About

When I was a first grader in the mid-90s, I got my first Windows 95 computer as a gift from my dad. Since then, I have been fascinated by computers and the Internet, giving me access to an ever-expanding universe. I’ve lived throughout the digital age since its dawn and I continue to be amazed at how technology is shaping our world ever faster, for better and for worse.

With infinite amounts of information at my fingertips, I love discovering and learning new things every day. I enjoy building (and breaking) tech to efficiently solve real-world problems. When I’m on my own time, I sometimes like over-engineering things just because I can. 🚀

However, few soulless corporations control the Web. I actively sponsor and contribute to open-source projects to make the WWW a more human and independent place again. I strive to regain as much of my digital privacy as possible and educate others by documenting my journey. But it’s tough — a constant balancing act between convenience and nuisance, between being an advisor and being a preacher, between being a cypherpunk and being a hypocrite.

On this website, I share my thoughts and notes about things that I’m excited about and working on and hope to connect with people having a similar mindset. I’d love to hear from you!

Privacy#

I respect your privacy.

I use Plausible Analytics to collect anonymous web analytics data to get insights into what content people enjoy and how they discover it. All analytics data I collect is publicly accessible on the stats page.

When you leave a comment on my blog, the Remark42 commenting engine generally only stores the user ID, username and avatar link. It requests and stores the minimum possible scope from third-party authentication providers. Users may request and download all their data from Remark42 and purge it completely by submitting a “Delete Me” request.

Get in Touch#

Connect with me! Stay up-to-date with what I’m sharing and working on:

• X: https://x.com/schnerringo
• Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@schnerring
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schnerring
• GitHub: https://github.com/schnerring
• StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1154965/michael-schnerring
• RSS Feed: https://schnerring.net/index.xml

Sponsoring#

I do not offer advertisements or sponsorships for any form of payment. I author all the content on this blog and offer it for free as in free beer. All recommendations I make are independent and unbiased.

I do not use affiliate links for anything I recommend. Affiliate links are specific web links that reward the advertiser with commissions for visits, signups, or sales through that link.

I do not accept guest posts or sponsored content in any form. I ignore all such requests, so please don’t contact me about that.

Thanks ❤️#

Thank you, dear reader! Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. And thank you to everyone contributing to the open-source community. If it wasn’t for you, this website wouldn’t exist.

These are the building blocks I built this website on:

Legal#

The source code is licensed under the MIT license and the content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Both, the source code and content of this site, are available on GitHub.

All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.