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On a pilgrimage to live out the parallels of digital communities through open source and faith.

You might know me through my work in maintaining Babel! I've also started a few podcasts: Hope in Source, Maintainers Anonymous, and now The Babel Podcast.

I'm currently funded by the community to work and think about open source thanks to my amazing sponsors on GitHub, Patreon, and Open Collective!

Recent Posts ⏱

Seeking Serendipity

August 21, 2019 • ☕️☕️☕️ 13 min read

Thoughts on why I still live in New York

Maintainers Anonymous

January 08, 2019 • 2 min read

A maintainer support group

Maintainer Hackathon

January 02, 2019 • ☕️ 5 min read

Papers, Please but for open source

Talks 💬

TBDjsconf.jp 12/1/19
📹(31m) Open Source: Charity or BusinessJSNation 6/7/19
📹(26m) Maintainers AnonymousJSHeroes 4/11/19
📹(14m) Maintainer's VirtueATO 10/23/18
📹(22m) Through the (Open Source) Looking Glass React Rally 8/17/18
📹(20m) In Pursuit of Open SourceZeit Day SF 4/28/18
📹(23m) The Future of Babel with preset-env PGD 10/12/17
📹(20m) Maintainer, Heal Thyself React Boston 9/23/17
📹(21m) So How Does Babel Even Work?React Rally 8/25/17
🗒 Role of Babel in JSTC39 5/24/17
📹(16m) Maintaining an OSS Project (Babel) JSConf EU 5/6/17
🗒 How Writing a Babel Plugin Is like... BrooklynJS 6/16/16

Podcasts 🎙️

(40m) #12 Open IndependenceWeird Trick Mafia
(1h1m) #344 Maintaining BabelShopTalk
(28m) #73 Henry ZhuPodcast Your Data
(27m) #84 Henry ZhuMy JavaScript Story
(54m) #172 Behind the Scenes of Babel 7Web Platform Podcast
(55m) #20 Maintainer of BabelEgghead.io
(57m) #321 Babel and Open Source SoftwareJSJ
(39m) #37 Humans of Open-Source SoftwarePG Podcast
(1h7m) 6/21/18 BabelSoftware Engineering Daily
(47m) #4 Babel and Open Source SustainabilityThe React Podcast
(62m) #18 Maintaining a Popular Project and Sponsored TimeRFC
(54m) #147 Next Generation JavaScript Today with BabelWeb Platform Podcast
(1h9m) #32 Publishing JavaScript PackagesJavascript Air
(1h9m) #2 Babel, the JavaScript CompilerJavascript Air

Writing 🕵

Maintainer SpotlightGitHub
Increment Magazine: (Open) source of anxietyIncrement Magazine
The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source DevelopersMotherboard
"Netflix for Open Source" Wants Developers to Get PaidWired
Open Source SustainabilityTechcrunch
I'm the maintainer of Babel, ask me anything!dev.to
Interviewing Henry Zhu, Project Maintainer at BabelUnixstickers
July 2017 Q/AReactiflux
Open Source StoriesGitHub

Visualizations 📈

TwitchPlaysPokemon Statistics (Feb 2014)
TwitchPlaysX: Create Your Own (Feb 2014)
Hopt: Hospital Design Optimization (Fall 2013)
Tweetpleth (Fall 2013)
Colorado Schools Visualization (Fall 2011)