Elliot Lindberg
Software Engineer at Curlyhair AI
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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RockstarElliot Lindberg is a Growth Engineer based in Mariehamn, Åland Islands, who blends product-led growth with hands-on full-stack engineering across startups and the public sector. He founded Curlyhair AI and is an active open-source maintainer whose projects have accumulated over 310k downloads, including a reverse-shell-generator popular in CTF communities and tooling for Reddit’s r/place. Elliot moves comfortably between backend refactors and frontend theming—he implemented meme-themed UIs, added rcat support, and fixed command-history and rate-limiting issues—demonstrating pragmatic, security-aware engineering. With about four years of professional experience and roles ranging from web developer to government software engineer, he pairs rapid prototyping skills with product sensibility. Known for a playful hacker persona (“just a robot writing bugs”), he focuses on building tools that are both useful and fun.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish, English, Chinese, French, piano
Stackoverflow
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5kreached
10answers
8questions
Github Skills (29)
json10
ctf10
python10
scripting10
css10
hacking10
bots10
generator10
r-api10
image-processing9
javascript9
security9
apidoc9
bash9
websocket9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
rdeepak2002/reddit-place-script-2022
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Script to draw an image onto r/place (https://www.reddit.com/r/place/)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 7 commits, 18 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Elliot primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Reddit r/place drawing script. Their work involved refactoring code, converting from `.env` to `config.json` for configuration management, and implementing object-oriented programming principles. They also addressed errors, formatted code using Black, and made changes related to the core functionality of placing pixels, including rate-limiting handling and board image fetching.
placescriptpythonimgursearch-engines
0dayCTF/reverse-shell-generator
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
Hosted Reverse Shell generator with a ton of functionality. -- (Great for CTFs)
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 1 comment in 24 days
Contributions summary:Elliot contributed to the frontend and backend functionality of the reverse shell generator. They implemented a meme-themed user interface, including CSS changes and theme switching. Additionally, they updated the shell commands, including adding `rcat` and fixing command history. The user also addressed minor bug fixes and code optimizations within the project.
reverse-shellreverse-shell-generatorctfsecurityhosted
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