Aminda Suomalainen
Information Technology Generalist
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolAminda Suomalainen is an information technology generalist with 15 years of hands-on experience, based in Helsinki, who blends Linux systems expertise with active volunteer moderation and relay operation for community communication platforms. Self-taught and diversity-minded, she contributes to well-known open-source projects such as privacytools.io, Limnoria, and ZNC, improving front-end content and backend IRC tooling including gender-neutral features and security hardening. Comfortable across full-stack tasks, her work ranges from fixing browser and real-time communication guidance to refining IRC bot plugins, SASL handling, and module help text. She’s pursuing cybersecurity-focused vocational studies while remaining open to roles that value inclusive teams and practical, community-oriented engineering.
15 years of coding experience
Vocational Qualification in Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology, Vocational Qualification in Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology at Ekami, Kotkan-Haminan seudun koulutuskuntayhtymäVocational qualification in business information technology, partial degree, Maintaining Cyber Security, Vocational qualification in business information technology, partial degree, Maintaining Cyber Security at Taitotalo
English, Finnish, Esperanto
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Github Skills (26)
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irc-bot10
c-language10
website-development10
python10
plugin-development10
zinc10
privacy10
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Programming languages (43)
Github contributions (5)
privacytools/privacytools.io
Dec 2018 - May 2021
🛡🛠 You are being watched. Protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 85 commits, 150 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Aminda primarily contributed to front-end improvements and content updates for the website. They removed browser tweaks, updated browser settings, and fixed broken links. The user also added, updated, and fixed warnings, descriptions, and links related to the real-time communication section, enhancing the information provided. Furthermore, the user added new content sections and updated existing content to reflect the current state of the privacy tools landscape.
protectprivacysurveillanceprivacy-protectionencryption
progval/Limnoria
Feb 2011 - Jun 2021
A robust, full-featured, and user/programmer-friendly Python IRC bot, with many existing plugins.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 508 commits, 24 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Aminda contributed primarily to the Limnoria IRC bot's core functionality and various plugins. Their commits involved modifying existing plugins, adding new features, and fixing bugs within the codebase. Key areas of focus included channel management, factoid handling, URL parsing, and integrating with external services. Code changes span across multiple Python files, showcasing a broad understanding of the project's architecture and functionality.
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