
Scratching my own itch with open source: Shalvah Gift
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The one thing I loved as a kid was reading. I read both academic and non-academic (also, TV wasn’t allowed during the school week). I was top in every subject, so I was never sure what I wanted to be in future. We eventually got a computer in my teens, and I fell in love with it (Microsoft Encarta 😍). I would tinker with the different programs on the computer, not knowing what I was doing.
Hello, I’m Gift. I am a Senior Backend Developer at, a digital insurance company and a technical writer currently based in Germany. When I’m not coding (which is not often), I’m probably cycling, trying to get better at basketball, or studying.
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