Azalea Colburn

welcome to my HyperText page on the World Wide Web.

About Me

I'm a transfem student studying Computer Science and Linguistics at The University of Chicago. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. I'm also a vegetarian NixOS user.

I'm primarily interested in compilers and programming languages, both formal and natural. however, I'm also fascinated by systems programming generally. as a transfem, my language of choice is of course Rust (although C is a close second).

some of my favorite media:

• Doctor Who, a long-running British Sci-Fi show about the titular Doctor Who (no, it's not "The Doctor"; real fans get it)
• Modem Prometheus, an urban fantasy podcast by namtao
• Patricia Taxxon, a Hyperpop and experimental electronic musician, she's also trans and makes great video essays

beyond my laptop screen, I enjoy poetry, biking, urban environments, typewriters, and tea.

Blog

I'm planning to write a blog, some topics on my mind:

• cafes and biking trails around Portland or Chicago
• interesting programming things
  • project explainations and ideas
  • suggestions for certain programming languages (namely Rust and OCaml)
  • tools and technologies I either care about or find interesting
• English language writing reform and/or conlang development
• urban light rail systems, particularly in Portland
• Hyperpop album review
• poetry (currently the only meaningful content present)
• a few philosophical theories some friends and I have

Web Presence

• code on github
• unprofessional ramblings on bluesky and transfem.social

Some Friends (and Myself)