Developer name: Edgar Sanchez
Contact email: hello@getprotego.app
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.sanchez.is
Website: https://getprotego.app
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Hometown: Chihuahua, Mexico

Social media:
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Protego/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/getprotego.bsky.social
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getprotego/
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@getprotego
- X: https://x.com/GetProtego

About the developer:
I'm Edgar Sanchez, a software developer. I was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, moved to the US when I was 10, and now live in Dallas, Texas. Spanish is my first language, and I studied Computer Science at the University of North Texas.

I built Protego in late 2024. At the time, about half of my Reddit feed was political news, and the constant negativity was wearing on my mental health. I didn't want to leave Reddit. I use it for my hobbies, for tech news, and for good discussions. I didn't want Reddit's app either. It gave me no way to limit ads or clutter, the notifications never stopped, and it tracked what I did. So I built a way to use Reddit's website on my own terms.

I named it Protego, after the shield charm in Harry Potter, because it started as a shield for myself. Once it worked, I shared it, and I've kept adding features to make Reddit better in Safari. When I'm not working on Protego, I'm wandering through Hyrule or casting spells at Hogwarts.
