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machines to toggle folder visibility with a password. That became
necessary because the genius m4_abbr(IT) guys at our school decided we
should all save our work onto a shared m4_abbr(NAS) where everyone has
- read+write access to everyone elses work. @em {-How could that ever go
+ read+write access to everyone else’s work. @em {-How could that ever go
wrong.}
}
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+html lang="en" {
+ head { m4_include(head.gsp) }
+ body {
+ header {
+ div {
+ h1 {-About Me}
+ m4_include(nav.gsp)
+ }
+
+ figure .quote {
+ blockquote {
+ p {=
+ One obvious advantage [of lisp syntax] is that there hardly *is* any
+ syntax. You can learn enough Lisp syntax to write useful programs
+ in about ten minutes.
+ }
+ }
+ figcaption {-Mark J. Dominus}
+ }
+ }
+
+ main {
+ p {-
+ If you are a prospective employer, you can view my m4_abbr(CV)
+ @a href="https://cv.thomasvoss.com" target="_blank" {-here}.
+ }
+
+ h2 {-Who Am I}
+
+ p {-
+ I’m Thomas. A self-taught software developer from Brazil and the
+ Netherlands who grew up in the Middle East. I started to code at the
+ age of 9, writing batch scripts @x-ref {-1} on my schools Windows 7
+ machines to toggle folder visibility with a password. That became
+ necessary because the genius m4_abbr(IT) guys at our school decided we
+ should all save our work onto a shared m4_abbr(NAS) where everyone has
+ read+write access to everyone elses work. @em {-How could that ever go
+ wrong.}
+ }
+
+ aside {
+ p data-ref="1" {-
+ Shoutouts to
+ @a
+ href="https://www.instructables.com/member/Prof.%20Pickle/"
+ target="_blank"
+ {-
+ Prof. Pickle on Instructables
+ }
+ by the way. Most of his stuff seems to have been deleted all these
+ years later, but he was the guy I learnt to code from.
+ }
+ }
+
+ p {-
+ These days my interests lie mostly in m4_abbr(CLI) development. I take
+ a great joy in writing simple yet highly effective tools to solve
+ problems not only in the easiest way, but also in the most extensible
+ way possible. I think my batch file-renaming utility @em {-mmv}
+ @a href="/prj/mmv" {-does a great job at that}.
+ }
+
+ p {-
+ That being said, I also have a great interest in operating systems,
+ shells, and really anything that could be considered remotely low-level.
+ I’m not totally afraid of front-end development, although I @em {-did}
+ write this site in plain m4_abbr(HTML) and m4_abbr(CSS) because modern
+ m4_abbr(HTML) frameworks are the worst excuses for software I have ever
+ seen.
+ }
+
+ p {-
+ As for my religious- and political beliefs, let’s make those
+ clear:
+ @ul {
+ li {-Spaces should never be used for indentation}
+ li {-Tabs should never be used for alignment}
+ li {-Emacs is better than Vim}
+ li {-The dominance of VSCode is an embarrassment to our industry}
+ li {-
+ Object-oriented programming, Java, JavaScript, and m4_abbr(XML) were
+ all massive mistakes
+ }
+ li {-C is far superior to C++}
+ li {-Rust is not gods chosen language (even if it’s pretty cool)}
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ footer { m4_footer }
+ }
+}