Damir Buldakov is an 11-year-old who developed a Scratch SDK plugin for Playgama that was officially adopted by the gaming giant.

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An 11-year-old programmer from Vietnam, Damir Buldakov, developed a Scratch SDK plugin for Playgama gaming platform that was officially adopted by the company. His JavaScript-based extension allows Scratch developers to connect their projects to Playgama's network of 300 million users. The gaming platform recognized his contribution with a mentorship program and financial award, demonstrating how young developers can make meaningful contributions to major tech platforms.

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Damir Buldakov, a young programmer from Vietnam
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this is NOT a Vietnamese name

Interface: Vietnam &lt;-&gt;
Implementation: Russian

Sadly we’ll see less and less of this as the Internet gets locked down by dumb governments.