The author of the article is a Developer Experience Engineer at Neo4j, who rebuilt the GraphAcademy platform on top of a Neo4j Aura database. The new platform features a revamped data model, which includes a course hierarchy and a system for storing user progress and attempts at quizzes and challenges. The author used TypeScript as the programming language and the Neo4j JavaScript Driver to interact with the database. The platform also uses Express.js and Pug templates, and is built without a front-end framework. The author praises Neo4j Aura for its ease of use and scalability, and plans to continue developing the platform and integrating existing Neo4j tools. The article concludes by inviting readers to explore the possibilities of graph databases and reach out to the author for guidance.