Re: Open to collaborating?

Re: Open to collaborating?

[James Ed Randson]

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On 2026-03-21 15:43, severus.senior@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi, James "Jim" Ed Randson

Hello there, you can call me Jim.

> I'm Ding Yu (friends call me Sev), a developer currently open to new 
> projects and collaborations. If you ever have overflow work, need a 
> second pair of hands, or know someone looking for a developer, I'd 
> really appreciate a referral. You can check out my work here:
https://severus-nu.vercel.app/

Hello Sev. I am part-time software developer who loves to make an 
program based on my hobbies and also I am Linux enthusiast. Looking at 
your biography websites (Which deployed at Vercel), I guess you're new 
guy here. Because I don't see your expertise on your GitHub and even you 
didn't contribute at some open-source project like I did (even small).

> I came across your GitHub and really liked your work.

Alright, then what's your interest for collaborating with me? Do you 
have experience on desktop software and have using Linux systems for at 
least 5 years? Answer my question or I can't respond you.

Also, if you trying to scam me, REFRAIN FROM ANSWERING THIS EMAIL BEFORE 
I FIND YOU.

That's it from me.

Jim (jimedrand/jimed-rand)

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Re: Open to collaborating?

[James Ed Randson]

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On 2026-03-21 11:49, Severus wrote:

> Thank you for reaching out. I really appreciate it, Jim.

Alright then.

> To be honest, my experience with desktop application development was 
> one project I developed using QT4, a long time ago, but if you need me, 
> I can go into desktop application development again. I am just looking 
> for work, not scamming or sth.

Wait, an QT4? That sounds old. Well, I see you're legit since I checked 
again your GitHub, even I know you didn't follow me there. Sorry about 
my suspicious.

> Trying to earn some side income while working on what I like, writing 
> codes. If you are not OK with collaborating with you, you can just 
> ignore me.

Well, I am current working in some program which specialised for Linux. 
Do you have using Linux as your daily driver like I did?

Also, for archival purposes, I'll CC this email into my community 
mailing list (GNU/Weeb). Also, feel free to ask me something that you 
want to know (but not about my privacy stuff.

That's it from me.

Jim (jimedrand/jimed-rand)

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Re: Open to collaborating?

[James Ed Randson]

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On 2026-03-21 12:46, Severus wrote:

> I am not a linux developer or do not have a high level of system 
> engineering skills.

I see, it's okay. To be honest, I also don't expertise what you did such 
as web development since I quit from there and move into software 
development and trying to looking for contribution in the place that I 
like to do like in openSUSE Project such as translation or maintaining 
the packages in OBS (openSUSE Build Service).

> My experience with linux is mainly with deploying my web applications, 
> as most of web applications are hosted on linux servers(Ubuntu, Devian, 
> Red Hat, Fedora)

I thought you did what I do, using it as daily usage on your personal 
computer. Well, I guess you have skill enough on sysadmin stuff and how 
to deploy websites there. Meanwhile, I even prefer to making old school 
websites look like Richard Stallman's personal website 
(https://stallman.org) with only HTML and no modern looks, which I love 
it.

> But I am quite comfortable with learning any linux skills if required 
> for project.

Yeah, you can do it. Well, since I am not requiring your skill on web 
development, I guess we cannot collab at this time. But for helping me 
develop the program based on Go for creating the custom Ubuntu ISO (It's 
called Kagami, which I got the name inspired from Lucky Star named 
Kagami Hiiragi) (yeah, I love watching some animes, don't feel bother 
about it). Now current on prototyping on Bash shell. If you can help for 
this one, I guess we can collaborate.

That's it from me, sorry for late answer, since I am currently in Eid 
Mubarak holiday (yeah, I am muslim).

Jim (jimedrand/jimed-rand)

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