Kris Yotam. Mathematics student, systems programmer. I write software and documentation for Plan 9, 9front, and suckless systems, and collect the results here.
Built with werc. Hosted on SourceHut.
On responsiveness. I reply to most things. If I haven't responded in a week, send it again. It probably got buried, not ignored.
On pen pals. I'm open to ongoing correspondence. If something I wrote resonated or you want to think through a problem together, reach out.
On pitches. Don't pitch me products or services. If you built something interesting and want to show it to me, that's different. Just don't lead with a sales deck.
On effort. Low-effort messages get low-effort responses. If your email could be a Google search, it will be treated like one.
On encryption. If it's sensitive, encrypt it. My PGP key is below. If you don't know how, that's fine. Just don't send passwords or secrets in plaintext.
On gossip. I don't engage with gossip or drama about other people online. I'm not interested in who said what about whom.
On topics. I'm most likely to respond to messages about mathematics, philosophy, software, film, or anything I've written about. I'm least likely to respond to anything that reads like it was generated by an LLM.
email: kris@krisyotam.com
fingerprint: 4821 9A26 3BDC 66CB 2AF4 2C98 94B8 D889 8D14 5952
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