Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com Real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches.
Wednesday, 2025-09-24
https://databsconf.com/
header: Voyage Pro on Unsplash
avi: vectorsmarket15 on Flaticon
posts: @qethanm.bsky.social
Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
sophie alpert @sophiebits.com you have the ability to understand things
principal engineer, react person, super gay, still masking
aly @aly.codes 📍atl
dev / infra / cycling / cities / linux
@atbbs.xyz, switchyard.aly.codes, tangled.org/aly.codes/tg, etc
me: aly.codes
src: tangled.org/aly.codes
donate: https://ko-fi.com/alyraffauf
looking for a job :) send recs my way
Strategic Butter Reserve @euphoria5l.bsky.social former philosopher. current astorian. future smart person. health care engineer, just some dude. he/they. go big red. #LGM
https://noodles.chrisrichards.nyc/ noodle reviews too
Andy Bell @bell.bz Founder at: @set.studio and @piccalil.li
Complete CSS Course: https://complete-css.com
Studio: https://set.studio
CSS Book: https://every-layout.dev
Newsletter: https://piccalil.li/the-index/
🔗 https://bell.bz/links/
🌐 https://bell.bz
🌍 Cheltenham, UK
Jesse Anttila-Hughes @jessexjesse.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics
University of San Francisco
Climate, health, physics, systems bio, econometrics, music, casual machine yearning. 🗣️ FR/ES/РУ/中/日
#SF4ALL #BX4LIFE
https://anttilahughes.org/
Willy @willy.life I’m a techy dad (he/him). I do AV conference design for Amazon, very niche job but pretty chill. Svelte fan. I’m dipping my toes in rust & go lately, but nothing serious, like my opinions.
Tudor Luca @tudorluca.com Co-founder & CTO of @shiftstudio.com . I like pretty code.
https://shiftstudio.com/tudor
Charpie @charpie.us Co-founder & CEO at Searchcraft. We help digital product teams ship faster with accessible, enterprise-grade content discovery tools.
Background in UI/UX. Former agency owner. Lifelong creative.
📍Denver, Colorado, USA
danielroe @danielroe.dev 🏡 https://roe.dev
➕ building @nuxt.com • @npmx.dev • @nitro.build • https://elk.zone
💝 https://page-speed.dev • https://firstcommit.is • https://react-to-nuxt.com
🏅 Google GDE • Microsoft MVP • GitHub ⭐️
he/him
signal: danielroe.57
🧗♂️ ⛷️ 🚴♂️ ✝️
📍 edinburgh 🏴
André Staltz @staltz.com I make softwarr. Working at @socket.dev Previously: Manyverse, SSB, Cycle.js, RxJS. Opinions expressed are my own.
Meri @meri.garden https://meri.garden
despite it all we will find each other
design + engineering @roomy.space
Peter W🤓 @wang.social Anaconda Founder&Head of AI; created the PyData movement, PyScript, Bokeh, Datashader; Fellow @ Python Software Foundation; Center for Humane Tech
Game~B; Physics, Cybernetics, Memetics. A student of the human condition.
Memento mori
Kimberly Dairine @kimberlydairine.bsky.social she's doin the tarot now i guess
art is the queen of pentacles from siolo thompson's linestrider tarot
Gloria Felicia @glo.bsky.social Community Builder. Startup Operator. Hacker. | Cofounder of speedify.ai | sperostudios.io | Connect with me here: gloriafelicia.com 🦋✨
5 Calls @5calls.org Your issues, scripts and representatives all in one place. Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls: http://5calls.org
Winnable California Democratic Races 💙 @winnablecademraces.bsky.social Fighting to flip more California Congressional districts blue 💙 💙 💙
We boost and support Democratic candidates only in California races ranked Toss-Up (or Lean Democrat) by Cook Political Report.
Santa Clara County Democratic Party @sccdp.bsky.social The Democratic Party of Silicon Valley
Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org Public Access to Public Data is a Public Good. We want to ensure our data are not gone forever. Read more about our efforts: https://www.datarescueproject.org/press/
Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social No NFTs, No A.I.
linktr.ee/sarahcandersen
Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar.bsky.social Senior document signer @ Docusign, prev: lead risk manager @ Alameda Research
Rep. Sam Liccardo @liccardo.house.gov Recovering San José Mayor | Jessica’s husband | Cycling 🚲 Geek | Congressman for CA-16 | All sarcastic posts are my own.
CSDK 🌊🗽🎾🐊 @csdk.bsky.social Science,
Rhythms,
Tennis,
US Army
Married
Open Primaries
Ranked Choice Voting
End Citizens United
M4A
'Change the measurements and you change everything' - Andrew Yang
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Nathan Yau @flowingdata.com Playing with data, visualizing it for humans at flowingdata.com
Hamel Husain @hamel.bsky.social evals evals evals. https://evals.info
David Gasquez @davidgasquez.com Data @ Protocol Labs.
Open Data, Open Source, Open Protocols.
Walks taker. Progressive Metal enjoyer.
davidgasquez.com
Vicki @vickiboykis.com Founding list[float] engineer. Recsys. Personalization. Infra. Systems. Normcore code. Nutella. Vectors. Words. Vibes. Bad puns (soon).
https://vickiboykis.com/what_are_embeddings/
Pelayo Arbués @pelayoarbues.com Head of Data Science and AI at idealista.com | Film photographer | Ph.D. in Economics | Sharing my digital garden at pelayoarbues.com | Working full remote from the North of Spain
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Consequence @consequence.bsky.social Music, Movies, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground.
Pitchfork @pitchfork.com The most trusted voice in music
pitchfork.com
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority @vta.org Solutions that Move You in Santa Clara County - transit, mobility, planning & congestion management.
Catalyze SV @catalyzesv.bsky.social Catalyze Silicon Valley is a community-based nonprofit organization based in San Jose, CA that envisions a community where every voice is part of the community engagement process and everyone has housing.
San José Spotlight @sanjosespotlight.com San José Spotlight is the city’s only nonprofit newsroom dedicated to independent political and business reporting. Help sustain our journalism: http://sanjosespotlight.com/support-us/
Ellina Yin @ellinayin.bsky.social Building a culture of civic participation in local government—ground zero of systemic change.
https://linktr.ee/ellinayin
Alex Shoor @alexshoor.bsky.social Co-founder & Executive Director of @CatalyzeSV
8-yr Housing Commissioner.
@Vanderbilt - BA;
@USCPrice - MPA. #ObamaBlvd
Michael Purtell @michaelpurtell.bsky.social Democratic activist in San Jose, originally from upstate NY. Interested in Python, data science, music, sports. DMs welcome on relevant (to me) topics, friendly conversation or questions of mutual interest.
Kyra Kazantzis @kyrakaz.bsky.social @svcn | ex-Esq | alum @mayorliccardo & @lawfoundationsv | fam, nonprofits, housing, allyship, eats, Latinx arts, musical theatre HMU, chalk art, #dtsj, she/her
Rob Moore @rob-moore.bsky.social Vice Mayor of Los Gatos, CA. Working to build a stronger, more resilient community.
Marlee @marleeashton.bsky.social A 31 year old woman who works in local politics in San Jose. California forever, goodbye!
B. Sakura Cannestra @sakucannestra.bsky.social all questions are worth asking | embarcadero media peninsula writer | formerly @sanjosespotlight.com @politico.com California | 🏳️🌈
Richard Mehlinger 🏳️🌈🩷💜💙↙↙↙ @richardm.bsky.social Sunnyvale Councilmember, unofficial account.
Houser, liberal, democrat, Democrat, bicycling bisexual, unicameralist fanatic.
Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. —Terry Pratchet
Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social Housing 🏠 + transit 🚎 + climate 🌎
President: Peninsula Young Democrats
Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone
Work: Greenbelt Alliance
Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
Anthony Tordillos @anthonysjc.bsky.social San José City Councilmember, District 3 🏙️ He/him 👨🏻 Queer 🏳️🌈 YIMBY 🏘️ Pro-transit 🚈 Righteous Fights 🗽 @anthonytordillos.bsky.social
Ali Sapirman @alisapirman.bsky.social • Trans/Non Binary (They/Them) • #Yimby • Friendly Neighborhood Sapirman • Affordable Housing Advocate @Hacdotorg • Opinions are my own •
Grace Hase @gracehase.bsky.social Reporter @ The Mercury News covering CA politics | Mizzou J-school alum | 90s sitcom enthusiast | proud union member
tips: ghase@bayareanewsgroup.com
Elizabeth Barcelos @barcelosknows.com 📍 San José | she/her/ela 🇺🇸 🇵🇹 | Tudo vale a pena se a alma não é pequena 🌊
Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. They never stop thinking. Never stop thunking.
hachyderm.io/@hazelweakly
Jeremiah Lowin @jlowin.dev CEO @prefect.io. Building FastMCP. Mostly harmless.
Screen Slate SF Bay @screenslatesf.bsky.social Daily arthouse/repertory cinema listings around the Bay. First official
@screenslate.bsky.social outpost. Weekly newsletter sign up: http://screenslate.com/newsletter
Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social Learn more about what your *real* neighbors are thinking in Silicon Valley! Comedy. Parody. Not official/affiliated with, or sponsored by anyone.
Please support my GoFundMe to help me pay for parking at Valley Fair
betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social Amateur photographer in San Francisco Bay Area, mostly nature, birds, sunsets and landscapes. Love the outdoors, reading and local food scene. Also, curious about and fascinated by weather☔️, the sky🌙 and volcanoes🌋.
Bay Area Times @bayareatimes.bsky.social 🗞️ The visual daily newsletter on business and tech.
📈 Analyzing the news with 1 visual per story.
Join our 60,000+ subscribers here.👇
Monika Bauerlein @monikab.bsky.social CEO at the Center for Investigative Reporting, where we create the in-depth, rigorous, and free-to-all journalism that you deserve. Follow my amazing colleagues at @MotherJones.com and @Revealnews.org.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app