I’m Evgenii “Eugene” Evstafev, a software developer at the University of Cambridge (UIS) passionate about Python, TypeScript/React, system architecture and ML/AI.
- 📍 Based in Cambridge, UK 🏴 🇬🇧
- 🏆 11+ years in tech - from junior full‑stack dev to system architect & tech product owner
- 🛠️ Creator/maintainer of open‑source Python tools with >705k downloads
- ✨ Top‑5 contributor on Stack Overflow RU (~520,347+ users)
- 🎓 Mentoring students & reviewing papers for AI conferences (ICLR 2025, CHIL 2025, MathAI 2025, RSECon25, AGI-25: The 18th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence)
- Modernising the University of Cambridge identity platform (GCP · Django · React · Terraform)
- Research on practical LLM/RAG workflows
- Growing open‑source packages & community contributions
Total downloads (all packages): 705,939+
Most downloaded:
- 🐙 GitHub: github.com/chigwell
- 🦊 GitLab: gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ee345
- 📦 PyPI: pypi.org/user/eugene.evstafev
- 🎥 YouTube: youtube.com/@chigwel
- ✍️ Blog: medium.com/@chigwel
- 🐦 Twitter (X): x.com/eugeneevstafev
- 🤝 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/eugene-evstafev-716669181
- 🧠 Stack Overflow: ru.stackoverflow.com/users/261321/evgenii-evstafev
- 📚 Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=cYLfW7QAAAAJ
- ✉️ Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
- 📝 ORCID: orcid.org/0009-0007-2790-1895