Joey HessInterview
Software developer (Debian, git-annex)
Adapted from Joey Hess's interview on Uses This, published 30 October 2012. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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I do everything on a netbook, a Dell Mini 9.
The only other active computer in the house is my home server and internet gateway; a Sheevaplug with a wireless dongle and a dialup modem.
Communication
Productivity
Browser
Notes
Coding & Development
Lately I've been focusing on programs that encourage broader use of version control systems, like git.
These days I'm mostly programming in Haskell, having spent the past 5 years going through that painful but eye-opening learning curve.
Media
Other notable software includes the Music Player Daemon, which runs on my netbook and also my home server.
Storage
I'm funded by a Kickstarter project in 2012-2013 to build something not unlike DropBox, based on git-annex, that automatically version controls and syncs files between computers.
And I should mention that I'm using Obnam for backups lately.
Other
I'm also a long-time Debian developer, having been involved in building the Debian installer, and I run a 30-year delayed Usenet feed at olduse.net.