.. _about:

.. meta::
   :description: The blog of Ross Patterson, a Python full-stack software developer with
                 20+ years experience.
   :keywords: Python, ABlog, Sphinx, reStructuredText, Plone, Zope


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About this Site
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    The blog of Ross Patterson, a full-stack, Python software developer with 20+ years
    experience.

:Name: Ross Patterson
:Resume: `LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rossp>`_
:Resume: `Careers 2.0 <http://careers.stackoverflow.com/rpatterson>`_
:GitHub: `rpatterson <https://github.com/rpatterson?tab=activity>`_
:Email: `me@rpatterson.net <mailto:me@rpatterson.net>`_
:Phone: `+1 (415) 894-5323 <tel:+1-415-894-5323>`_
:Matrix: `@rpatterson:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/@rpatterson:matrix.org>`_
:Mastodon: |@rpatterson@mastodon.online|
:IRC: `zenwryly@irc.freenode.net <irc://irc.freenode.net/zenwryly>`_

This site is currently generated as a static site using `ABlog`_ and `Sphinx`_, themed
by `alabaster-solarised`_ with `some contributions`_, and hosted on `GitLab Pages`_
using `a DNS subdomain`_.  See `the post about migrating to ABlog`_ for more details and
history.

.. _`ABlog`: https://ablog.readthedocs.io/
.. _`Sphinx`: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/
.. _`alabaster-solarised`: https://git.sr.ht/~sporiff/alabaster-solarised
.. _`some contributions`: https://git.sr.ht/~rpatterson/alabaster-solarised/commit/3ea216cecf5756ca631935ba2d3a33d176806d4d
.. _`GitLab Pages`: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/
.. _`a DNS subdomain`: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/custom_domains_ssl_tls_certification/#set-up-pages-with-a-custom-domain
.. _`the post about migrating to ABlog`: ../blog/migrating-from-plone-to-ablog/
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