Bartosz Sypytkowski @horusiath.bsky.social Yrs/Yjs core dev team. Interested in distributed systems, databases and CRDTs. Blogging: https://www.bartoszsypytkowski.com- P Pratyush Mishra @pratyush.zip Current: Asst Professor at Penn CIS
Past:
Cryptographer at Aleo
Crypto and computer security PhD, UC Berkeley
he/him
Website: pratyush.zip
Photoblog: photos.pratyush.zip
Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com nyc-based programmer and designer. alum @recurse.com. public transit enjoyer. azzajew. thoughts on local-first software, atproto, javascript frameworks, web components, css and other web minutiae.
๐ https://jakelazaroff.com
Mariano Guerra @marianoguerra.org ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ป Co-founder of Gloodata & Instadeq
๐ Co-author of https://wasmfromthegroundup.com/
๐ฐ Feeling of Computing Newsletter: https://newsletter.futureofcoding.org/join/
๐ Public Projects: https://marianoguerra.github.io/
dietrich @burrito.space peeking into the post-browser web
~ https://metafluff.com
~ https://webtransitions.org
~ https://userandagents.org
~ @intenttoship.dev
past lives: Mozilla, Protocol Labs, Sub Pop Records
Mark X @markmx.bsky.social CTO @germnetwork.com
Veteran, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
Jess Martin @jessmart.in ๐ Tools for a better tomorrow
๐ง Architect-philosopher
๐ผ Building https://lifebuild.me
๐ https://jessmart.in
๐Fuquay-Varina, NC
arnaucube @arnaucube.com fascinated by polynomials github.com/arnaucube
folkjs @folkjs.org A research lab by @orionreed.com and @chrisshank.com exploring radically different directions that we can interface with the web.
Website: https://folkjs.org/
Github: https://github.com/folk-js
Sponsor our work: https://github.com/sponsors/folk-js
Gordon @gordon.bsky.social Everything around me was someoneโs lifework.
๐ฎ @chrisshank.com seeding discontent in present-day computing and radical patience in how we reimagining it
libcomp.org โข @folkjs.org
foraging the web: https://semble.so/profile/chrisshank.com
Orion Reed @orionreed.com advocating widespread dissatisfaction with computing.
researcher @inkandswitch.com + libcomp.org
ยฝ @folkjs.org ยผ @tentpole.bsky.social
Rasmus Andersson @rsms.me Working on Playbit https://playb.it/ . Designer of Figma, Inter, Spotify. Software painter. https://rsms.me/
Leaflet @leaflet.pub The easiest way to make a blog, newsletter, or website on the open social web!
๐ powerful publishing tools ๐ ๏ธ
๐ฑ for new writers & pros ๐ฟ
๐ฃ๏ธ to connect & grow ๐ฏ
๐ + โ๏ธ @ leaflet.pub
Lab Notes: lab.leaflet.pub
Code: tangled.org/leaflet.pub/leaflet
Germ Network @germnetwork.com Drop into a private conversation, faster.
End-to-end encrypted DMs right from your Bluesky/Blacksky/atproto handle.
Start here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/germ-dm/id6446882771
Learn: germnetwork.com/blog
Find out: germnetwork.com/android-waitlist
Roomy @roomy.space make space ยท cultivate knowledge
Made by @erlend.sh, @zicklag.dev and @meri.garden
Lexicon Community @lexicon.community A working group to create community ATProtocol Lexicons.
https://lexicon.community/
Mathew Lowry @mathewlowry.eurosky.social Australian in Brussels. Info architect, innovation, knowledge, community & content strategist.
All the Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
riley โฅ they/them @ryw.bsky.social loved and loving <3 principal @ emergentresearch.net, research @ mit
str4d @str4d.xyz Cryptography, privacy, zero knowledge, Rust, Zcash dev, gaming, hardware hackery, art appreciation. He/him.
https://str4d.xyz
https://abyssdomain.expert/@str4d
age18f63qx4gk8x7p4lfuwwglqcan7snvp406q5vmk26g9fmpe9c799qqzzr3w
cdata @cdata.earth 99% immutable data, 1% clever pointers / building Dialog DB / he / him
esmevane, sorry @esmevane.com Insipid but well-meaning software developing art gremlin.
"Incoherent; mayhem." - 4/5 stars.
"Couldn't make any sense of any of it, it's like he's talking to himself." - 2/5 stars.
https://mastodon.esmevane.com/ironchamber
https://esmevane.com
Erlend Sogge Heggen @erlend.sh Open Source Practitioner, bullish on kindness.
https://erlend.sh โ about me
@roomy.space โ make space
nichoth @nichoth.com https://nichoth.com/
https://github.com/nichoth/
Bain Capital Crypto @baincapitalcrypto.com Bain Capital Crypto backs renegades and pioneers building the next generation of open internet infrastructure.
Maggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com Staff Research Engineer @githubnext.com. But actually a designer.
Adores digital gardening, end-user development, and embodied cognition. Makes visual essays about design, programming, and anthropology.
๐ London
๐ฑ maggieappleton.com
Alex Good @patternist.xyz I work on local-first software, currently building Automerge at Ink and Switch. Find me at patternist.xyz
pvh @pvh.ca just this guy, you know? (director of research @ ink & switch, coined "local-first", contributor to automerge, former postgres guy, heroku staff, ex-game developer, arctic oceanographer.)
Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt.com Malleable software @inkandswitch.com
prev PhD @csail.mit.edu
geoffreylitt.com
๐ฏ๐ต๐บ๐ธ
Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
localfirst.fm @localfirst.fm A podcast about local-first software development. Hosted by @schickling.dev.
Iroh @iroh.computer IP addresses break, dial keys instead.
I'm iroh.computer from the folks at n0.computer, a modular networking stack in Rust ๐ฆ
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com Connect with a rapidly-growing Local-First community. Join us for our third edition 12-14th of July 2026 in Berlin. www.localfirstconf.com
The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org The Rust Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to stewarding the Rust programming language and its global community. rustfoundation.org
Signal @signal.org Signal is a nonprofit end-to-end encrypted communications app. Privacy isnโt an optional mode, itโs the way Signal works. Every message, every call, every time. https://signal.org/donate/
The Spritely Institute @spritelyinst.bsky.social We're building the next generation of decentralized network tech!
https://spritely.institute
New Design Congress @newdesigncongress.org Another world is possible.
https://newdesigncongress.org
Brooklyn Zelenka @expede.wtf ๐จ๐ฆ Vancouver
๐ข @inkandswitch.com
๐ฐ Always learning
๐ก Woke AF
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Sapphic & poly
โ BLM/Land Back/Antifa/Trans Rights/ACAB
๐ notes.brooklynzelenka.com
๐ types.pl/@expede
๐๏ธ codeberg.org/expede
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป github.com/expede
Boris @bmann.ca Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration.
What if we made things a little bit better?
Gavin Owens @gavinowens.net founder @ https://tonk.xyz
personal @ https://gavinowens.net
bryan newbold (โฑ๏ธ sabbatical mode) @bnewbold.net oscilloscopes, cycling, snow, big cities, wiki. I like speculating about found objects.
protocol engineer @bsky.app (on 2026 summer sabbatical). formerly archive.org
elsewhere: bnewbold.net / @bnewbold@social.coop
Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote โDesigning Data-Intensive Applicationsโ (OโReilly). he/him
โก๏ธ๐ @dystopiabreaker.xyz aspiring neurocryptographer, security nerd
henry @hdevalence.bsky.social navigating the library of babel
guille @lmao.bsky.social I sometimes do math and stuff
chief scientist @baincapitalcrypto.com
A R @arro.bsky.social Dreaming in zk
Jay ๐ฆ @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
๐ฑ ๐ชด ๐ณ
ZK Hack @zkhack.dev Your journey into zk starts here: Events, puzzles, videos, study clubs ๐
Discord: https://discord.gg/VGyP6GtGd2
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@zkhackdev
Website: https://zkhack.dev
Khurram Dara @kdara.bsky.social
Vitalik Buterin @vitalik.ca - J Justin Rattigan @jpr.bsky.social
Mandy Campbell @mandyzcamp.bsky.social Head of Marketing @baincapitalcrypto cereal connoisseur and cryptoptimist
Parth Chopra @parthc28.bsky.social Mainly talking about cool atproto projects
@baincapitalcrypto.com. Prev product leader and founder.
@alexhevans.bsky.social @alexhevans.bsky.social
Stefan Cohen @stefans.house Partner @ BCC / NYC Based / Fan of Fun Things
Kobi Gurkan @kobi.bsky.social applied crypto, security, experimental things
natalie ๐ซ @eclecticcapital.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/nataliemarie.eth
weijie @kohweijie.com kohweijie.com
Bain Capital Crypto @baincapcrypto.bsky.social We back renegades and pioneers building the next generation of open internet infrastructure.
Nico @nmohnblatt.me picious until proven otherwise.
Cryptography research and auditing at zkSecurity. Recurring co-host on the ZKPodcast.
nmohnblatt.me
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username๐)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app