Linda Liukas
Children's Book Author at Rails Girls
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolLinda Liukas is a children's book author and founder of Rails Girls with 14 years of experience blending storytelling, design and technology to make coding accessible and delightful. Based in Paris, she writes and illustrates the Hello Ruby series that teaches kids about computers and programming through whimsy and hands-on projects. A long-time community-builder, she has led global initiatives—contributing technical writing and localized guides to the popular Rails Girls project—and helped launch education ventures like Hive Helsinki. Linda also serves on boards and advisory groups across culture, design and finance, reflecting a rare combination of creative practice and institutional influence. An unexpected through-line in her career is turning developer-focused resources into playful, inclusive learning experiences that bridge museums, schools and tech communities.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Aaltoes and my spiritual home, Aaltoes and my spiritual home at Aalto UniversityHonorary Doctorate Natural Sciences, Honorary Doctorate Natural Sciences at University of Tampere 1925-2018Dropout, Dropout at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku
Github Skills (9)
html10
user-manual10
ruby-rails10
content-management-system10
localization10
rails10
content-management10
ruby9
css9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
railsgirls/guides.railsgirls.com
Apr 2012 - Nov 2019
Rails Girls Guides
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:55 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 7 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Linda primarily contributed to the website's content and structure. They added and updated guides, including translations for various languages (French, Chinese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese) and links to related resources. The user also incorporated UI elements like a navigation bar and footer, and improved the styling using Bootstrap. Their work focused on improving the website's usability and providing additional content for the Rails Girls Guides.
ruby-on-railsrails-girlsrailsrubygirls
lindaliukas/juoksujaosto
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Juoksujaosto kevät 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
reactjsjavascriptreact
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