about me

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hey there, i'm zeko.

i'm usually a pretty quiet and reserved person, hence the arctic fox persona.

most of what i like to do is software development, as well as typing for fun. you can check out my Monkeytype profile for whatever my current typing speeds are.

primary contacts

other, more direct and private channels of contact are also available on request at my own discretion.

code forges

games / recreational

art and entertainment

internet forums

forums are still a thing, and usually have more civil and pruductive conversations. most of the time i lurk there though, so there's very few times i interact within them.

social media

i tend to avoid using social media due to their significant mental health detriment. if you need to contact me though, you can use other methods like email. or if we already know each other, you can ask for more private methods of contact not listed here.

notes regarding certain services/accounts

deprecation: github

github has been on a downhill trend for a long time. most notably, the degredation in availability and reliability has plummeted since they were bought out. also recently, it has started to become a popular host for malware (see 1, 2, 3 and presumably more), making it more and more dangerous for developers who use it.

my github is likely just going to be kept in a dormant state. maybe activity here and there if i'm interacting with stuff, e.g. through issues, but most of my code will live elsewhere, most likely on codeberg.

some other grievance posts i've read:

advisory: steam

there are a lot of bad actors on steam constantly taking over accounts and looting their inventories, so its important to konw whether the person you are interacting with on it is actually the person you think they are.

if someone claims "their main account was hacked", "that they need votes for their esports team", or "that they accidentally reported you to steam, and you need to contact a steam admin to get it resolved", it is most likely a scam, and you should immediately block and report the account as compromised. (steam friend blocks do not remove them as friends, it just blocks all communication)

outside of innocent bits or random memes, you should avoid interacting with possible scammers if they try to talk through steam messages.

pretty much no one i know actually tries talking through steam messages. and if they do, its usually pretty small talk e.g. "yo i didn't know you played (XYZ) game", or an inside bit/joke e.g. "ishowfinance: let's invest". if someone is trying to reach out through steam, it should raise red flags immediately. contact the person through alternative means if possible to verify their current circumstances, and talk to friends who know the person to see if they are informed of any occurrences.

if someone's account is compromised, it's important to not interact with them. a friend of mine noted that scammers are not just hijacking people's accounts and mass spamming friends in an attempt to hijack theirs, but they are also impersonating the owner's way of speech and talk.

if you can, report their account as compromised, since it can help steam support know that there is suspicious activity taking place on it, and the original owner can more quickly recover it since they are notified ahead of time.

other things of note

this website was built using Zola as the static site generator backend. Cloudflare Pages is currently used to host the website, though this is something i'm hoping to change in the future.