{"id":12,"date":"2014-10-27T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:57:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Sophie Kirschner. I do a lot of things, but mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pineapplemachine\/\">I write code<\/a>. My over twenty-year portfolio of software work includes server backends, web frontends, video games, and various libraries and tools.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t believe in limiting myself to one field. I also <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sophie-pineapple-kirschner\">make music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/files.pineapplemachine.com\/public\/writing\/\">write fiction<\/a>, and make mods for games like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doomworld.com\/forum\/topic\/102774-wyrmwood-episode-i\/\">Doom<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/morrowind\/mods\/43963\/\">Morrowind<\/a>. For a while, I was the editor of a monthly newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>I currently live and work in Finland. I used to work in the Washington, DC metro area in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>I care about diversity and inclusion. I care about animal rights and being a responsible steward for our environment. To that end, I am always open to volunteering my time and experience for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to contact me is by email, at <a href=\"mailto:sophiek@pineapplemachine.com\">sophiek@pineapplemachine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Sophie Kirschner. I do a lot of things, but mostly I write code. My over twenty-year portfolio of software work includes server backends, web frontends, video games, and various libraries and tools. I don&#8217;t believe in limiting myself to one field. I also make music, write fiction, and make mods for games like Doom &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/about\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pineapplemachine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}