From 49012297ea792a69501b74d8d83bd4be44d177da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth Hunt Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 17:04:26 -0800 Subject: Nobody wants to read all dat --- src/about.njk | 36 ++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/about.njk b/src/about.njk index 66726a1..fe84682 100644 --- a/src/about.njk +++ b/src/about.njk @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ title: About

bellevue, washington across the water and a small critter.

-I'm a computer programmer with a few years of industry software engineering under my belt, currently at AWS. I +I'm a 22 year old programmer with a few years of industry experience under my belt, currently at AWS. I graduated from Utah State University in 2023 at 20 with a degree in CS and a minor in math. I live in Seattle with my partners and my dog. ### What I Do @@ -28,36 +28,16 @@ graduated from Utah State University in 2023 at 20 with a degree in CS and a min

sourdough, and some lime scooters where they ought to be parked.

-Most of my day is spent designing, writing, and communicating about deep distributed software systems. A lot of it is plumbing (I'm not a huge fan of this part, but for some reason it's the part that pays a lot and "has visibility"). -But every once in a while I find diamonds in the rough, deep technical topics that require the application of real theory, -which somehow seem to go undiscovered. +Most of my day is spent designing, writing, and communicating about distributed software systems. A lot of it is plumbing (I'm not a huge fan of this part, but for some reason it's the part that pays a lot and "has visibility"). +But every once in a while I find diamonds in the rough, deep technical topics that require the application of real theory, which somehow seem to go undiscovered. -Those are the problems I chase. When I encounter them, I work as hard as possible to uncover as much as possible. That often turns out to be a nothing-burger. -But sometimes, underneath that tracing lies a tremendous find that, occasionaly, no one else would have caught. This part of my job is what I'm absolutely -addicted to and get an insane amount of dopamine from. It's what I've loved about computers -most of my life; finding needles in haystacks. +Those are the problems I love. When I come across them, I work as hard as possible to uncover as much as possible. That often turns out to be a nothing-burger. +But sometimes, underneath that tracing lies a tremendous find that no one else would have caught. This part of my job is what I get an insane amount of +dopamine from. It's what I've loved about computers my whole life; finding needles in haystacks. I also love baking sourdough bread. I love taking long uphill runs at the end of a day in the dark of night. I love reading and obsessively learning as much as I can about, objectively, -the most fascinating creatures there are: penguins. I love getting entrenched in something fun until 2AM. I love the hot and slightly bitter touch of a sip of fresh brewed -coffee, as well as the blissful sweetness of a mocha. I love going on dates, taking long train rides, anime, -Rubik's cubes, nice mechanical keyboards, music, collecting cute little stickers and stuffies, the coziness of a storm +the most fascinating creatures there are: penguins. I love taking long train rides, anime, +Rubik's cubes, nice mechanical keyboards, music, collecting stickers and stuffies, the coziness of a storm and being wrapped in a blanket. -I guess my main goal in life is to not succumb to the problems with my brain. If I succeed at that for long enough, I -want to live my life being as curious as I possibly can be. What that will ultimately look like, I don't really know. But - I think it is leaving the industry as fast as possible and comfortably researching and asking questions to my heart's -content without care of prestige, money, or having to constantly deliver something to prove anything. I want to spend as -much time on this earth without these worries and with people I love and feel at home with. - -At least, that's the dream. It has definitely not been smooth sailing up to this point. - -### Beliefs - -I hate what capitalism has done to warp our tools into something that destroys and rots us. Devices that once made our lives a bit easier and pushed forward the frontier of science and math now record every as much as can be recorded. - -AI is the peak example of this rot, constantly used by capitalists to justify ripping wealth and productivity from the laborer and pluck the creativity straight -from their heads, while they profit immensely from cutting them out entirely. - -But if you're here you're likely already aware of these issues and probably share similar views in which case I don't need to go any further... - {% endmarkdown %} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2