🎖️ A Veteran's Tribute

The owner of 11b Devs holds Edward Abbey in his heart and soul dearly. Ed was more than just his favorite author—he was a kindred spirit who understood that sometimes the system needs a good wrench thrown into its gears.

Being a veteran-owned business run by an old 11 Bravo (Infantry), we know something about fighting the good fight. We also know the military's favorite pastime: complaining about the brass while getting the job done anyway. Ed would've appreciated that kind of productive insubordination.

🔧 Meet George Washington Hayduke

In Abbey's masterpiece "The Monkey Wrench Gang," Hayduke is an ex-Green Beret turned eco-saboteur who wages war against the industrial despoilment of the American Southwest. A Vietnam veteran with a serious grudge against authority and a talent for creative destruction—basically, every grunt's spirit animal.

He's crude, brilliant, and absolutely refuses to let corporate bulldozers steamroll over the wild places he fought to protect. Sound familiar? That's the same spirit we bring to fighting digital censorship and algorithmic oppression.

🗽 Edward Abbey: Libertarian Prophet

Abbey was a true libertarian before the term got co-opted by politicians. He believed in individual freedom, distrusted all forms of government overreach, and had zero patience for corporate control over human expression. His famous quote says it all:

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

— Edward Abbey

Ed understood that the real threats to freedom don't always wear uniforms—sometimes they wear suits and hide behind algorithms. He'd be throwing digital monkey wrenches at Big Tech faster than you could say "content moderation policy."

⚔️ Digital Monkeywrenching

Just as Hayduke sabotaged bulldozers to save the desert, we're sabotaging the algorithms that suppress authentic voices online. No corporate censorship. No algorithmic shadowbanning. No death by a thousand content policy violations.

We're not anti-technology—hell, we built this platform. We're anti-corporate control of technology. There's a difference, and every grunt who's ever had to work around some rear-echelon bureaucrat's stupid policy knows exactly what we mean.

🌵 The Desert Rats' Creed

Abbey called his tribe "desert rats"—people who chose the hard, beautiful, uncompromising path over the easy conformity of civilization. That's what we're building here: a platform for digital desert rats who refuse to be tamed by corporate algorithms.

So when you see the name Hayduke, remember: it's not just branding. It's a promise that we'll keep throwing wrenches into the corporate machinery of online censorship, one authentic voice at a time.

Semper Fi to free speech, and a hearty "fuck you" to algorithmic oppression.