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# [Dhananjay Balan](https://dbalan.in)

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Interested in **all things technology**. Easily nerd snipe-able, especially when related to old tech, photography, cooking or biking.

Hailing from **Kerala, India**, Currently based in **Berlin, Germany**.

Currently tending infrastructure at [Voltus](https://voltus.co), previously at [Port Zero](https://port-zero.com), [CLIQZ](https://cliqz.com) and [Plivo](https://plivo.com), an outdated résumé is available at <https://resume.dbalan.in>

## Projects
Always building, seldom finishing

- <https://quotes.dbalan.in> — an opinionated minimal readwise.io clone ([source](https://git.planet-express.in/dbalan/quotes-api))
- <https://cookbook.dbalan.in> -- Recipe lists on cooking rotation, over-engineered this one to generate a static site from yaml spec ([source](https://github.com/dbalan/recipes)).
- <http://nossl.dbalan.in> -- Webpage with no TLS termination, a landing page for those nasty captive portal redirects.
- <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs> — NixOS is my main daily driver, my frustrations with it sometimes result in patches upstream.

## Elsewhere on the Internet
- I love getting mail, say hi -- `hey AT this domain`
- [blog.dbalan.in](https://blog.dbalan.in): I've got opinions.
- [@notmycommit@notwork.in](https://notwork.in/@notmycommit): I'm furious at something or I fail to be funny.
- [@notmycommit@bookwyrm.social](https://bookwyrm.social/user/notmycommit): I've thoughts about my reading.