Yatri Trivedi
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About Yatri Trivedi
Yatri Trivedi is a backend developer, Pythonista, and Linux enthusiast. He has been programming and self-hosting services for a decade, and has been a Linux user for two.
As a life-long tech enthusiast, Yatri actually wrote for How-To Geek back in 2010. He has been tinkering with Linux for twenty-six years, starting with RedHat 5 and Mandrake. Since then he's been running home and cloud servers for a variety of self-hosting and home labbing projects. The
Over the last decade, Yatri has been working at a variety of startups, both in NYC and remotely. Using Python and other languages to glue APIs together, manage deployments, and to automate, he's built a focus around DevOps. Somewhat rare for his field, he also enjoys documentation.
Technology aside, Yatri is an avid home cook, linguaphile, short fiction writer, and Hindu priest. He is a voracious researcher and enthusiastic in conversations about his interests.
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