About me!
Like the homepage suggests, I'm Jake! AKA Rads, or PALS, depending on where you know me from. I'm a 21 year old nerd who likes to draw, code, write, compose music, do crafts, edit videos... basically whatever creative thing you can think of- you bet I am interested in it.
Obligatory "listing my mental illnesses and developmental disorders for everyone to see here" section: I'm autistic and have ADHD. As well as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), aka I'm plural, aka I have many people in da brain syndrome. It's chaotic sometimes (a lot of the time). There's more that's wrong with me than just those three, but I'm not keen on giving you my entire medical record. Autism and DID are the most important to know when talking with me.
I'm a trans guy who's slowly socially transitioning and is on the waiting list for getting medical help. He/him is generally preferred, but they/them is okay when referring to me as a collective.
Stuff I work on
I'm the main developer for PluralKit's dashboard, including its rewrite. I've learnt a lot over the years of maintaining this piece of software haha. I also run the 3rd party tool pluralkit.xyz.
Other than that, you might know me as the person behind the youtube channel Cirrestratus, where I make simple minecraft let's play videos. People actually enjoy them apparently!
Additional hobbies and whatnot
Oh boy... I have a lot of them. Despite finding academia and holding a job very difficult, I'm definitely not slacking. Here's the rundown:
- I draw a lot! Both traditional and digital, but mainly digital. You can view a gallery here.
- I like writing code. Mostly web development in javascript/typescript, but I know some other languages too.
- I've been composing music in beepbox for about 1.5 years now. Still very much an amateur, but getting there!
- I'm picking up a couple of other skills like 3D modeling in blender and making physical crafts.
- Certified enjoyer of video games. Minecraft, Hollow Knight, Breath of the Wild and Slime Rancher are the ones I repeatedly return to.
- I mess around in godot occasionally, getting the hang of 2D in there and barely understanding the core of 3D.
- I draw and rig vtuber models. Rigging is done using Inochi2D instead of Live2D.
- Sometimes I read webcomics. Sometimes they're 8000+ pages long, even. Lol. Lmao.
- I love making projects that I will never finish. In fact, you should check out my projects list!
Maybe I have too many hobbies. That might explain why I never finish things.