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Seirdy’s Home
My personal IndieWeb site. I write about and develop software to promote user autonomy. Topics include accessibility, security, privacy, and software freedom
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Seirdy’s Home My personal IndieWeb site. I write about and develop software to promote user autonomy. Topics include accessibility, security, privacy, and software freedom. About me I’m Rohan Kumar ( he / him ). I’m also known by my more casual online handle Seirdy ( they / them ). Mixing them up is fine. The Director’s Cut of my bio is at my About page . I care a lot about inclusive design and accessibility ; I often use screen readers and forced colors to deal with overstimulation. I’m a FLOSS enthusiast and software minimalist who likes watching anime and tweaking his Linux setup. Current interests include search engines , security , privacy , and the IndieWeb . My perspective on software freedom is a bit different from the FSF’s; I’ve been trying to distance myself from “fossbro” culture. Git repos: Sourcehut , GitHub , Codeberg , and GitLab I am made of microplastics and can be trusted with your forklift. Contact me via email (I have PGP , but don’t rely on it for strong security guarantees), or on the Fediverse where I’m @Seirdy @pleroma .envs.net . If you send me marketing emails or solicit guest posts, I will block you and submit you to third-party blocklists without warning. Chat with me: I’m on several IRC networks. Alternatively, I’m @seirdy :seirdy.one on Matrix. About this site This is a basic IndieWeb site . In addition to its canonical url , a “rough draft” of this website also exists on my Tildeverse page . This site’s content also appears on my Gemini capsule . For more information about the site, its design, badges/awards, and available feeds: see the “meta” section . This site’s contents are authored by me, not generative AI . Articles Here’s a selection of my best articles, in featured order. To see the rest, visit my Articles page . I edit some of these articles quite often; some are updated indefinitely. Check the “updated” timestamps. Timestamp format: YYYY-MM-DD , as per RFC 3339 and ISO 8601 . Sorted newest to oldest. A look at search engines with their own indexes Posted 2021-03-10 , updated 2024-09-21 A cursory review of all the non-metasearch, indexing search engines I have been able to find. About 7 thousand words; a long 36 minute read Best practices for inclusive textual websites Posted 2020-11-23 , updated 2024-09-21 A lengthy guide to making simple, inclusive sites focused on content before form. Emphasizes brutalist design and accessibility to include under-represented users. About 23 thousand words; a very long 1 hour and 51 minute read WhatsApp and the domestication of users Posted 2021-01-28 , updated 2021-12-13 WhatsApp's rise and recent PR efforts highlight a class of business models that I call "user domestication". 3192 words; a 15 minute read The right thing for the wrong reasons: FLOSS doesn't imply security Posted 2022-02-02 , updated 2022-03-18 While source code is critical for user autonomy, it isn't required to evaluate software security or understand run-time behavior. 4343 words; a somewhat long 21 minute read My Fediverse blocklists Posted 2023-05-02 , updated 2024-10-17 Documentation on which Fediverse blocklists I offer, how they are made, their differences, their caveats, and their intended use. About 9 thousand words; a long 43 minute read Webrings This site is part of 14 webrings . A webring is a collection of sites in a circular doubly-linked list; each website links to the next and previous site in the list. Toggle webrings list Some of the “next” and “previous” links contain JavaScript; you need to enable it to be re-directed to the correct page. I’ve marked these links with “JS”. Indieweb webring home Previous Indieweb site Next Indieweb site a11y-webring home Previous a11y-webring site Next a11y-webring site Random a11y-webring site Retroweb webring home Previous Retroweb site Next Retroweb site Random Retroweb site CSS webring home Previous CSS site Next CSS site Random CSS site no ai webring home Previous no ai site Next no ai site Random no ai site TheOldNet webring home Previous TheOldNet site Next TheOldNet site Random TheOldNet site geekring webring home Previous geekring site Next geekring site Random geekring site Loop (JS) webring home Previous Loop (JS) site Next Loop (JS) site Random Loop (JS) site Retronaut webring home Previous Retronaut site Next Retronaut site Hotline webring home Previous Hotline site Next Hotline site Bucket (JS) webring home Previous Bucket (JS) site Next Bucket (JS) site Devring webring home Previous Devring site Next Devring site Random Devring site Endless Orbit webring home Previous Endless Orbit site Next Endless Orbit site Focus First webring home Previous Focus First site Next Focus First site If you’re part of a webring and would like me to join, just ask.