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John Doe
john_doe_dev_2009
Full Stack Developer 🚀 | Entrepreneur 💡
Building the future ✨ | Open to work
john_doe_dev_2009 / README.md
Hi there, I'm John 👋
I'm a passionate developer who loves turning coffee into code ☕
🛠 My Tech Stack
📊 My Stats
JavaScript 94.2% · HTML 3.1% · other
Pinned
📁 my-portfolio-v7
📁 todo-app-final-v3
📁 hello-world
📁 blockchain-idea-wip
ED (Yerdaulet Damir)
yerdaulet-damir
🤖 ai & mlops | researcher & builder 🎙
pro voiceover (kaz/en) · enjoy poetry
ED (Yerdaulet Damir)
yerdaulet-damir · 193 followers
🤖 ai & mlops | researcher & builder
yerdaulet-damir / README.md
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@levelsio on X
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