Cailyn Hansen

be bold, take risks, make change
Updated: Feb. 19, 2026

Projects

Things I've built, adventures I've taken, artwork I've made, and where I've been employed.

Creative

- Metrics - A digital art project
A digital art project that reflects my evolving relationship to metrics

- Borders and Othering
Interactive project exploring maps as political tools and untold histories

- National Aviary Puzzle Hunt
A perhaps too-difficult puzzle hunt I made for a friend's birthday gift

Adventures

- Riding MTA Start to Finish
Journey to ride every NYC subway line from start to finish

- Biking to Montauk
2 day-long, 160 mile bike adventure in which we jumped into the ocean at the end.

Projects

- Embracing the Occult; Rejecting the Rational
Independent study group exploring esotericism, ritual, and the politics of knowing

- Thavalon
Web UI for an Avalon reskin board game

Employment

- Duolingo
4 years as an engineer and engineering manager at Duolingo