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This is a moment of transition.
{ e } is getting absorbed by L V N A C Y
The process will be complete in about 90 days
I'm ephemeralrogue. but I'm also LVNACY. Over the past few years, I have instantiated a number of personas to compartmentalize specific projects and their sub-projects. { e } (ephemeralrogue) was born out of a need to create a silo in which I could learn and write code. Through {e } I have grown moderately competent in JS, markdown, Ansible, systems admin, and a touch of cybersecurity.
While {e} has proven to be an effective vehicle for learning and exploration, the time for its retirement has arrived. In the past year, the overlap between the code and design work in which I have involved myself has been growing, to the extent that it now seems far more efficient to marry the two.
What is code, if not the underlying design of systems and software? What is design, if not the visual expression of systems programming across disciplines?
Whether or not we agree on this matters little, as all words and definitions are largely subjective. In my mind, the intersection between the two has grown such that it makes sesnse for me to merge them. { e } will be absorbed into LVNACY, and LVNACY will have .code and .design aspects, with a good amount of blending betwixt the two.
Anyway, enough blah blah blah about that for now. If you've stumbled across this, you're probably interested in what I'm building. Here are a few projects currently holding my attention:
Beyond this, I produce graphic design for the innumerable projects I have going on. Writing as M A D • A L E X, I produce all graphics for the newsletter, site, and marketing, as well as design all ebooks. All graphics for { e } were produced under the L V N A C Y flag. Tag me in a post on Bluesky for all inquiries.
When i'm writing code, i predominantly write backend JS, though I've been diving into sysadmin stuff. I'm currently spending my dev time learning the following systems and tools:
I write all about it on my blog which i recently migrated from sanity to hashnode. follow me on Bluesky to keep up with my latest learning shenanigans, bad takes, strong opinions, and general nonsense.