Websites from Australia

Marcus is a self-described geek who received late-life diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He enjoys photography, astronomy, astrophotography, Lego, and pets. He is passionate about computers, starting with early programming experiences and progressing to Unix, Linux, and OpenBSD. He is interested in sharing his thoughts and experiences on neurodiversity to help others understand themselves or others.

xiguapi is the Chinese pronunciation for watermelon rind. According to xiguapi, their Mum often says that they live life sliding on watermelon rind, wherever it goes, it goes.

Matt Gedye was born in South Africa, holds an Australian passport, and has a green card allowing him to live and work in the United States. He transitioned from a personal trainer to a nutrition and physiology researcher and is currently a PhD candidate in exercise physiology and molecular genetics. He enjoys writing and started a journal in his early twenties. His blog covers a range of topics, from music and craft beer to reflections on fatherhood and travel. He is passionate about wildlife and values experiences and time with loved ones.

Ethan Catzel is a Fractional Infrastructure Engineer. He helps companies save money with simple systems, improve developer productivity with automations, and reduce product latency by fixing bottlenecks and increasing reliability. His past work includes building streaming conversational AI infrastructure, co-founding an EdTech startup, building release tooling and deployment infrastructure at Canva, automating infrastructure deployments at Deloitte, and creating automated infrastructure for Bloxian.

Jet Williams is a writer and filmmaker from Sydney. Born in Sydney, Australia, in 2000, he grew up in Maroubra and later lived in the Northern Territory. He studied Design and Media at the University of New South Wales. After years of travelling and creative experimentation under the pseudonym TEJI, he returned to Sydney and wrote his debut novel, Off the Rails. He now focuses on telling stories in a more personal and direct way.

Chi is a data analyst/engineer and a blogger. She describes herself as someone who loves to become a detective, someone who goes on adventures and seeks the truth. Her blog is "the story of my experiments with truth," where she shares things that have been helping her to become a better version of herself, in the hope that they might be useful to someone too.

Grant is a creative director and designer. He helps brands and organizations connect with people through design, strategy, and storytelling. He has worked with companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s, and has a passion for creating work that is both beautiful and effective. He is currently available for freelance projects.

Landaire is a software developer and likes making things. He enjoys working with React, JavaScript, and CSS. He is interested in design and user experience. He likes to learn new things and is always looking for new challenges.

Ari Merten is a third-year Quantum Engineering and Physics student at UNSW. Ari's interests include quantum computing, playing video games, and updating their website. On the website, Ari shares physics explainers, music reviews, and woodworking projects. Ari is currently working on book reviews and plans to change the website's URL style.

Saifudin Badani is a software developer who describes himself as an "IT plumber." He handles a wide range of tasks for his company, including bug fixes in legacy systems, printer and network troubleshooting (with CCNA certification), documentation, system analysis, ETL process coding, level 2 IT support, and general coding. He has recently implemented an address auto-complete feature in PHP using Geoapify and is using Electron to set up video feeds for a mining company. In 2024, he self-hosted OSticket, developed a timesheet system using tabulator.js and chart.js, and assisted with Stripe integration for a union's PHP system.

Harrison Broadbent is a Software Engineer based in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works at HotDoc, an Australian medical bookings platform. Previously, he built payment systems at an Indonesian tech unicorn and worked at a MedTech startup. He enjoys side projects, writing on his blog, reading, electronics, sourdough baking, running, and camping.

Wing Pang is a Sydney-based product designer with an interest in accessible UI and design systems. They work with developers to build scalable UI components using HTML, SASS, and React. Wing has a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communications and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (Japan) from the University of Technology Sydney. They were the Design lead for the WoundWATCH team in the 2024 Design for Change: Sustainability in Healthcare international student symposium (awarded Best Visual Design). Wing was also the web designer for Dr. Nicole Cama’s Darlinghurst Street project. They are bilingual in Cantonese, fluent in Mandarin and at an intermediate level in Japanese.

decryption is a security consultant and software developer. decryption has experience in penetration testing, security architecture, and secure code review. decryption is interested in reverse engineering, exploit development, and vulnerability research. decryption has a passion for teaching and mentoring others in the field of cybersecurity. decryption is an advocate for open source software and the free exchange of information.

Nathan Woodburn lives in Canberra and is currently studying at the Australian National University. He enjoys managing Linux servers for his various projects. Nathan codes with C#, Linux Bash, and other languages. He is a co-founder of Handshake Australia.

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