Hello Hive — Turns Out I Had An Account Here Too

So quick backstory for anyone who doesn't know me.. my name is Emeka, 32, sysadmin / dev from Enugu, Nigeria. I created a Steem account back in 2019 because a friend of mine was really into it, but I never actually posted anything. Life got in the way, work consumed me, the usual story.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago — I finally started posting on Steem after literally years of doing nothing with my account. Wrote an intro post, entered a writing contest, it felt good to actually use the thing. And then someone in the comments mentioned Hive and the fork that happened in 2020.. and I was like wait what?? I completely missed that whole drama.

discovering I already have a Hive account

So apparently when Steem forked into Hive, everyone's accounts got copied over. Which means my Hive account@delt account has been sitting here on Hive since 2020 doing absolutely nothing. Six years!! I checked and yep, there it is, with my keys and everything still working. felt weird honestly, like finding a bank account you forgot you opened.

I read up a bit on what happened with the fork and... all I'll say is I understand why people moved. decentralization matters, thats kind of the whole point right?

who am I tho

I'm a computer science guy, studied at ESUT (Enugu State University of Science and Technology). Been working as a sysadmin mostly, managing Linux servers, doing some dev work on the side. The company I was at restructured about three months ago and my contract was not renewed.. so I have time on my hands now. Which is why I'm finally doing all the things I kept postponing, like posting on blockchain social media ;-)

Outside of work I read a lot of science fiction — Asimov, Octavia Butler, and especially Nnedi Okofor (!! seriously if you haven't read her stuff you're missing out). I have notebooks full of short stories I never published anywhere. Also very into crypto from the engineering side, not so much trading.. I even bought a Cool Cats NFT during the hype which is now worth close to nothing LOL. Still use it as my profile picture tho because why not.

What I Want To Write About Here

So on Steem I've been doing writing contests and general posts. Here on Hive I want to try somthing a bit different — more technical content. I noticed there's a pretty active STEM community here and I think I can contribute:

• Linux / sysadmin stuff — war stories, tutorials, tools I use daily
• Networking and server management — practical stuff from real experience
• Maybe some Python scripting — I use it a lot for automation at work.. well, used to at work, now just for personal projects
• Tech perspectives from Nigeria — things like dealing with NEPA power outages while keeping servers running, the challenges of hosting infrastructure in West Africa

I also want to keep doing creative writing here and there. The tech-themed speculative fiction stuff, what happens when traditional African life meets modern technology.. that kind of thing. But the main focus will be technical posts I think.

the plan

Setting everything to 100% power up. I'm not here to grab and run, I want to actually build something. Been reading posts for the past few days and Hive feels more alive than I expected for a project thats been around this long.. there must be something good happening here.

if you know communities I should check out, especially tech or science ones, please drop them in the comments! Also open to suggestions for what kind of tech posts people actually want to read — I have plenty of ideas but idk what lands well here.

quick note

I'm also posting on Steem btw — same username Hive account@delt — but the content will be diferent. Not going to just cross-post the same stuff. That feels lazy and honestly its not fair to either community. So Hive gets the tech focus, Steem gets the writing / contest stuff. we'll see if I can keep that up LOL, might be ambitious, but thats the plan for now.

Anyway.. thanks for reading. Feels good to finally use this account after it sat dormant for six years!!

Love Emeka / Hive account@delt