Adnan @Decad3nce@social.cleverlibre.org

Might as well jump in and do my #introduction.

I am a husband, son, and dog/god father who lives in the Pacific Northwest.

My background originally had me working as a grey hat scouring vulnerabilities while I worked on my schooling in Computer Engineering.

That background intersected with mobile operating system development as well as subsequent telephony/modem work. (Spent too many hours reverse engineering CDMA modem communication)

Afterwards I worked on the aftermarket Android OS, CyanogenMod(now known as LineageOS), as an open source contributor helping put up to date Android on things like the Nook Color, the HP Touchpad, and numerous mobile phones.

After the company and project took off, I joined as a paid staff frameworks engineering lead, helping ship the original OnePlus One mobile phone and a ton of devices that sadly never saw the light of day.

These days I work @ Android helping create great experiences within the the multitudes of surfaces it runs on now and the billions of users it impacts.

Aside from that I like to bike, play with my soldering iron, create and publish mobile apps and games, and learn about mental health - specifically focusing on how I can help my family deal with being war refugees who escaped a genocide.

I'm looking forward to learning from everyone in a less toxic environment - hopefully I can contribute something as well.

#introductions #android #lineageos #cyanogenmod #foss #opensource

@acjay I definitely think (maybe hope?) the vibe will influence more restrained people to come out of the woodwork.

Those who feel like their words can't travel as far or influence as many people. Their thoughts matter just as much as those that can be controversial.

Really very pleasant to read through the content here and not just see a bunch of promoted hot takes and people trying to dunk on each other.

Engagement, need of growth and the greed that backs it makes all discourse vapid and toxic.

#mastadonmigration

Manu was someone that worked at Google and published comics internally.

He left for Twitter and the reasoning for his firing and what they're doing there is absolutely ridiculous.

https://ma.nu/blog/bye-twitter

I feel an exceptional sense of imposter syndrome when I start reading through some of the intros by contributors on this qoto server lol.

I promise, at worst, I'll offer images of my dog as currency to keep up with everyone.

@derickflorian Thanks for the insight. I'll check out the web version!

Anyone familiar with the Mastadon Android app and how one might be able to get the browse functions to work?

Mastodon is pretty neat.