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@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · Created ⁨Jan⁩ ⁨2026⁩

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Replying to @⁨smallserverdata@lemmy.ml⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code LTS Long Term Support software version SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #77 for this comm, first seen 12th Aug 2026, 09:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider NAT Network Address Translation TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #76 for this comm, first seen 11th Aug 2026, 19:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨Well1@lemmy.world⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters Git Popular version control system, primarily for code ISP Internet Service Provider NAT Network Address Translation UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

6 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #75 for this comm, first seen 10th Aug 2026, 11:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters CA (SSL) Certificate Authority CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code ISP Internet Service Provider SSD Solid State Drive mass storage TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #74 for this comm, first seen 6th Aug 2026, 09:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨Lemmert@reddthat.com⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters ISP Internet Service Provider NAS Network-Attached Storage VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

[Thread #73 for this comm, first seen 4th Aug 2026, 08:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code ISP Internet Service Provider NAS Network-Attached Storage NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PSU Power Supply Unit PoE Power over Ethernet SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

[Thread #72 for this comm, first seen 2nd Aug 2026, 22:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨libewa@feddit.org⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping NAS Network-Attached Storage NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage PSU Power Supply Unit SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access VPN Virtual Private Network ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #71 for this comm, first seen 2nd Aug 2026, 22:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨jobbies@lemmy.zip⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage PSU Power Supply Unit SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

[Thread #70 for this comm, first seen 1st Aug 2026, 08:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨Buage_@piefed.social⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code ISP Internet Service Provider LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) Plex Brand of media server package RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SBC Single-Board Computer SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access SSO Single Sign-On Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) k8s Kubernetes container management package nginx Popular HTTP server

[Thread #69 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 20:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨organicpu@lemmy.organic-server.org⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PSU Power Supply Unit Plex Brand of media server package SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage

[Thread #68 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 18:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨HelloRoot@lemy.lol⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PSU Power Supply Unit SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

8 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 11 acronyms.

[Thread #67 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 12:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨avidamoeba@lemmy.ca⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code ISP Internet Service Provider NAT Network Address Translation NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage Plex Brand of media server package SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications VPN Virtual Private Network ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

12 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

[Thread #66 for this comm, first seen 31st Jul 2026, 00:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨steel_for_humans@piefed.social⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters IoT Internet of Things for device controllers LTS Long Term Support software version LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage PSU Power Supply Unit SSD Solid State Drive mass storage VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #65 for this comm, first seen 27th Jul 2026, 18:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking NAS Network-Attached Storage PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) Plex Brand of media server package SSO Single Sign-On VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging

[Thread #64 for this comm, first seen 27th Jul 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

[Thread #63 for this comm, first seen 26th Jul 2026, 08:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz

Replying to @⁨SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters ISP Internet Service Provider SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

[Thread #62 for this comm, first seen 25th Jul 2026, 10:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz

Replying to @⁨hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code NAS Network-Attached Storage VPN Virtual Private Network

[Thread #61 for this comm, first seen 23rd Jul 2026, 12:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz
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Replying to @⁨tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters Git Popular version control system, primarily for code NAS Network-Attached Storage Plex Brand of media server package RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC SBC Single-Board Computer SSD Solid State Drive mass storage VPN Virtual Private Network

7 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.

[Thread #60 for this comm, first seen 23rd Jul 2026, 10:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz

Replying to @⁨Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters LVM (Linux) Logical Volume Manager for filesystem mapping NAS Network-Attached Storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage VPN Virtual Private Network ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity

[Thread #59 for this comm, first seen 22nd Jul 2026, 06:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.
Decronym@Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz

Replying to @⁨michaelharley@infosec.pub⁩

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VNC Virtual Network Computing for remote desktop access

[Thread #58 for this comm, first seen 21st Jul 2026, 20:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

Hachyderm.ioImran Nazar ~ عمران نزر (@Two9A@hachyderm.io)2.8K Posts, 301 Following, 262 Followers · Front-end #typescript developer and general keyboard tapper; author of Internet RFC 7168 (Hypertext Coffeepot Control Protocol for teapots); occasional plumber, more than occasional #c64 #retrocomputing enthusiast, terrible at classical #piano. Header photo is a verdant scene looking over the landscape near Buxton, England, taken from a single-track country road.