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Andy Piper

Creative Technologist. Freelance #DevRel at #Mastodon. Friendly DEV moderator. LEGO fan. IoT hacker. MicroPython tinkerer.

Location Kingston upon Thames, London, UK Joined Joined on  Personal website https://andypiper.omg.lol github website

Education

Modern History, Brasenose College, Oxford

Pronouns

he/they

Work

Freelance consultant; DevRel at Mastodon gGmbH; open to opportunities.

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Meeting my personal writing goals

Meeting my personal writing goals

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My new personal/business cards

My new personal/business cards

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Six (and a bit) months on Team Mastodon

Six (and a bit) months on Team Mastodon

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DevRel in the era of “Community Everywhere”

DevRel in the era of “Community Everywhere”

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Tech in the tent

Tech in the tent

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Improving Mastodon developer documentation

Improving Mastodon developer documentation

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Getting arty with a Pi

Getting arty with a Pi

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Supporting Fediverse developer communities

Supporting Fediverse developer communities

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Analysing which Mastodon apps I've used

Analysing which Mastodon apps I've used

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I'm on the Honours List! 🎉

I'm on the Honours List! 🎉

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MicroPython: EuroPython 2022, PyScript, Arduino, and more! 🎁

MicroPython: EuroPython 2022, PyScript, Arduino, and more! 🎁

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Talking tech, Open Source, and community (over coffee)

Talking tech, Open Source, and community (over coffee)

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Get a video URL from Twitter API v2

Get a video URL from Twitter API v2

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What I've been doing in 2022 (so far)

What I've been doing in 2022 (so far)

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Evolving the Twitter API

Evolving the Twitter API

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Discovery and Twitter API v2

Discovery and Twitter API v2

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Happy 10th Birthday, Raspberry Pi!

Happy 10th Birthday, Raspberry Pi!

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What coding language do you want to learn this year, and why?

What coding language do you want to learn this year, and why?

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Using I2C in MicroPython 🌡

Using I2C in MicroPython 🌡

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Some housekeeping (why I help as a mod)

Some housekeeping (why I help as a mod)

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In today’s mail… swag!

In today’s mail… swag!

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Making a "CheerDot" with MicroPython

Making a "CheerDot" with MicroPython

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Shortcut to check Cheerlights

Shortcut to check Cheerlights

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Bringing the bling 🌟 with MicroPython 🐍

Bringing the bling 🌟 with MicroPython 🐍

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What do you do when Stack Overflow is down?

What do you do when Stack Overflow is down?

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Weekend tech plans?

Weekend tech plans?

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Getting the follower count from Twitter API v2

Getting the follower count from Twitter API v2

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What resources help you to learn a new API?

What resources help you to learn a new API?

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Classic programming books ⌨️ 📚 available for free

Classic programming books ⌨️ 📚 available for free

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My Developer Advocacy Origin Story

My Developer Advocacy Origin Story

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Share your laptop stickers!

Share your laptop stickers!

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Building a compact Pi cluster

Building a compact Pi cluster

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Have fun, and contribute to Open Source, with 24 Pull Requests! 🎁

Have fun, and contribute to Open Source, with 24 Pull Requests! 🎁

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A quick Glitch bio break!

A quick Glitch bio break!

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I made a Wi-Fi controlled Owl lamp

I made a Wi-Fi controlled Owl lamp

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Raspberry Pi Pico - getting excited about the smallest things!

Raspberry Pi Pico - getting excited about the smallest things!

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twurl on an iPad? Yes, I can!

twurl on an iPad? Yes, I can!

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Upgrading my WFH desk setup

Upgrading my WFH desk setup

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Getting to the canonical URL for a Tweet

Getting to the canonical URL for a Tweet

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Tracking your project / GH todos...

Tracking your project / GH todos...

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How to use twurl to quickly test the Twitter API

How to use twurl to quickly test the Twitter API

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Handling change as a Developer Advocate

Handling change as a Developer Advocate

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