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21Talks</span></a></div></nav></header><main class="py-10 md:px-0"><div class="max-w-2xl mx-auto"><div class="font-semibold font-sans pb-6"><h1 class="text-center md:text-left text-6xl! md:text-7xl! pb-4 leading-tight">Hi there, I’m&nbsp;<span class="text-secondary dark:text-dark-secondary" title=/ˈɦɪnɛk/>Hynek</span>!</h1><div class="text-primary dark:text-dark-primary max-w-2xl"><div class="mx-3 md:mx-0 mt-4 sm:mt-6 flex flex-wrap-reverse sm:flex-nowrap gap-3 justify-evenly"><div class=block><p class=sm:text-2xl>I <a class=purple-links href=/articles/>blog</a>,
22<a class=purple-links href=/til/>learn</a>,
23<a class=purple-links href=/talks/>speak</a>,
24and <a class=purple-links href=https://www.youtube.com/@The_Hynek rel=noopener>produce videos</a>.
25Mostly about Python, Go, and DevOps.
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32or <a class=purple-links href=https://github.com/hynek rel=noopener>GitHub</a>.</p><p class="mt-4 sm:text-lg">Since I travel a lot, I’ve created <a class=purple-links href=http://nohttps.lol/>http://nohttps.lol/</a> to make captive portal wrangling easier.</p><p class="mt-4 sm:text-lg italic">My public work is made possible by <a class=purple-links href=/say-thanks/>donations</a> from people and companies who want me to do more of it. <i class="fa-sharp fa-heart"></i></p></div><picture class="flip-x sm:w-10/12"><source type=image/avif srcset=https://static.hynek.me/img/avatar_w400h400.avif><img class="w-48 rounded-lg mx-auto mt-3 sm:mt-1" id=avatar-img src=https://static.hynek.me/img/avatar_w400h400.jpg title="Hynek Schlawack" alt="Hynek Schlawack" width=400 height=400></picture></div></div></div></div></main><footer class="font-sans bg-shadowish dark:bg-slate-900"><div class=mx-auto><div class="flex justify-center pt-7 pb-1 text-3xl space-x-4"><a class="hover:text-black hover:bg-transparent text-primary dark:hover:text-white dark:text-dark-primary" href=https://www.youtube.com/@The_Hynek target=_blank rel=noopener title=YouTube><i class="fa-brands fa-youtube" alt="Hynek's YouTube channel"></i>
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