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8899-I'm Anirudh Oppiliappan, and I currently live in Helsinki, Finland. Most
1010-recently, I worked at UpCloud on the Managed Kubernetes product (2023-2025).
1111-1212-In 2025, I co-founded [Tangled](https://tangled.org) -- a fresh take on
1313-social Git collaboration, with my [brother](https://oppi.li).
1414-1515-Below are a few things that excite me, and can serve as
1616-conversation starters for you:
1717-1818-- Infrastructure and distributed systems.
1919-- The Go programming language. I love Go and I swear by the standard
2020- library.
2121-- Startups and VC.
2222-- Motorsport. I closely follow F1, F2 and F3.
2323-- Fitness. Strength training, calisthenics.
2424-- (Spoken) language learning. Currently learning Finnish. Big
2525- fan of total immersion and comprehensible input.
2626-- Self-hosting and homelabbing.
2727-- Ergonomic keyboards. I like to build them. I also like to use them.
2828-- Electric skateboarding and PEVs.
2929-- 35mm film photography.
3030-- Veganism, ethics and plant-based nutrition.
3131-- Effective altruism, albeit mostly focused on animal welfare for now. I
3232- donate to:
3333- * [Good Food Institute](https://gfi.org)
3434- * [ACE Recommended
3535- Charities](https://animalcharityevaluators.org/recommended-charities/)
99+I co-founded [Tangled](https://tangled.org) with my [brother](https://oppi.li)
1010+with an aim to build foundational infrastructure for the future of open source.
36113737-I maintain a somewhat active list of tech that I [use](/uses).
1212+I live in Helsinki, Finland.
38133914## contact
40154116Send mail to [anirudh@oppiliappan.com](mailto:anirudh@oppiliappan.com)
4217or [anirudh@tangled.org](mailto:anirudh@tangled.org).
4343-4444-If you have my phone number, you can reach me on Signal/iMessage. My
4545-Signal username is
4646-[icy.19](https://signal.me/#eu/Nphsc2OCoWjih4d8jfuRRV0v6fJNPOXG9lY1X6B4vYb7KPR4wdpKu6SScSzuztil).
4747-4848-You may also book time with me for a [quick chat](https://cal.com/icy/chat)
4949--- I love meeting new people or simply reconnecting.
50185119Some other ways to find me:
5220- Tangled [@anirudh.fi](https://tangled.org/@anirudh.fi)
···5422- Bluesky [@anirudh.fi](https://bsky.app/profile/anirudh.fi)
5523- Lobsters [@icy](https://lobste.rs/u/icy)
5624- Hacker News [@icy](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=icy)
5757-- Steam [@icyphox](https://steamcommunity.com/id/icyphox)
5858-- GitHub [@icyphox](https://github.com/icyphox)
5959-60256126## colophon
62276363-The website is built using [vite](https://tangled.org/anirudh.fi/vite),
6464-a static site generator written in Go.
2828+The website is built using [vite](https://tangled.org/anirudh.fi/vite), a
2929+static site generator written in Go.
65306666-The source code is available
6767-[here](https://tangled.org/anirudh.fi/site), licensed under MIT. All
6868-content is published under the [Creative Commons
3131+The source code is available [here](https://tangled.org/anirudh.fi/site),
3232+licensed under MIT. All content is published under the [Creative Commons
6933BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) license.