Raymond Berger
Head Of Community at Lab of Thought
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRaymond Berger is a multidisciplinary technology leader blending 11 years of software engineering and site reliability experience with formal urban studies training and publishing work. Currently Head of Community at the Lab of Thought, he merges urbanism and tech to publish mobility-focused books and run the Urbanism Now newsletter. He previously built resilient ML and payments infrastructure at The New York Times and shipped product and platform work at Maven, Oova, and BuzzFeed. An active open-source front-end contributor, he has improved accessibility and UX for the Internet Archive’s widely used Open Library, including adding social links and a barcode scanner component. Comfortable moving between hands-on coding, SRE practices, and community-building, he brings a rare combination of civic-focused scholarship and production-grade engineering. Based in San Francisco, he often frames technical work through urbanist and human-centered lenses to create practical impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Ridgewood High SchoolUrban Studies, Urban Studies at University of AmsterdamMaster of Science - MS Urban Studies, Master of Science - MS Urban Studies at Vrije Universiteit BrusselBachelor's degree Dual Major: Computer Science & Management, Bachelor's degree Dual Major: Computer Science & Management at Eckerd CollegeChinese Studies, Chinese Studies at Xiamen University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
2,246reputation
389kreached
20answers
39questions
Github Skills (16)
accessibility10
css10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
vue10
javascript9
html9
google-cloud-scheduler6
pydrive6
urllib6
google-apps-script6
google-cloud-platform6
python6
google-app-engine6
google-drive-api6
Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
internetarchive/openlibrary
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
One webpage for every book ever published!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:369 reviews, 78 commits, 338 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Raymond primarily contributed to the front-end components of the Open Library project, focusing on improving user interface elements and accessibility. They made changes to CSS files, addressing issues like overflow and word wrapping for better presentation. Furthermore, the user refactored code related to UI elements and integrated new features like Wikipedia and author social profile links, enhancing the user experience. They also worked on integrating a new barcode scanner component.
reactinternet-archiveeverlibrary-cataloguepublished
RayBB/easy-gmail-scheduler
Aug 2017 - May 2019
:mailbox: Easily schedule Gmail messages. No third parties, local servers, or labels.
Contributions:33 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 1 year 9 months
gmaillocalservergoogle-apps-scriptproductivity
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