Hi! I'm Melissa 👋🏻

I write:

Technical documentation, user guides, blog posts, news articles, and other copy.

Published with:

Docs-as-code, Markdown, SSGs, CMSs, Desktop publishing.

Cultivate communities:

Creating policies, advising on processes, outreach, advocacy, accessibility, moderation, trust & safety.

Make graphics:

Logo design, infographics, vector graphics, photo editing/retouch, illustration, and game graphics including 3D assets.

Using:

GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, and Adobe.

I adapt intuitively to new graphics/design software.

Support my work:

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And have a tech background:

• Static Site Generators and Markdown.
• REST APIs, JSON, YAML, TOML, and similar structured data.
• Web theming frameworks (Liquid, Bootstrap, etc.)
• Git, GitHub, Gitlab, etc.
• Python, PHP.
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, and abstraction layers.
• Bash, awk, and other commandline utilities.
• Perl, C, C#, C++, and other common languages.