Open Source Websites

Ian Emnace is a web developer who enjoys working with React. He has professional experience with Next.js, Vue, Node.js, and MongoDB. Vim is his preferred text editor, and he uses Linux as his main operating system. He enjoys keyboard-driven software and open-source software, and authors his own open-source contributions. Ian studied Applied Physics and enjoys theoretical physics. He can be found on IRC as igemnace on libera.chat.

Nicolas Bermond is the author of "Archipel: Exploration de nouveaux mondes," a book available in PDF, audio, and print formats. He explores themes of open-source culture, decentralization, and the creation of new societies. Bermond is also involved with Bermond International Consulting (BIC), focusing on international business opportunities. His work touches on topics such as climate change, territorial organization, and the role of individuals and communities in shaping the future.

Misha, also known as belkka, is a Python developer with commercial experience primarily as a backend developer. He explores GNU/Linux, the Internet, protocols, and languages. Misha is open to new opportunities and invites others to view his projects and open-source contributions. He enjoys playing board games and connect 4, and offers help with Python projects. He can be contacted via Delta Chat or email and is open to trying new messengers.

Tianhe Gao is a blogger who shares life experiences in both Chinese and English. Born on June 28, 2000, Tianhe is interested in self-discovery, technology, science, and craft. Tianhe enjoys reading books, watching movies, and listening to music. Tianhe's writings record both hardships and joys, and what is in their heart. Tianhe has worked in various roles, including as a process engineer, testing BMS circuit boards, a map editor, and in food service and interior decorating. Tianhe was also a volunteer in the Kaiyuanshe China open source community.

Andie Keller, also known as BugWhisperer, makes computers go beep boop. With a background in biology, Andie transitioned to software development, self-teaching web development after completing a Masters degree. They have over 10 years of experience in the software industry, primarily as a full-stack developer with a focus on backend development. While they appreciate Python, Andie currently prefers statically typed languages like C for active projects. In their spare time, Andie enjoys gardening, cross-stitching, creative writing, side projects, contributing to open source, and reading. They write about their studies, side projects, and books on their website.

Timo Furrer is an open source enthusiast who currently works as a Staff Engineer for GitLab. He maintains a website with /now, /uses, and /links pages. He occasionally writes about various topics, including his experiences at Migadu, sync.WaitGroup, CalDav and CardDav auto-discovery, and Python.

Vinicius Mesel is a Software and Machine Learning Engineer currently working on talkd.ai, an open source RAG deployment app. Previously, he sold a startup, Pluo, which was acquired by an American group. He has also worked with data engineering for investment analysis at multiple financial institutions and collaborated on Professor Sergio Verjovski's lab. His interests include open-source software programming, music, and cooking. He is passionate about AI and improving user interfaces using it. In 2017, he built PyJobs (which became Pluo) to help people find Python jobs. He has spoken at several events, including Devariacast, Podcast DevPro, and PYSE 2018.

This person built the website krowemoh.com using pick basic. They built out the server, the markdown renderer, and their own templating language. They made a promise to run the site with BASIC for ten years, starting in 2023. They originally thought this would be an easy promise but it is proving to be difficult. They are considering porting their blog to another framework as a valuable learning exercise.

Susam Pal is a software engineer with a keen interest in free and open source software. He made his first non-trivial contribution to open source in 2007 by adding authentication schemes to Apache Nutch. He actively contributes to open source communities and maintains his own projects on GitHub. Beyond technology, Susam enjoys reading books, playing the piano, and travelling. He is usually online as the IRC nick susam on Libera IRC, participating in channels like #algorithms, #commonlisp, #emacs, and #python. He founded the #algorithms channel on Freenode in 2007.

May is the webmaster behind MayDB.net, a personal database dedicated to things she finds interesting. She has been an active internet user since 2011 and has a passion for personal websites. MayDB.net is an attempt to fulfill her childhood dream of creating her own website. She chronicles her interests and shares her creative projects on the site, treating all creeds as her own. May can be reached via PM through her forum or via email. She enjoys hearing from people.

Eugene is a blogger who writes about his hobbies, primarily IT, photography, and bicycles. He enjoys sharing his unique and interesting tech experiences, such as compiling PalmOS applications and soldering extensions to his notebook motherboard. He also enjoys photography, particularly street photography, birds, and mechanisms, using both film and digital cameras. He finds cycling meditative and a good way to exercise. He also enjoys leathercraft, finding satisfaction in creating tangible objects.