a computer nerd who happens to use Linux

I work on build systems and CI infrastructure for Shopify's monorepo using Nix, and run my own infrastructure as a systems lab for compute-heavy builds, distributed systems experiments, local LLMs, and hosting for myself and others.

Chris Connelly is a Senior Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Cyber Security and Information Sciences Division. Since joining the Laboratory in 2002, he has contributed to or led research, development, and evaluation programs in several areas, including malware analysis, vulnerability discovery, systems analysis, test automation technologies, large-scale distributed systems, and software architecture.

Daniel Baker is a developer, engineer, and mathematician passionate about reproducible software. An active NixOS community member and educator, he authored the NixCon NA 2024 Nix module system workshop and nixos-modules-lessons. He serves on the NixOS Marketing Team and helps organize both Nix Vegas and Planet Nix. He believes any system worth building is worth rebuilding, bit for bit.

Ethan is a FLOSS advocate, longtime Nix user and contributor, and engineer. He's an active member of the Nixpkgs CUDA, Darwin, and NGI teams and is involved in various other efforts throughout the Nix ecosystem.

He currently works on building the infrastructure for the future of websearch at Exa.ai and studies Computer Science at Harvard University.

I'm a software engineer, father and wishful amateur surfer. If you've come seeking my political views, you've found the wrong.
You can find my writings on Nix, build systems and software engineering in general at https://fzakaria.com

I'm an SRE based in $location working for $job.

"Thing Doer"

Josh Brown is an Application Security Specialist with a background in both Penetration Testing and Web Application Development. Josh works full-time with CodeQL in the Microsoft Security Analysis & Fix Engineering (SAFE) team to identify vulnerabilities across the organization and drive remediation.

Josh has had a highly technical career, previously providing security consulting services as an OSCP and OSWE certified penetration tester to various organizations in the APAC region, including ANZ Bank, Australia Post, and EY before settling into his role at Microsoft in Redmond.

Security engineer in Yandex, CTF organizer & player @ HSE IS '29

I am an appsec with a strong background in competitive hacking. Over the years, I have won multiple national Cyber Security Sports Championships and currently serve as an ambassador for the Standoff 365 cybersecurity ecosystem. Beyond traditional technical exploitation, my research focuses on the intersection of clinical psychology and practical social engineering. As a strong advocate for digital self-determination, I view open-source infrastructure and NixOS not just as engineering tools, but as essential defensive shields against platform lock-in and corporate surveillance.

Embedded security engineer who does too many weird things with Nix.

I work on supply chain security at Determinate Systems.