Allison Farris is a developer advocate at Stripe, where she helps developers go from idea to production by simplifying how they build with payments and complex systems. With a background spanning software engineering, cloud architecture, and technical strategy across Stripe and Microsoft, she specializes in translating deep technical concepts into clear, practical insights developers can immediately apply.

Anna is a Developer Advocate at Stripe based in Portland, Oregon. Previously, she was a Frontend Engineer at AWS, where she helped build products simplifying serverless development and agentic tooling for devOps. Before switching careers into tech, she also spent a decade working as a writer, translator, and tech journalist. She is passionate about making modern application development accessible to users at all levels, particularly beginners and those from non-traditional backgrounds.