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Tania Rascia

Hi, I’m Tania. I started the HTTPChat Slack group to have a positive, encouraging environment for programmers, developers, and designers of all levels. I’m a web designer and front end developer, and I also write tutorials and guides.

Timm Stelzer

The spirit came to me in a warm, wet, autumn night. Rain was dripping down the drain outside my window and white reflected off my dumbfounded face. Ş͠TR͟͏̸I͠C͢͠T̵͢ ƯN̴͜I͢D͞͠I̢R̢E͘͜͟C̴T̸̛͜IO͏̶̵N̵̶̡A͏̶L҉ ̢͝D̛AŢ̛A͢F̵L͠Ǫ̛͘W̴̧͘!, it proclaimed, pointing at the bright computer screen.

“whoagh?” I croaked, still in shock. STR͟UCT́URAL̕ S͜H́ARING L͞E͏ADS TO SI҉GNI̷FÍC͟A͝NT̨ ̢PE͜RF̢ÒRMAN̸CE͏ ͏G̛A͞I͏N̕S̡ the apparition howled, making wild, sweeping gestures. “I … just want to make a simple CRUD app, I don’t need –” N̸O͠OO͠Ooooo̧ the piercing cry came (surely waking the neighbors), and with a theatrical swirl the specter flew into the coffee cup.

A moment passed. Then another. Uncertain of the situation (and worried about my coffee) I carefully peaked over the edge of the cup. IM͟M̶U̵T͝A͘BLE ṔERSIS͡TENT DAT̸A̡ ͏S̀T͠RÚC̀ -- <FUMP>. The plastic plate fit nicely on the forfeited coffee cup.

Satisfied I smiled, the silence my reward. Now where was I with the CRUD app?

no̶͘oo ͝͠d̴͢oņ'̕͟҉t͢ ̵ù̵̴p̸̧̛d̨á̷t̵͞͝ȩ ́i͠n͟ ͏p̧l͠҉a͜͜a͢a̶̶á͢c҉e the muffled sound came from the wet prison, now oddly glowing green.

“For fuck sake, I’ll learn react if you give me back my coffee, whiny translucent bitch.”

i҉ ͟c̀an̴ ͞al̶s̶o͜ reco͟m̵m͜en͟d͞ redux̢ ̢f͘o͡r çǫnt͘ro͡l̡ling̡ t̀h̷e st̡ate̵ ̛in̛ ҉yo̡ưr a͝p̕p,̕ it ̶i̕ś t́h͜e ̷d̨e ͠facto̶ indùstry͝ ͞sta͢n̶da͘rd n̵o͟w̷!

And so it was.

Nick Tabick

Mike Ngu

Hello, I’m Mike. Unlike a lot of the members of HTTPChat, I am fairly new to the tech field. I used to be a science tutor at my local university and currently work in healthcare. My preferred programming language is JavaScript and I am hoping to continue absorbing/leeching from the members of HTTPChat :)

Craig Lam

Hey, I’m Craig. I like to eat and drink. I’m interested in user experience and product design. I’m currently working on developing web apps in React-Redux. Learned Java at uni and now moving over to C# and JS. My background is in CAD for engineering, but I’ve also recently worked as a bookseller and removals guy.

Benjamin Schroeder

Hello HTTP-Friends! I’m Benjamin Schroeder, born and raised in the Midwest (St. Paul, MN & Milwaukee, WI) and currently working in the Washington, DC area.

João Vilaça

Hey, I’m João, 29 years old, software engineer from Portugal. I have a degree in computer science and I’ve been into web development since 2014. My go-to stack would be webpack/es6/node/react but I worked on a lot of other stuff. My interests aside from coding were/are martials arts, movies, anime, music and going out. I love to learn and to teach, helping in general! . Let’s share knowledge and create something amazing together!

Jacob Tegtmeier

Hey now! I am a IT guy and Web Developer living in PDX. I have a background in deployment of computer networks, technical support and freelance IT services for small businesses. My academic experience included Object Oriented Design and Web Development using Java and C#.NET. Currently I’m moving to JavaScript full-stack using Node.js and React to solve many of my challenges. I’ve gained valuable knowledge about many languages and computer science fundamentals along the way, make sure to mention me in slack if you have questions. Maybe I know the answer, maybe we both learn something new!

Kelly Robinson

Hi beautiful humanz! I’m super new to the web dev world so thank you in advance for all the help. I’m currently freelancing and also learning at Launch School. I have a background in neuroscience and East Asian studies. Went from being a middle school math teacher » managing STEM content at an Edtech startup » graphic and UI design at the same Edtech startup » fell in love with front-end dev aaaaaaand decided to leave startup to pursue this magical world ^_^

Besides rolling around in code, you can find me trying to keep my hair sufficiently purple, letterpressing, screenprinting, sporadically teaching yoga, and writing songs on my ukulele.

Chris Brennan

I wanted to be Lebron James, but I was better at drawing than dunking a basketball. 3 years ago I found my passion - designing and building websites. Everyday I’m trying to be the King at it.

Amy Kotas

Hello, I’m Amy. I first started making websites long ago when we built them with tables and CSS wasn’t even a thing yet, and worked for as a developer for over a year after college. Being one of many interests, I got away from it but found my way back to computers via graphic design. Design is great, but I missed coding. Right now the goal is to be a freelance WP developer, and possibly get into theme development (passive income, yo). I do most of my work before the sun rises because I’m also a mother of two young children. Grateful to have found Tania’s site and to be able to learn from the rest of you in HTTPChat.

Francesco Boffa

Francesco here from London! I am Italian, 24 and moved to the City just 3 months ago. I do full stack Ruby on Rails development and enjoy frontend as much as backend and system administration. As a teenager I enjoyed low level system programming (C++/ASM) and developed my own OS. I am now looking forward at getting AWS Certified, and keeping a blog about it!

Thiago Cangussu

Hi, I’m Thiago, from Brazil and this is my story. My father bought me a computer when I was 15 years old and since that I have a dream, to be a developer. When I was 17, I built my first website; it was 1999, and everything seems to be possible. But, I jumped into the wrong career and became a chemical engineer. It’s been 20 years since my first computer and I’m not a developer yet. Some day I was on the Internet and I found Tania’s site, and I read her story about how her changed her career and it inspired me, to go after my dream. Now I’m here, trying to understand how things work. I don’t know how to start or what I have to do, but in the meantime, I’m having some fun learning new things.

Phavor George

Hello world… I came into the tech space and totally fell in love with it. I’ve been learning the basic technologies and I like the community so much. This one being the Primary. I love working with React, [babel](https://babel.io], node and sass. I’ve come to love the open source community too and am open to new projects.