Freya / The Compiler

I have some big news to share: My name and pronouns changed! 🎉

After more than a year of self-discovery and a sometimes exhausting double identity, it finally felt like the right time to take this big step. Big kudos to everyone who I told in person in the last couple of months, I'm glad to have received nothing but support from amazing people.

A new chapter has barely started, and to say I'm excited seems like an understatement!

Feb 10 at 2:24pmWeb
Show threadLambdaFeb 10
@the_compiler congrats!
Show threadFlohEinsteinFeb 10
@the_compiler ❤️ congratulations, all the best on your journey onward. And speaking, from experience: much patience for the Passierschein A38 stuff lying ahead of you.
Show threadFlohEinsteinFeb 10
That moment when you find your former C++ instructor from more than a decade ago because they boosted the pronoun change of a friend of yours 😊 that's Fediverse in a Nutshell for ya 😁
Show threadHugo van KemenadeFeb 10
@the_compiler Hi Freya! Exciting news indeed!
Show threadSecondUniverse (she/her/they)Feb 10
@the_compiler Congratulations!
Show threadKeithWMFeb 10
@the_compiler Totally random that I should encounter this on Mastodon, but hello new you! I presume "Freya" is the name and "The Compiler" the pronoun? A bit unorthodox, but heck, I'll try to refer to you by The Compiler's preference. (Not an amazing person, but still supporting you.)
Show threadFreya / The CompilerFeb 10
@KeithWM Wat (but also, I laughed) :D
Show threadKeithWMFeb 10
@the_compiler I'll chalk that up as another positive human interaction on Mastodon. Have a nice day!
Show threadOgiFeb 10
@the_compiler hi Freya! Was wondering where you have been, hope to see you around more!
Show threadFreya / The CompilerFeb 10

@ogi I'm mostly just bad at keeping up with social media stuff ever since Twitter went to [Xs]hit. :D

Been thinking about starting to stream qutebrowser development every once in a while, though. Maybe I should give that a try and see how it goes.

Show threadOgiFeb 10
@the_compiler would definitely follow along should the time zones align!
Show threadKepiFeb 10
@the_compiler congrats!
Show threadFloris BruynoogheFeb 10
@the_compiler Congrats Freya! Wishing you all the best for the new chapter!
Show threadEll 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 10

@the_compiler Oh shit!! Welcome, Freya, lovely to re-meet you!!! 🥰

If I had a nickel for every time one of my favorite Internet People Who Make Cool Stuff made a similar announcement, well, I'd probably have like a dollar max, but it's so delightful that it's happened multiple times 💖

Also I actually just picked Qutebrowser up again after a bit it's been so great! Still need to check out the changelog and see what I've missed.

Show threadJo Feb 10
@the_compiler Congratulations! I know it can be hard to talk about ones identity this publicly
Show threadJulian HoferFeb 10
@the_compiler congratulations 😊
Show threadClément RobertFeb 10
@the_compiler congratulations ! And welcome to the real you ! 🏳️‍⚧️🥰
Show threadPyLadies ZurichFeb 11
@the_compiler congratulations! and thank you so much for sharing the news with us. pyladies zurich is very proud and happy to have you in our community 🏳️‍⚧️
Show threadLotharFeb 11
@the_compiler Congrats!
Show threadGina HäußgeFeb 25
@the_compiler huge congrats and hello Freya! Looking forward to meeting you at PyCon Italia :)
Show threadmaisieMar 8
@the_compiler stumbled across this while trying to mess around with some qutebrowser scripts and woooo!!! congrats!!! :D