Poren Chiang is a software engineer and law-and-tech researcher based in New Taipei with 13 years of experience at the intersection of digital government, electronic voting, and public-sector technology. He blends practical software development—contributing cross-platform support and build-system fixes for projects like a Qt-based 2D animation tool—with policy-focused research from an LLM background at UCLA Law. Poren is a free-software advocate who helps translate technical topics for nontechnical audiences through tech talks and interpretation. He brings a rare combination of legal training and hands-on engineering, enabling pragmatic, auditable solutions for civic technology challenges.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Bachelor of Laws - LLB at National Taiwan University
Exchange Student, Exchange Student at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Master of Laws - LLM, Master of Laws - LLM at University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law
Flexible, user expandable 2D animation software for Linux and Windows.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 5 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Poren primarily focused on enabling macOS support for the 2D animation software. This involved significant changes to the project build configuration files, particularly the `.pro` files for Qt-based projects, to accommodate differences in macOS build environments and dependencies. They addressed issues related to compiler differences with clang, utilized git submodules, and adjusted library linking and deployment procedures for macOS. The user also updated CI and autoconf instructions.
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