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1 +++ 2 insert_anchor_links = "left" 3 +++ 4 5 I'm Benji, an Israeli-American programmer building secure, clean, and 6 effective systems. I use modern technologies to build software that 7 avoids bloat and unnecessary complexity. I want to work on real and 8 interesting problems in challenging areas that matter. I am an 9 undergraduate student at Stanford University. 10 11 ### My Work 12 To see some of the things I do, you can: 13 14 - Read my writing [on this site] or in the [Atom feed]. 15 - Check out the [projects I've shipped] and the [code I did it with]. 16 - Sporadically tune in to my [Owncast] livestreams. 17 - Witness me tentatively embrace social media on [Mastodon]. 18 19 ### Hire Me 20 21 For the next three years, I'm available for in-person work anywhere in 22 the world from June through mid-September. I'm interested in joining 23 great teams who are pushing the envelope and want to give me a voice in 24 designing product while I code my ass off. 25 26 During the school year, I'm looking for remote-first work, on projects 27 both long- and short-term, concurrent with my studies. 28 29 If any of this speaks to you, [give my CV a once-over][cv]. 30 31 ### Contact 32 You can contact me via email at: [figbert@figbert.com]. Encrypt your 33 messages, if you would like, with [age] or [PGP]. If I am signing my 34 messages I will use [minisign]. 35 36 Money can go to my [Bitcoin], [Monero], or [ZCash] addresses, where I 37 will never see it again because I forgot how to use them. 38 39 ### Elsewhere on the Net 40 I have some friends. Some of them have blogs: 41 42 - [Burning Silicon] has content on machine learning, biotechnology, and cool 43 research on many subjects coming out of Pittsburgh. 44 - [Jacob Neplokh] co-founded [SMMR Software] and introduced me to [Tame 45 Impala]. 46 - [R. Miles McCain] is a schoolmate of mine and quick to remind you that 47 it is not a matter of skill but rather will. 48 49  51 52 [on this site]: @/posts/_index.md 53 [Atom feed]: /atom.xml 54 [projects I've shipped]: @/projects/_index.md 55 [code I did it with]: https://git.figbert.com 56 [Owncast]: https://live.figbert.com 57 [Mastodon]: https://fosstodon.org/@figbert 58 59 [cv]: /files/cv.pdf 60 61 [figbert@figbert.com]: mailto:figbert@figbert.com 62 [PGP]: /files/publickey-pgp.asc 63 [age]: /files/age.txt 64 [minisign]: /files/minisign.pub 65 66 [Bitcoin]: /files/bitcoin.txt 67 [Monero]: /files/monero.txt 68 [ZCash]: /files/zcash.txt 69 70 [Burning Silicon]: https://burningsilicon.dev/ 71 [Jacob Neplokh]: https://jacobneplokh.com 72 [SMMR Software]: https://smmr.software 73 [Tame Impala]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tame_Impala 74 [R. Miles McCain]: https://miles.land