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eclecticpassions/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hello, I'm Naty

πŸ“ Based in Hong Kong, SAR | πŸ‘©πŸ»β€βš• Medical doctor by training | πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Tech geek and lifelong learner

I'm also known as: BurgeonLab & APERTURE2IRIS

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πŸ”­ I’m currently

  • Looking for work that combines my tech interests with medical background outside primary care
  • Open for remote opportunities
  • Participating in remote IndieWeb events, minutes / note taking, hosting fortnightly Homebrew Website Club: Asia Pacific meetups
  • Migrating my workflows and repos from GitHub to SourceHut (sr.ht) & Codeberg.
  • Transitioning my digital reliance towards more privacy-friendly options, moving away from Big Tech (escaping enshittification) and US-based services in general
  • Getting accustomed to being a 'sustainable blogger' (i.e. keeping up with posts without long periods of absences)
  • Raising awareness and sharing about the non-corporate Internet (e.g. small web / IndieWeb)

🀝 Looking to contribute

  • Translations: en/zh_HANT (and to a certain extent en/zh_HANS)
  • Technical writing (documentation, wiki), how-to guides
  • Wiki writing / maintaining
  • Adding improvements or features to open source software I personally use

✍️ My blogs

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My primary personal website and IndieWeb home where I blog about tech-related topics, microblog, and share weeknotes. I'm developing it slowly so that it becomes my main Internet hub where I can connect with others using Indieweb principles and not rely on social media platforms. BurgeonLab is built with Hugo and Indiekit. I'm a static site convert since learning Hugo and it's my favourite way to build sitesβ€”learn more about the technical aspects on my colophon page.

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This was originally my first self-hosted WordPress blog. In Sept 2026, I revived the domain and converted it to a static site built with Quartz. Although WordPress was a negative experience overall; it allowed me to learn from experience, building a foundation of basic web development skills (like improving page performance, CDN integration, HTML/CSS tweaks, blog writing and SEO best practices, etc). With a brand new look and structure focused on personal knowledge base / digital gardensβ€”I am keen on building my note collection.

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This will be the place I share my photography-related content. I'm an avid hobbyist photographer and it's my biggest hobby. Ever since I left the Adobe ship (being a user for over 15y), I no longer have a portfolio up online. I plan to use this Hugo-built site as a portfolio and also write blogs about my gear, processes, etc.

πŸ“š Tech stack

I have varying experience with the following:

Operating Systems Android macOS Linux Mint
CLI Tools Zsh Homebrew
Frontend HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript
Backend Node.js NPMJS
CMS Hugo WordPress
Markup Languages Markdown TOML JSON XML
Version Control/Git Forge Git SourceHut Codeberg GitHub
IDE VSCodium
Programming Languages Python Go
Generative AI Ollama
PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) Obsidian
Database SQLite
Data Science NumPy Pandas Matplotlib
Home Lab Raspberry Pi Docker Tailscale Caddy

β˜• Interests

  • Free open source software (FOSS) and raising awareness for privacy-centric services
  • IndieWeb, content ownership, decentralization, DeGoogle
  • Web dev, blogging, writing
  • Home lab / self-hosting
  • Digital and film photography (favourite genres: street, urban, macro) & moving to FOSS post-processing post-Adobe era
  • Speciality coffee / manual filter & espresso (a "home barista" if you will!)
  • Android + macOS and occasionally Linux Mint on my retired Macbook Air 13" (2012)
  • Hiking / cycling / city walks / Formula 1

🌱 Ongoing projects

  • Incorporating Indieweb into my primary static (Hugo) blog with a Node.js Micropub server called Indiekit
  • Creating my first public project: a Hugo calendar widget with accompanying documentation site
  • Fine-tuning my personal knowledge management (PKM) system using Obsidian and keeping a starting a new digital garden for public learning notes
  • Self-hosting with my Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB

πŸ“« Reach out

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πŸ’¬ Social media

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🎁 Support me

If my content or contribution has helped, a donation would be greatly appreciated. Your encouragement motivates me to write, create, and connect. Thank you!

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  1. New page counter added on 2025/07/21 (previous counter=4k). ↩

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