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Karthick Ramachandran is an enthusiastic software developer currently working as a Senior Engineer at Tide. He enjoys building products and working on the latest technologies. Originally from Chennai, he is currently based in Hyderabad. In his free time, he tweets, answers questions on StackOverflow, learns new technologies, and works on projects on GitHub. He is also a Chelsea Football Club fan.

Manuel Bernhardt is a polyglot software engineer and trainer working as an independent consultant. He helps technology companies engineer, deploy, and operate highly available and fault-tolerant systems, and improve existing systems to meet performance requirements. Manuel has experience in engineering and operating distributed systems. He is the author of Reactive Web Applications (Manning Publications). He studied telecommunications at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon. He is fluent in English, French, and German.

Simon Gagnon describes himself as a professional vibe coder who shares contexts and knowledge for every dimension. He is currently building products for dealerships at LeftLane Software.

Stacy Bias is an award-winning freelance animator and illustrator. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, she helps academics, researchers, and non-profits turn research into visual stories. Stacy specializes in storytelling for creative dissemination via 2D animation, explainer videos, and illustration. With over 20 years of social justice work, she brings care, ethics, and compassion to her work. Stacy's collaborative practice is guided by the principles of intersectional feminism, focusing on empathy and marginalized voices.

Felix Arntz is a Senior Software Engineer at Vercel, working on the AI SDK. Previously, he spent over 7 years at Google, focusing on web performance optimization for CMSs, launching the Site Kit product, and AI evals for web app coding assistance. Felix is also a WordPress Core committer and a co-founder of the WordPress AI Team and the WordPress Performance Team. He created and maintains the PHP AI Client SDK and its WordPress-specific wrapper. He has contributed to and led engineering of various open-source projects used by millions globally, and has been building things for the web for over 15 years with a passion for AI and UX.

Bryan Hogan is a Developer, Digital Creator, and Blogger. He is a soon-to-be graduate in Code & Context, a B.Sc. program in Cologne that combines computer science, design, and entrepreneurship. Bryan spent a year abroad in South Korea, where he began BryanHogan.com/blog to share things he wishes he had known earlier. He also runs a monthly newsletter called “Bryan’s Briefing” where he shares updates, insights, and content he finds interesting.

Daren Smith is the Founder of Craftsman Creative. He helps independent creators build blockbuster businesses. His mission is driven by a desire to help people feel precious, loved, important, and seen. He aims to empower creators, helping them see the reason they feel pulled to do their creative work and that there is a path forward. He produces movies, writes books, and hosts events. He hopes to lessen the struggles that creators deal with so they can do more of the work they love.

Sierra is an artist, meditation teacher, and writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally from Hanoi, Vietnam, she weaves Eastern philosophy into her work. Her meditation journey began in her early twenties, leading to four years on a spiritual path of Bhakti yoga. She considers meditation and mindfulness her foundational practices. Sierra founded The Grounded Circle community in 2022, offering wellness through meditation, cha dao (the way of tea), and art. Since January 2023, she has been running monthly Tea meditation & creative gatherings in Auckland. Sierra has published 6 illustrated books and writes articles exploring meditation and the art of tea on her website.

Benjamin Parry is a senior design researcher from East Sussex, England. He has been working in the design and web space since 2009. Starting as a front-end developer, he moved into UI and UX design before specializing in design research in 2017. He has 7 years of experience defining, designing, and conducting research for organizations around the globe. He is passionate about the environment, people, and technology.

Dan Corin is a software and AI engineer. He builds software using language model-based agents, applies language models in software, and writes evals to measure their reliability. He also experiments with novel UI/UX empowered by language models and learns classical machine learning foundations and approaches. His website, Thought Eddies, is a digital garden for experimentation with a focus on UI/UX for language models.

Maraoz studied Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maraoz currently lives in Uruguay. Maraoz cofounded and was formerly CTO at OpenZeppelin. Maraoz created Proof of Existence, one of the first non-financial bitcoin apps, and also helped create Decentraland. Maraoz is interested in indie games, e-sports, creative coding, educational videos on YouTube, music, and podcasts.

Stefano Cecere is a researcher, developer, educator, activist, humanist, and father. He focuses on the intersection of education, politics, games, and technology to humanize the world. With a background in music and multimedia IT, he develops educational and social impact video games with Videogames Without Borders. Stefano teaches Game Based Learning and mentors young game designers at TheSign Academy, and has promoted playful learning and creative technology for decades through 2042ed.org. He is also the vice president of a historic Casa del Popolo in Florence and has been a humanist activist for nonviolence and participation since 1996.

Ken Alston works at the intersection of business, design, and sustainability. For over three decades, he has observed well-intentioned efforts fail because they didn't address the fundamental law that every living system must sustain the conditions required for life to continue. He works with leaders who sense that something deeper is required, advocating for a return to first principles. Ken helps leaders see the whole system they are living and working inside, surfacing sustainability risks and translating the logic of sustainable living systems into business operating systems and decision-making processes. He works with CEOs, founders, board members, and entrepreneurs willing to unlearn assumptions that no longer serve life.

Pelayo Arbués is the Head of Data Science at idealista, a leading real estate online marketplace in Southern Europe. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and has over 10 years of industry experience. His expertise lies in data science leadership, AI applied to marketplaces, management, and data-driven decision-making. Pelayo is passionate about making advanced technical concepts accessible and applicable to real-world scenarios. He is also a mentor and adjunct professor at IE School of Science and Technology and an instructor for the Master of Data Science program at The Valley | Business & Tech School. He enjoys photography and reading.

Ivo Santiago is a software engineer and sports enthusiast. He enjoys trying different sports, including judo, swimming, rugby, and running. He currently works as a Senior Software Engineer at Appcues. Previously, he held the same role at GoodTime.io, and worked as a Software Engineer at CareMessage, Hekima, and Avenue Code. He lives in Belo Horizonte and is the father of Noah.

Sascha Bregenhorn is a full-time designer and developer from Münster, Germany. He runs n2.Studio, an independent one-man studio located near Münster. Sascha offers web design, web development, and graphic design services. With over 25 years of industry experience, he focuses on providing simple, meaningful, and economic solutions. He enjoys science fiction, the outdoors, and playing guitar.

Nicole is a late-diagnosed neurodivergent coder who shares her journey on the ADHD-Coder blog. Diagnosed with ADHD Combined type, she embraces her "neurospicyness" by documenting her experiences, projects, and lessons learned. The blog covers coding updates, detailed guides on helpful tools, non-coding obsessions, and reflections on mistakes. Nicole aims to create tools and systems to improve the lives of neurodivergent individuals and connect with others who share similar experiences.

J. Thorn is an author. They are associated with "STARTING OUTPOST DELTA NODE... BLOCKCHAIN BOOTLOADER..."

Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist, author, and editor who has written books for both kids and adults. His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, and Wired. He has won Educational Press Awards and has been featured twice in Best American Science Writing. D'Agnese also does ghostwriting. His short stories have been finalists for the Derringer Award for short mystery fiction three times, winning once in 2015. Another story was chosen by author James Patterson for Best American Mystery Stories 2015. He lives with his wife, author Denise Kiernan, in North Carolina.

Akshay is a software developer living in Victoria, British Columbia. He grew up in India and has called Canada home for the past 10 years. He is married with a daughter. Akshay loves programming in Ruby and building web applications with Rails. He runs TypeAngle, an independent software studio specializing in Ruby on Rails. He blogs at Write Software, Well to share his learnings and spread the joy of programming in Ruby. He aims to build useful software that solves problems, provides value to users, and makes money for his clients.