235C 2F80 7F6C DBE3 57C1 601C AA2D 82DF C47B

Always verify the PGP fingerprint, if it does not match, cease all communication at once! My public key is always attached to any mail I send, in case WKD or any other method does not work for you, so that you are always able to use it.

The authoritative source for this key is always WKD!

You may download my PGP key from the following link: public-key.asc

To manually import the public key, run the following command:

$ gpg --import public-key.asc

WKD (Web Key Discovery)

The Web Key Directory (WKD) is a standard for discovery of OpenPGP keys by email address, via the domain of its email provider.

Read more here: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD

Fetch via GPG:

$ gpg --auto-key-locate clear,wkd,nodefault --locate-keys user@example.com

Some mail providers such as ProtonMail come with WKD support by default, and can automatically encrypt email messages simply by sending me a mail message.

This key is also published on several public key servers:

https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/
https://keys.openpgp.org/ (default in Thunderbird)

Read more about OpenPGP, WKD, and using email encryption and plain text only mail:

Setup mail encryption with OpenPGP: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en
Setup plain text only mail: https://useplaintext.email/
How to set up WKD of your own: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKDHosting

Contact me

You can contact me either by email or by Signal

Signal: @Brandinos.18
Email: read further ahead

My personal email is encoded in the video below in a special font to prevent bots, spam and other automated tools to automatically get my email.

Note that autoplay must be enabled! If it is not, you may want to download the video using the links below, and then opening it in your favorite video player.

Download dark version: ghost-message-invert.webm
Download light version: ghost-message.webm

Please do not send me emails generated by AI. That means you did not bother writing the email yourself, so why would I bother to read it?
Please try to send me a plaintext email only. Do not send emails that require HTML. Read this website of why and how to use plaintext email. Email that forces HTML will be ignored.
If you send me shitty, vibe coded malware or phising again... Please do not. You have been warned (ugh ugh exposing Telegram Bot token...)

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Where is your blog?

I do not want a blog, simply Because i do not like having my thoughts and personal opinions in such a public manner.

Where is your code?

Code that i have writen, most of the times in Golang and some bash scripts here and there, are made personally for me to for example automate installation of software that is not packaged for the Artix linux repo, or for other purposes. What code there is is hosted on my own server.

Why the simplistic web design?

I like how I looks. It loads fast. It does not rely on third parties. It requires zero clicks to find what you need. It is usable on every device. As opposed to most contemporary websites which are bloated with redundant scripts, visual effects, content, or ads that slow everything down, and cost you money if you are on mobile data.

This website does not contain JavaScript, tracking or any ads. No logs are collected.