洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

Hello! I'm Hong Minhee (洪 民憙), an open source software engineer in my late 30s, living in Seoul, Korea. I'm bisexual and non-binary (they/them), and an enthusiastic advocate of free/open source software and the fediverse.

I work full-time on @fedify, an ActivityPub server framework in TypeScript, funded by @sovtechfund. I'm also the creator of @hollo, a single-user ActivityPub microblog; @botkit, an ActivityPub bot framework; Hackers' Pub, a fediverse platform for software developers; and LogTape, a logging library for JavaScript and TypeScript.

I have a long interest in East Asian languages (CJK) and Unicode. I post mostly in English here, though occasionally in Japanese or in mixed-script Korean (國漢文混用體), a traditional writing style that interleaves Chinese characters with the native Korean alphabet. Wanting to write in that style was actually one of the reasons I joined the fediverse. Feel free to talk to me in English, Korean, Japanese, or even Literary Chinese!

#introduction

はじめまして！ソウル在住の30代後半のオープンソースソフトウェアエンジニア、洪 民憙（ホン・ミンヒ）と申します。バイセクシュアル（bisexual）・ノンバイナリー（non-binary）で、自由・オープンソースソフトウェア（F/OSS）とフェディバース（fediverse）の熱烈な支持者です。

STF（@sovtechfund）の支援を受け、TypeScript用ActivityPubサーバーフレームワーク「@fedify」の開発に専念しています。他にも、おひとり様向けのActivityPubマイクロブログ「@hollo」、ActivityPubボットフレームワーク「@botkit」、ソフトウェア開発者向けフェディバースプラットフォームHackers' Pub、JavaScript・TypeScript用ロギングライブラリLogTapeなどの制作者でもあります。

東アジア言語（いわゆるCJK）とUnicodeにも興味があります。このアカウントでは主に英語で投稿していますが、時々日本語や国漢文混用体（漢字ハングル混じり文）の韓国語でも書いています。実はこの文体で書きたくてフェディバースを始めた、という経緯もあります。日本語、英語、韓国語、漢文でも気軽に話しかけてください！

#自己紹介

安寧(안녕)하세요! 저는 서울에 살고 있는 30代(대) 後半(후반)의 오픈 소스 소프트웨어 엔지니어 洪民憙(홍민희)입니다. 兩性愛者(양성애자)(bisexual)이자 논바이너리(non-binary)이며, 自由(자유)·오픈 소스 소프트웨어(F/OSS)와 聯合宇宙(연합우주)(fediverse)의 熱烈(열렬)한 支持者(지지자)이기도 합니다.

STF(@sovtechfund)의 支援(지원)을 받아 TypeScript用(용) ActivityPub 서버 프레임워크 @fedify 開發(개발)에 專業(전업)으로 任(임)하고 있습니다. 그 外(외)에도 싱글 유저用(용) ActivityPub 마이크로블로그 @hollo, ActivityPub 봇 프레임워크 @botkit, 소프트웨어 開發者(개발자)를 위한 聯合宇宙(연합우주) 플랫폼 Hackers' Pub, JavaScript·TypeScript用(용) 로깅 라이브러리 LogTape 等(등)의 製作者(제작자)이기도 합니다.

東(동)아시아 言語(언어)(이른바 CJK)와 Unicode에도 關心(관심)이 많습니다. 이 計定(계정)에서는 主(주)로 英語(영어)로 포스팅하지만, 때때로 日本語(일본어)나 國漢文混用體(국한문 혼용체) 韓國語(한국어)로도 씁니다. 聯合宇宙(연합우주)에 오게 된 動機(동기) 中(중) 하나가 바로 國漢文混用體(국한문 혼용체)로 글을 쓰고 싶었기 때문이기도 하고요. 韓國語(한국어), 英語(영어), 日本語(일본어), 아니면 漢文(한문)으로도 말을 걸어주세요!

#툿친소 #연친소 #별친소 #자기소개

I overslept. Looks like I'll have to grab some brunch real quick and head to ULB.

@_elena It was! 🙌🏼

@alvan Great, let me know when you come to me!

By the way, my Hollo instance seems to struggle to deliver posts to my ~1,500 followers. They are eventually delivered, but it takes too long. I need to investigate this soon…

Today I met a lot of nice people on the fediverse in person! It was really nice to meet you all!

https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/115986606752501320

AP gang with @evan and @hongminhee tonight

@liaizon @reiver @douginamug @django @maxlath It was a lot of fun to talk with you all! See you tomorrow!

@mellifluousbox Okay, so let's meet tomorrow!

hello from this brussels fediverse stammtisch with @maxlath and @douginamug and @hongminhee and @django and @reiver

@bootlegrydia Yeah, you are right! Similarity between Korean and Japanese is the whole different story though!

By the way, if you're attending #FOSDEM 2026 and are interested in #Fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework, please consider checking out my talk in the Social Web Room tomorrow.

#FOSDEM2026 #fedidev

その逆も同じだ。母語が日本語の人が韓国語を学ばないのはもったいないと思う。日本語を母語とする人にとって、いちばん学びやすい言語は韓国語だろう。

꾸준히 하는 말이지만, 韓國語(한국어)가 母語(모어)인 사람이 日本語(일본어)를 안 배우는 건 참 아까운 일이라고 생각한다.

It was really fun to talk with @liaizon about so many things like… anarchism and punk in the States, socialism vs. liberalism in Korea, and so on…

@laurenshof Yeah, the timing was so perfect!

@_elena Yeah, let's hang out tomorrow! 🙌🏼

@mellifluousbox Thanks for welcoming me! Would you attend this FOSDEM?

It's really interesting to see news about the fediverse on the TV!

https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/115984304052464741

@hongminhee @2chanhaeng @peertube I think this is the report they were broadcasting https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-tech/20260129-souverainet%C3%A9-num%C3%A9rique-1-3-menace-donald-trump-r%C3%A9veil-pays-europ%C3%A9ens

#FOSDEM I have arrived

Drinking coffee around Stalingrad kiez Brussels with @hongminhee and @2chanhaeng!

Wow so while I was explaining how I got into the fediverse to @hongminhee and @2chanhaeng the tv in this cafe started talking about @peertube on #France24

@gosha It's good to hear you've enjoyed my talk! Thanks!

@hongminhee Hello! I came across your slides on yak shaving, and I loved them. When I lived in Japan ~15 years ago, we also explored building tools for simplifying language learning using the `<ruby>` tag. It's super cool that you have built all this tooling around something you care about :)

@brunus Haha, so you know about Wand! That's a project I started 10 years ago; I didn't think anyone knew about it. Thank you.

By the way, whenever I'm in the West, my confidence in my English speaking really takes a hit. I have a hard time understanding people if they speak even a little bit fast, and I feel like communication is a struggle because my own accent is so strong. 😩

#PieFed v1.6 (coming soon) will make it possible to quote boost PieFed posts in Mastodon!

#fediverse

Just walked into a cafe in Brussels and saw this sign. It instantly made me feel safe and welcomed.

A few #fosdem advices for newcomers: wear a mask (it's very crowded, it's cold, you're in the middle of winter, people will be sick and there will be a flu cluster).
Wear warm clothes and preferably layered clothes: entering and leaving buildings all day long, you'll enjoy being able to open a zipper in the overly heated buildings and going out in the cold. Bring a rain coat / an umbrella as it tends to rain quite often.
Arrive in advance, otherwise you might miss your most-wanted talk because the room was full.

I was so tired I slept for over 20 hours. 😂