Eugen Rochko
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Eugen Rochko (* 1992 or 1993,[1] Russian: Jewgeni Rotschko[2]) is a German software developer known as the original developer of the distributed microblogging service Mastodon.
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Rochko was born a Jewish family in Russia[3] and came to Germany at the age of eleven[4] and attended the grammar school in Jena. In Jena he was active on networks such as MySpace, schülerVZ, Facebook, Twitter and ICQ.[5][6] .
In early 2016, Rochko started working on the Mastodon software. He published it in early October 2016 after completing his computer science studies at the University of Jena.[1] He later implemented the ActivityPub protocol for Mastodon.[5]
References
- ^ a b Sasha Lekach. "The coder who built Mastodon is 24, fiercely independent, and doesn't care about money". Retrieved 2019-06-29.
- ^ "Как вы надоели: 20 сервисов, способных разрушить монополию Facebook, Google и Telegram" (in Russian). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Mastodon interview — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software". Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Join the federation?! Mastodon awaits... with Eugen Rochko (The Changelog #315)". Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ a b Sean Tilley (2018-07-09). "One Mammoth of a Job: An Interview with Eugen Rochko of Mastodon". Retrieved 2019-06-29.
- ^ "Twitter bekommt Konkurrenz aus Deutschland" (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-22.