Andrei Jiroh Halili

andreijiroh.dev/now

“Not so recent, but maybe I should rest more instead of being actively busy at the expense of burning myself out to death (it's neuro-normality/neurotypicalism + capitalism, [CENSORED])”

Location:

Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines

Professional title:

Not yet working because I am focused on academics right now. But on the side: Open-source developer and maintainer, Recap Time Squad

What do you do?

Autistic Filipino, currently a student, between programming backends in Node.js and Deno, occasionally writing

Why?

Choosing to be an open-source dev/maintainer while autistic in a developing country might make my parents question my life/career/academic choices, but I also wondered what could my life be like if being chronically online made me a software developer and Linux user. I am currently exploring bringing the open-source culture to more Filipinos while learning more about the neurodiversity movement from the lens of intersectionality.

What should we read?

Laziness Does Not Exist and Unmasking Autism by Devon Price