contemplative coder

Hi, I’m Aaron

A Software Engineer with a passion for technology, coding, and open-source software. My background includes four years of studying philosophy (though I didn’t finish the degree), which has profoundly shaped my thinking and continues to influence my work and writing.

This blog serves as a platform for me to share my ideas, projects, and reflections—covering everything from technical insights to philosophical musings.

Posts

• January 1, 2026 — Get font family and sizes from PDF
• December 1, 2025 — Building a Custom Debian ISO
• February 15, 2025 — Throwing out my Past
• February 14, 2025 — Time to tidy up your GitHub graveyard!
• February 12, 2025 — Shell function to help with Python's Virtual Environment

Summaries

• August 15, 2025 — Heidegger, Martin. The Basic Problems of Phenomenology. Translated by Albert Hofstadter. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1988.

Recaps

• March 3, 2026 — 2025

Articles

This collection consists of articles and lengthy texts, mainly centered on philosophy—traces of my unfinished journey in Philosophy, if you will. Almost all of the content is in Bahasa Indonesia.

Published Articles (external links)

• “Ranting Mencari Jalan ke Akar”, Mardiatmadja, SJ, B.S. and Whisnu Bintoro, CICM, Dhaniel (2020) “EKLESIOLOGI Langkah demi Langkah. Sudut-Sudut Hening Ziarah Gereja”. PT Kanisius, Yogyakarta. ISBN 978-979-21-6665-1

• Murniadi, Aaron Purnomo (2022) “Waktu intuitif (durasi) sebagai dasar adanya kehendak bebas manusia menurut Henri Bergson.” Driyarkara Jurnal Filsafat, 42 (2): 5. pp. 81–91. ISSN 2809-9516

Unpublished Articles

• November 23, 2020 — Ketidakadilan Epistemik dalam Dunia Kesehatan
• June 14, 2020 — Stoikisme Seneca: Bersikap Stoik dalam Dunia Politik yang Korup
• June 11, 2020 — Transendensi dan Waktu: Kritik Levinas atas Heidegger
• June 4, 2020 — Gaya Filsafat Oxford dalam Kritik H.L.A. Hart atas Teori Hukum John Austin
• December 4, 2019 — Cerita Rakyat Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Filsafat untuk Anak-anak di Indonesia
• December 4, 2019 — Pendidikan untuk Perdamaian
• December 2, 2019 — Refleksi Filosofis atas Film 'Hotel Rwanda' (2004) Berdasarkan Pemikiran Emmanuel Levinas
• June 11, 2019 — Emmanuel Levinas's Totality and Infinity: Metafisika dan Transendensi
• June 11, 2019 — Pertanyaan-pertanyaan Metafisika
• June 9, 2019 — Telaah Metodologi Filsafat Fenomenologi Eksistensial Driyarkara
• May 26, 2019 — Analisis Pascakolonial Pergulatan Eksistensi, Identitas, dan Rekognisi Agama Kaharingan
• April 7, 2019 — Selayang Pandang Pendekatan Pascakolonial: Dari Orientalisme, Subaltern, Resistensi, sampai Rekognisi dan Reclaiming
• November 27, 2018 — Teori Pendidikan Jean-Jacques Rousseau Dalam Buku "Emile, or On Education"
• October 24, 2018 — Selayang Pandang Sejarah Perkembangan Kosmologi
• June 7, 2018 — Pendidikan Karakter menurut Martin Buber
• May 30, 2018 — Pertanyaan-pertanyaan Filsafat Manusia