Ed Finkler, also known as [Funkatron](https:\/\/twitter.com\/funkatron), started making web sites before browsers had frames. He does front-end and server-side work in Python, PHP, and JavaScript. Ed is the founder and chairman of [Open Sourcing Mental Illness](https:\/\/osmihelp.org), a non-profit 501c3 dedicated to raising awareness and supporting those with mental illness in the tech industry.<\/p>\n
He served as web lead and security researcher at [The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University](http:\/\/www.cerias.purdue.edu) for 9 years. Along with Chris Hartjes, Ed is co-host of the [Development Hell podcast](http:\/\/devhell.info).<\/p>\n
Ed writes at [funkatron.com](http:\/\/funkatron.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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