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

🚀 FOSS for All Conference 2025

The conference has started!
A joyful start for open source.

오픈소스를 위한 즐거운 시작,
포스포올 컨퍼런스 2025가 드디어 막을 올렸습니다.

#FOSSforAll #포스포올
#OpenSource #Conference

Sharing the slides from my talk, Embracing yak shaving, which I presented today at the @fossforall Conference 2025! Thanks to everyone who came to listen!

오늘 @fossforall 컨퍼런스 2025에서 發表(발표)한 〈야크 셰이빙: 새로운 오픈 소스의 原動力(원동력)〉의 슬라이드를 共有(공유)합니다! 들어주신 분들 모두 感謝(감사)합니다!

오이카페 iOS/Android 테스트 버전이 출시되었습니다. 누구나 베타에 참여할 수 있어요. 다음 링크에서 다운로드 가능합니다!

iOS: https://testflight.apple.com/join/ZYS7gR8r
Android: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/cafe.oeee

@darius @julian This is fantastic, thank you! A dataset of “in-the-wild” objects is the perfect complement to the testing plan.

I can see this being hugely useful for creating our test cases, ensuring we handle all the variations and quirks that different servers actually produce.

Bookmarked! We really appreciate you sharing this.

@julian @hongminhee @jenniferplusplus @feditest I'd love for any of these projects to use the data I've collected at the Observation btw

https://observatory.cyber.harvard.edu/snapshots/

@julian Wow, thank you so much for these links! This is exactly the kind of prior art and community effort we need to be aware of.

I'll definitely be studying Sandcastles, ​@feditest, and ActivityPub Fuzzer. It's super helpful to see what's already been done. We're all for incorporating existing lessons (or even tools) rather than reinventing everything.

Really appreciate you pointing these out!

@hongminhee Sounds ambitious but worthwhile!

You might have some overlap with https://github.com/Letterbook/Sandcastles by @jenniferplusplus, @feditest, or https://github.com/berkmancenter/activitypub-fuzzer/ by @darius. Hopefully there are some facets that are already solved or at least lessons to incorporate.

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‘아이돌 노조’ 연내 출범할 듯…에일리 등 현역 10여...

@dansup That's very kind of you, thank you!

We're excited about it too. And “borrowing” is highly encouraged! We'll be happy if our idea can be useful to other projects.

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

@hongminhee @tokolovesme I'm so proud of you, I know it can be difficult to come out publicly when you have a large following, but it's important to feel comfortable with who you really are, and you should never have to hide that ❤️

I came out in 2020, and the fediverse was a huge support that gave me the courage to come out to my parents, family and friends.

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/104305537913235199

@dansup That means so much, thank you. And thank you for sharing your own journey. It's so powerful to hear how this community supported you. You really get the challenges, and it's comforting to know I'm not alone in this. I appreciate you. 🥰

I really hope the @servo project goes well and a usable web browser based on the #Servo engine comes out soon.

@cheeaun It's a URL format for long-form Articles. Also, note that hackers.pub is not a Hollo instance!

@hongminhee Congrats! It can be difficult and scary to come out with this publicly, but it’s very rewarding too! There’s no feeling like really being yourself.

Today new apmodel features:

• User can add and override (required inheritance the class) own model to loader (core models is can't override, show warning)
• apmodel supports to preload json-ld schema from local (example, schema.org, activitystreams 2.0)

@carlana Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words! It really means a lot to me.

어느덧 #FOSSforAll Conference 2025가 이번주 토요일로 다가 왔습니다! 처음으로 열리는 #FOSS for All Conference 에서 어떤 분들이 연사로 나서서 어떤 메시지를 전달할지 궁금하지 않으신가요? 올해 #미디어 파트너 #요즘IT 와 함께 몇몇 발표자 분들을 인터뷰 하였습니다. 인터뷰 기사를 통해 어떤 행사가 될지 알아보세요!

- 기사 읽어보기 https://yozm.wishket.com/magazine/detail/3436/
- 참가등록 https://event-us.kr/fossforall/event/110400

New full-length album from Cautious Clay (Joshua Karpeh), which finally released all the songs a few days ago. The first half of the tracks are so sweet with a deeply cut jazz flavor. Easily the coolest R&B album I've heard this year.

#music #rnb

https://music.apple.com/us/album/karpeh/1692470376

@elena Thank you so much for the kind words! 🥰 And yes, I totally feel you about FediCon Vancouver—these distances are just brutal sometimes. Maybe one day we'll get more regional events, or teleportation technology. 😂

오는 11月(월) 8日(일) 光云大學校(광운대학교)에서 開催(개최)되는 FOSS for All 컨퍼런스 2025에서 제가 〈야크 셰이빙: 새로운 오픈 소스의 原動力(원동력)〉이라는 主題(주제)로 基調演說(기조연설)을 하게 되었습니다!

올해 처음 열리는 FOSS for All 컨퍼런스는 “Free and Open Source Software for All”이라는 슬로건 아래, 모두를 爲(위)한 오픈 소스 컨퍼런스를 目標(목표)로 하는 非營利(비영리) 오픈 소스 커뮤니티 컨퍼런스입니다.

오히려 트위터도 블스도 영원하지 않지만 연합우주만이 가장 영원할 가능성이 높음 ㅋㅋ

私は幼い頃から、典型的な男性性とは距離が有りました。私の名前である「民憙（ミンヒ）」も、韓国語ではかなり女性的な語感を持つ名前なので、自ら男性としてのアイデンティティを感じることがさらに難しかったのかもしれません。

長い間、社会は私を男性として見なし、私も特にその範疇に抵抗することはありませんでした。ただそういうものだと思って生きてきました。

しかし時間が経つにつれて、次第に気づくようになりました。私は単に社会が男性に要求するものを欠如しているのではなく、いわゆる「男性的価値」と呼ばれるものを、そもそも追求していないということを。時には積極的に拒否することさえあります。

そして幸運にも、配偶者の俐思（リサ）（@tokolovesme）と出会い、お互いに深く率直な対話を交わすうちに、長い間感じていながら言語化できなかったことを、ついに表現できるようになりました。私は典型的なシスジェンダーの異性愛者男性とは、根本的に違うということを。

私はノンバイナリーであり、バイセクシュアルです。

長らく自分を男性として紹介してきたせいで、ノンバイナリーと自称することがまだ少し恥ずかしく、不慣れでもありますが、それでも親しい人々には少しずつこの真実を打ち明けようとしています。

저는 어릴 때부터 典型的(전형적)인 男性性(남성성)과는 距離(거리)가 멀었습니다. 제 이름인 「民憙(민희)」도 꽤 女性的(여성적)인 語感(어감)의 이름이라, 스스로 男性(남성)으로서의 正體性(정체성)을 느끼기 더욱 어려웠던 것 같기도 합니다.

오랫동안 社會(사회)는 저를 男性(남성)으로 여겼고, 저도 딱히 그 範疇(범주)에 抵抗(저항)하지 않았던 것 같습니다. 그냥 그러려니 하고 살았죠.

하지만 時間(시간)이 지나면서 漸次(점차) 느끼게 되었습니다. 저는 그저 社會(사회)가 男性(남성)에게 要求(요구)하는 것들을 缺如(결여)한 게 아니라, 所謂(소위) 「男性的(남성적) 價値(가치)」라고 부르는 것들을 아예 追求(추구)하지 않는다는 것을요. 甚至於(심지어) 때로는 積極的(적극적)으로 拒否(거부)하기까지 합니다.

그리고 運(운) 좋게도 配偶者(배우자)인 俐思(리사)(@tokolovesme)를 만나 서로 깊고 率直(솔직)한 對話(대화)를 나누면서, 오랫동안 느껴왔지만 言語化(언어화)하지 못했던 것을 마침내 表現(표현)할 수 있게 되었습니다. 저는 典型的(전형적)인 시스젠더 異性愛者(이성애자) 男性(남성)과는 根本的(근본적)으로 다르다는 것을.

저는 논바이너리이자 兩性愛者(양성애자)입니다.

오랫동안 스스로 男性(남성)이라고 紹介(소개)해 온 탓에 논바이너리라고 自稱(자칭)하는 것이 아직 조금 쑥쓰럽기도 하고 生疏(생소)하지만, 그래도 가까운 사람들에게는 조금씩 이 眞實(진실)을 털어놓으려고 합니다.

Growing up, I never quite fit into the typical mold of masculinity. My name, Minhee, doesn't help either—it carries a fairly feminine connotation in Korean, which only made it harder to feel any strong sense of male identity.

For the longest time, society categorized me as male, and I didn't really push back against that label. I just went along with it.

But over time, I've realized something important: I don't just lack the traits society expects from men—I have zero interest in pursuing what people call “masculine values.” Sometimes I find myself actively rejecting them.

Things really clicked after I met my spouse, Lisa (@tokolovesme). Through our deep, honest conversations, I finally found words for something I'd felt all along: I'm fundamentally different from a typical cisgender, heterosexual man.

I have come to identify as non-binary and bisexual.

After introducing myself as a man for my entire life, claiming this identity—actually saying “I am non-binary”—still feels new and awkward. But I'm starting to share this truth with the people close to me, one conversation at a time.

@elena Wow, that's incredibly kind of you to offer! 😭 I'm really touched. To be honest, there's no direct flight from Seoul to Brussels—it's 15+ hours with layovers, which is as daunting as the cost. But your kindness really warms my heart. Maybe one day when I can handle the long journey better!

@nelfan Oh wow, I didn't know about the Matrix archives! Thanks for sharing this. The live talk idea sounds interesting too. Though nothing beats being there in person, it's great to know there are ways to participate remotely. I'll definitely check out the archives!

I'd love to go to @fosdem 2026, but Brussels is just too far from Seoul… and the plane tickets are so expensive. 😭

나는 【聲帶模寫(성대모사)】라는 말이 정말 웃긴 韓國語(한국어)라고 생각함…