About

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Hi, my name is Mars Uribe. Sometimes, I go by the online handle of mxu (and on occasion mxuribe). I'm a technology professional, digital philosopher, enthusiast of silliness... I design, build, and manage digital products and platforms, and help people and organizations tap into emerging technologies. MarsUribe.net is my place on the web.

Elsewhere

This is where else I spend my time while online:

Now*

This is what else I'm doing nowadays:

  • Recently wrapped up organizing and speaking (about self-hosting and digital sovereignty) at the Software Freedom Day New Jersey 2026
  • Playing more and more with a combination of VPN services and reverse proxy configurations in order to self-host more applications from my home machines
  • Helping my offspring get through university
  • Working at my dayjob, which is at a maker of science-based, nutritional products
  • Listening to numerous too many podcasts, mostly related to Linux and free/libre/open source software (...nothing wrong with the podcasts themselves, I simply have to take it easy a bit; pivot from consumer to maker again 😜)
  • Trying to lessenFailing at lessening my time on social media...not to bring it to zero, but certainly lowering it

Ideas†

Some thoughts swirling around in my brain:

  • Thinking about which of the apps and software that I use on a daily basis might serve me better if I switch to TUI-based or terminal-based versions. Like, would going back to something like Mutt (terminal email client) help me process my messages better, faster, easier (and without, say, distractions)? What other areas can terminal apps help me? Are terminal apps (or perhaps more accurately, their configs) easier to migrate between machines?
  • Why aren't more people using spark files, which are simple (text) files that store a person's wishes, dreams, and especially half-baked ideas?

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Others

Don't stop your journey here with me...Maybe learn about others, visit their sites, get some variety in your life: