Post-Midterms Exams Maintainer Break Check-in

A note regarding Gen AI usage: While I use both Gemini and Claude for help in writing this post (i.e. research, reviewing to catch issues and wording), I wrote the thing in its entirety instead of letting them cook here (I mean letting them write on my behalf if that's what you mean).

So, hello there! I'm back from the long haul of my maintainer break, although the effects of being hit by the autistic burnout bus and the crashouts (aka autistic shutdowns in form of taking the long sleep after school or just sleeping in the afternoon to recharge) still happens occasionally, so apologies again for the delayed responses as I manage my spoons. In case you missed it, here's the blog post earlier on Leaflet:

Life Update: On maintainer leave for midterms exam - ~ajhalili2006's blog and musings

I'll be taking my maintainer leave for both the midterms exam week and the mental health break week afterwards.

I may have some behind-the-scenes work regarding my mental health while neurodivergent and disabled which I would like to discuss further but for reasons ranging from privacy and may interpreted by some as trauma dumping in the public while venting to dealing with backslash0 by family relatives on some sensitive matters over DMs, it may take a while to sort them for reading in the public. More announcements soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

Lastly, since April is Autism Acceptance and Appreciation Month0, I am going to do at least 1-2 weekly blog posts to celebrate the month through a mix of talking about my special interests, open-source dev work and NixOS journey, and even doing journaling at The Traumatized Autistics Department (go subscribe to Journaling Notes from The Traumatized Autistics Department publication on your Leaflet feeds or follow @traumatizedautists.andreijiroh.dev ). For more details and to peek around the behind the scenes work, follow the linked GitLab issue below for details.

[blog writing sprint] Tracking issue for Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month 2026 (#13) · Issues · Andrei Jiroh Lairland HQ / Personal Launchpad · GitLab

Preflight Checks

So that's it for now, I'll be back later this week for the long overdue status update for March 2026 and earlier. Good night from the Philippines, I guess (unless you're a night owl like me).

About the author: Andrei Jiroh Halili (he/they) is an Autistic Filipino open-source developer and maintainer at @recaptime.dev (Recap Time Squad) and @lorebooks.wiki (Community Lorebooks) / @stellapent.wiki (Stellapent Cier Community Wiki). A proud graduate of AFGBMTS's Computer Systems Servicing NC II track and a Batch 2025 alum at Hack Club through @alumni.hackclub.community (Alumni Society, a Hack Club community project), they are currently pursuing a BS in Information Technology at STI College Meycauayan and are based in Marilao, Bulacan. Outside of school hours and open-source work, Andrei Jiroh is a multifandom fox furry goober daily-driving NixOS while vibe-checking through various subgenres of electronic dance music (among others), going deeper into the lore and playing Minecraft: Bedrock Edition and Subway Surfers City on his Android phone.

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