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Serhii Koffi

// SERHIIKOFFI.COM

Serhiy Koffi works at the intersection of culture, volunteerism, and community development. He has experience organizing support programs for internally displaced people, moderating film events, working with children in Plast, and implementing numerous initiatives in the charitable sector. He values systematic approaches, humanity, and meaningful projects. In every process, he seeks a balance between creativity and structure, and believes in the power of small steps and responsible partnerships. He is a volunteer at the Shelter Plus charitable foundation, Plast, and is a regional coordinator for the Traveling Docudays UA documentary film festival.

Community DevelopmentFilm Events
Ukraine
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Kian Kyars

// KIANKYARS.GITHUB.IO

Kiankyars is passionate about education, running, natural languages, and travelling. They teach technical content and contribute to Wikipedia. Kiankyars identifies as Canadian, a runner, human, optimist, learner, teacher, and hard-worker.

EducatorRunner
Canada
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Ustin Kompaniets

// USTINKOMPANIETS.COM

Ustin Kompaniets is a photographer and video editor with 20 years of experience in video production, including editing, color grading, and cinematography. He focuses on film photography, shooting with Pentax K2 and Rolleiflex cameras in both 35mm and medium format. He is interested in portrait photography and photographing people. Ustin has created over 30 courses on filmmaking, color grading, and photography. He lives in Thailand and has traveled to over 30 countries.

Video EditingColor Grading
Thailand
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Hồng Anh Phạm

// PHAMHONGANH.COM

Hong Anh Pham is a software engineer at NashTech. Prior to that, she spent four years as an IELTS mentor at IPP Education. She enjoys writing software for fun and is fascinated by creating something from nothing. Hong Anh is interested in developing, optimizing, and maintaining complex systems. She enjoys exploring abstractions and building things from scratch with minimal dependencies.

Software EngineerSoftware Development
Vietnam
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Sven Döring

// SCHRIFTROLLE.DE

Sven Döring is originally from Southern Germany but now lives near Hamburg. He works in an international agency and freelances for small and regional businesses. His website, schriftrolle.de, is a collection of his thoughts and texts from recent years. He values sustainability, rationality, falsifiability, humanity, responsibility, freedom, continuous learning, and questioning his own privileges. He enjoys coffee and lives with his partner and several cats.

Photography
Germany
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Josue Somarribas Barahona

// JOSUESOMARRIBAS.COM

Josue Somarribas is a UX Engineer from Costa Rica, currently based in Barcelona. His portfolio highlights a range of projects, including Squarespace development, font testing, and native design projects. He is known for combining UX design with software development, offering a realistic and practical perspective. Josue is described as proactive, detail-oriented, and always open to feedback, making him a valuable asset to any team. He is praised for his ability to lead projects with kindness and clarity, creating a positive and results-focused work environment.

UX EngineerSquarespace Development
Costa Rica
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Nolan King

// YAKKA.SPACE

Yakka.space is maintained by an individual who describes themself as an old man still improving their typing skills. They have a large e-book collection and enjoy finding solutions to technical problems, often documenting their process of "doing it the hard way." They are interested in topics like Home Assistant, energy monitoring, and securing digital communications through encryption. They can be contacted via encrypted email.

E-books
United States
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Edison Atienza

// DYNAMICALLYSTATIC.ORG

Zyn enjoys tinkering with computers, using Linux and open-source software. They enjoy walks and bike rides, and watch anime and read manga. Zyn listens to Metal, Punk, J-Pop, and K-Pop music. This website serves as a dumping site for their ideas.

Linux
Philippines
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Jacob Tender

// JACOBTENDER.NET

Jacob Tender is a full stack web developer working in northeastern Ohio. He builds web experiences for brands, focusing on consumer and business UX. He is on his cloud journey in AWS and uses his design experience. Jacob has an AA in Music Industry Management and a BS in Computer Information Systems and Computer Programming. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, camping, hiking, kayaking, and climbing. His interests include technology, film, and design. He has a history in the entertainment and technology industries, including roles in music blogs, publicity, and podcasting.

Ux DesignPodcast Editing
United States
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Neil Barraclough

// NEILBARRACLOUGH.COM

Neil Barraclough is a copywriter who has expanded his expertise into strategic marketing consultancy. He works with growing companies and has new interests on the horizon. Outside of work, Neil is passionate about photography, carries a pocket notebook, and enjoys reading physical books. He plays snooker on the EPSB Seniors Tour, enjoys 9-ball pool, and is learning Spanish. He is a Leeds United fan and attempts to run. He also enjoys spending time with his daughter.

PhotographyCopywriting
United Kingdom
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Erica Abunda

// ANDOTHERTHINGS.BLOG

Erica is a woman in her 30s who enjoys a variety of hobbies and sharing her experiences on her blog. She enjoys crocheting, cooking (especially banana bread), reading (sci-fi, horror, and slice-of-life), and photography. She participates in Postcrossing and snail mail, sending and receiving postcards and letters. She has two cats and a personal blog.

Banana Bread RecipePostcrossing
Japan
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Henrik Svärd

// SVAERD.FI

Henrik Svärd is a pilot based in Finland. Prior to flying, he worked as a trucker. He enjoys various forms of transportation, including planes, trains, trucks, cars, and bicycles. His interests include good food with friends, fitness (gym and cycling), reading, gaming (especially simulation games), and travel. He speaks Finnish, English, and German, and understands some Norwegian. He used to compete in sailing and play the accordion. He enjoys birds and photography, and is mildly obsessed with pens. He has lived in four different countries and maintains a website to share his current focus and activities.

PilotTransportation Enthusiast
Finland
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JJ Balisanyuka-Smith

// JJBALISAN.COM

JJ Balisanyuka-Smith is originally from London, England, and graduated with Honors in Cognitive Science and Math from Swarthmore College, PA. Currently, JJ is an independent AGI Alignment Researcher. Their research interests include NLP, Multi Agent Safety, Machine Learning Theory, AI Safety, and Neural Net Compression. JJ was an early employee at Cohere on the Generative Models and Fine-tuning Teams and co-founded Swarthmore Effective Altruism. In their free time, JJ makes and listens to music under the name JJ Balisan, plays multiple instruments, and is an active marathon runner and Coach with Vegan Runners UK. JJ is an Alumni of the Sutton Trust/ Fullbright US program and volunteers with the program. They also believe in Effective Altruism and have pledged to give 10% of their lifetime earnings to charity.

Machine LearningMusician
United Kingdom
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Justin Lam

// JUSTINMKLAM.COM

Justin is a software engineer who enjoys tinkering. He has a background in hardware but now focuses on software systems and navigating complex codebases. He fills his time with side projects and hacks. He created a bamboo bike, used sous vide to anneal 3D printed parts, and monitored sourdough fermentation with computer vision. He is trying to live a little slower with a little less hustle and little more balance. This website is his corner of the internet where he shares what he's learning and makes things at his own pace.

Software EngineeringKeyboard Design
Canada
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Phillip Herndon

// PHILLIPHERNDON.COM

Phillip Herndon is a philosopher and technologist. He works as a product manager at National Geographic and maintains a Medium blog. His interests include building pro-social technologies and communities, as well as philosophical topics like responsible technology, business ethics, and moral responsibility.

TechnologyPhilosophy
United States
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Rebecca Toh

// REBECCATOH.CO

Rebecca Toh is in the process of discarding her skin/mask and becoming the person she was always meant to be. She feels this is a metaphysical revealing, not a change. She has a blog, a photography website, and is a casual poet. She can be found on Instagram.

BloggerPhotographer
Singapore
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Melvin Laguren

// LAGUREN.NET

Melvin Laguren is an experienced software engineering leader with over two decades of experience. He specializes in quality assurance, test automation, and engineering management. Melvin began his career as a support engineer and transitioned into software testing. He has advanced into leadership roles, managing and mentoring engineering teams. Melvin contributes to the tech community through public speaking and shares insights on his personal website and blog, focusing on software engineering and quality assurance.

Software Engineering
United States
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Vinsensa Audrey Roseline

// ROZULOG.WORDPRESS.COM

Vinsensa Audrey Roseline, also known as Rozu, is an illustrator, animator, tailor, cosplayer, DJ, music producer, and writer. Rozu is trilingual in Surabaya-dialect Javanese, Indonesian, and English, and also understands some Hokkien, Japanese, German, and Tagalog. Rozu also has two other personas: SARXASTIXX for visual art and illustrations, and J0US1CK for performance art like music and cosplay. Rozu blogs at rozulog.wordpress.com.

IllustratorAnimator
Indonesia
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Juan A Cornejo

// JCORNEJO.COM

Juan is a software engineer based in Santa Cruz, CA. Born in southern Spain, he has lived and worked in Barcelona, London, and New York City. He has worked as a software engineer for companies such as Dailymotion and Flipboard. He enjoys travel and writes about his experiences, as well as random thoughts and reflections. He also writes in multiple languages.

Software EngineerTravel Blogger
United States
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Tim Graettinger

// TIMGRAETTINGER.COM

Tim Graettinger is a data scientist by profession, a writer by habit, and a lifelong student. He enjoys collecting, exploring, visualizing, and modeling data, and writes code to do so. He uses data to ask better questions and engage with the world. On his website, he writes about his attempts to figure things out using data and code, exploring topics such as water use during a drought, solar power, and Toastmasters club meeting locations.

WritingData Science
United States