About

Hi, I’m Linda Mohamed: a self-employed technologist, speaker, AWS Hero and community organiser in Vienna. I build things in public, I run communities, and I can’t stop learning new crafts on the side.

This site is my notebook. It is where I write down what I built, what I learned, and what I would do differently next time.

One person, a few places

I am one person, but I show up in a few places, each with its own job:

• mzzavaa.com, this notebook. Tech basics, retros, open source notes and cheat sheets, written in two voices.
• mrsleeg.com, my colourful side as Mrs Lee G: juggling, sewing on a hot pink sewing machine, drawing, and videos about tech with three balls in the air.
• thejugglingcompany.com, juggling as a tool for focus, change and teams.
• lindamohamed.com, my work: talks, workshops and consulting.

Why this notebook has two voices

I have always worked in two modes: the one that ships at midnight, and the one that reads it back the next morning and asks whether it was any good. I gave both a name, because I built them as AI agent personas that help me run my projects, each with a job description and a list of things they must never do. It turned out to be the most honest description of how I work.

Read the whole story in Meet the Two Zavaas, or pick a voice: Junior or Senior.

The path so far

• As a teenager I restyled my Myspace profile for hours and wanted to be a fashion designer or a graphic artist. I have been balancing structure and spark ever since.
• I started in a high school informatics programme, worked full-time while studying part-time, became a Java developer, then a product owner at Drei.
• In 2019 I gave my first public tech talk. In 2020 I took over the AWS User Group Vienna.
• Today I help run several communities and chair the AWS Community DACH nonprofit. My talks on AI workflows, agent crews and developer experience are on Sessionize.

People sometimes say I learn fast. The truth is simpler: I try, I watch, I build, I iterate. It has never been about talent. It is about energy and a lot of experiments.

What “MzZavaa” means

Zavaa is my twist on the Arabic word for seven (سبعة, sabaa). I was born on the 7th, and I tattooed the number 7 in binary next to a lambda (λ), inked by myself under professional supervision. The lambda stands for transformation and the elegance of simplicity, in life and in code.

Mz is a nod to mystery, mindset, momentum, and a little mischief. Together, MzZavaa is a codeword for me.

Say hi

Want to chat, collaborate or swap ideas? Write to hello@lindamohamed.com.

This notebook is built with Hugo and hosted on GitHub Pages. Start with curiosity. Continue with care. Reflect with joy.