Myron Nikoloudis
Certified Llama Wrangler at BookTube
Seattle, Washington, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMyron Nikoloudis is a multidisciplinary technologist and ethical AI practitioner with 18 years of experience blending backend engineering, test automation, and AI model training. Based in Seattle with roots in Greece/UK, he’s a prolific open-source contributor to prominent Ruby projects—Bundler, RSpec, VCR and WebMock—where he improved test suites, release processes, and HTTP recording reliability. As a Certified Llama Wrangler he fine-tunes Llama models using other AIs as orchestrators, while also advising organizations on moral philosophy, bioethics and psychosocial development. His work bridges rigorous software quality (decades of QA/test automation) with human-centered ethics and scouting emerging trends before they go mainstream. He runs consulting practices in AI, behavioral consulting and digital services, uniquely combining Orthodox psychological practice and philosophical training with hands-on engineering. Unexpectedly, his profile pairs low-level protocol/HTTP debugging expertise with contemplative inquiry into whether LLMs possess “logismos.”
18 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Associate's degree, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at National & Kapodistrian University of AthensΠιστοποιητικό Επιμόρφωσης, Προγραμματιστής, Πιστοποιητικό Επιμόρφωσης, Προγραμματιστής at Ε.Π.Λ ΠειραιάBachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology at New york college (ATH)ΠΑ.ΣΧ.ΝΑ, Ναυαγοσώστης/lifeguard, ΠΑ.ΣΧ.ΝΑ, Ναυαγοσώστης/lifeguard at ΠΑ.ΣΧ.ΝΑAssociate’s Degree, Planning Administration of Tourism/Σχεδιασμός Διοίκησης Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων, Associate’s Degree, Planning Administration of Tourism/Σχεδιασμός Διοίκησης Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων at National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAssociate’s Degree, Moral Philosophy - Bioethics/Ηθική Φιλοσοφία - Βιοηθική, Associate’s Degree, Moral Philosophy - Bioethics/Ηθική Φιλοσοφία - Βιοηθική at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion AthinonHigh School, High School at 2ο Λυκειο Πειραια
Github Skills (53)
dependency-manager10
unit-testing10
json10
git10
ruby-rails10
schema-validation10
mixing10
json-schema10
elixir10
rubygems10
mixnet10
testing10
associations10
riak10
rspec10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
vcr/vcr
Feb 2010 - Dec 2014
Record your test suite's HTTP interactions and replay them during future test runs for fast, deterministic, accurate tests.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1594 commits, 36 comments, 2 issues in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Myron contributed significant back-end functionality to the VCR library, specifically in the area of HTTP interaction recording and playback. They implemented functionality to manage and persist HTTP responses, introducing a new mechanism for storing recorded data. Their changes involved introducing new data structures, integrating with the existing FakeWeb library, and extending the Net::HTTP module to capture and store HTTP requests and responses correctly.
rspec/rspec-core
Jul 2010 - Jun 2019
RSpec runner and formatters
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:2087 commits, 287 PRs, 525 pushes in 9 years
Contributions summary:Myron's contributions primarily revolved around adding new testing specifications to verify various functionalities, including the deprecated methods and the handling of failures in various test scenarios. They focused on writing comprehensive tests, indicating a strong focus on ensuring code quality. Additionally, the user demonstrated expertise in test framework enhancements.
formattersrspecruby
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