About

Me talking at FOSDEM.

My name is Kristina Chodorow and this is my personal website. It’s mostly about MongoDB, which I work on, and geeky topics in general (sometimes personal stuff, too).

I’m a software engineer at 10gen and I live in New York City with my wonderful husband, Andrew.

Programming

I maintain the MongoDB Perl and PHP drivers and work on the core server.

Writing

I wrote MongoDB: the Definitive Guide (O’Reilly) with Mike Dirolf and Scaling MongoDB. I sometimes write blog posts for blog.mongodb.org and I’m always open to new and interesting writing projects.

Speaking

I’ve given talks at conferences and meetups worldwide, including OSCON, FOSDEM, Latinoware, YAPC::NA, and MongoSF.

Contact

You can find me on Github, Ohloh, and Twitter. I’m occasionally on irc.freenode.net with the nick kchodorow. You can also probably guess my email from my name being Kristina and me working at 10gen.com. Do not send me time-sensitive messages on Facebook, I generally check Facebook once a year. Email or tweet is much more likely to be read in a timely fashion.

Some posts I’ve written about me/my life (in order posted):

• Setting the Kitchen on Fire
• Speaking at SFJUG
• Trip to DC
• Going to Belgium for FOSDEM
• Buying a Manhattan Co-op
• Writing MongoDB: The Definitive Guide
• How I Became a Programmer
• Getting Married

Disclaimer: this is a personal blog. I spend a zillion hours a week working on MongoDB, so I blog a lot about MongoDB. However, this is not the official MongoDB blog (or documentation) and it doesn’t represent the views of 10gen. Be forewarned: I swear, use sarcasm, and write boring things about my life.