Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
David Minh-Duy Cao: programming through liberation histories
A Berkeley computer science researcher’s profile connects programming tools with queer digital spaces, liberation movements, and community archives.
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- A listed talk is titled “Rust’s Trans Furries: Queer Spaces in Programming Language Development.”
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The homepage pairs a dated blog with a chronological record of talks, affiliations, grants, and publications. It identifies earlier systems including egglog (PLDI 2023) and babble (POPL 2023), and links to code and slides for babble. The biography also mentions legal-system equity fellowship work and collaboration with legal advocates and archivists.
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