James Bennett @b-list.org Django/Python guy. Tip your servers and normalize your Unicode.
he/him
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Christopher @macgown.com Baked goods, some ADHD, and my dog.
is she, you know, a fan of the sopranos? @c3ntc0mm.bsky.social say a prayer for the new world on each passing train
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Derek Arnold @darnold.blacksky.app he/him, Black, dad, husband, Ohioan. math, hardware/software (esp. F/LOSS), music, 1x Jeopardy! loser, helping others improve; also @darnold0714@mastodon.social
Alla Barbalat @allab.bsky.social Developer Advocate | Former Lawyer
jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com I write code for a living and words for my sins. occasional blog posts at https://phirephoenix.com, weekly newsletter for organizing/activism in Toronto at @showuptoronto.ca.
Andrew Godwin @aeracode.org Tech leader, Django/Python developer, public speaker, occasional youtuber, collector of hobbies, and misplaced Brit. @andrewgodwin most other places. Day job: Lambda Labs. π³οΈβππ
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social Former culture writer, Salon.com. Before that: cofounder, Bitch Media. Forever fan of print magazines. Single mom, dog mom, your mom
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Iβm also a PSF Fellow and Chair of PyCon US 2025-2026
π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ Sam Kimbrel @skimbrel.northsky.social enby & queer & AuDHD af | non-LLM computerer | too many hobbies | program chair @northbaypython.org | βis usually underestimated. try again. no again. still no.β β@chrisjrn.fyi | they/them | fuck fascists
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leb is casting pods at the universe @danceswithrotors.com.br Husband to @dovewhite.bsky.social, immigrant, infosec, #weirdcarbs bsky, cat dad, unreprentant lasanheiro and co-host of @irohpodcast.com
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Barbara Stocker ππ @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social Team Site
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
vitaly @send9.bsky.social hi!
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Robin Wilson-Beattie βΏοΈ @robinwb.bsky.social Disability Sex & Reproductive Educator, Speaker& Writer. Foster Mama. Southern bred&California fed. I talked about my abortion and eugenics at the White House with the VP, on C-span.π¦Ύshe, her
Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social Advocacy Director at Bike East Bay. See me for bicycle culture & transportation infrastructure news on the sunny side of the Bay.
I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social Nerdy, blerdy student of society (for better or worse). Lover of comics and cardigans and the occasional cocktail. Watch this corner of sky.
Some of my self published work here: https://medium.com/@gwhiz07
Michelle Newcome @michellenewcome.com Publisher of How2Conquer and D'Aulnoy Editions/ global security and crisis management expert/ member of the UN Committee for the protection of public places / keeper of a Victorian house / avid photographer. michellenewcome.com
Kim @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social storyteller, writer, editor πΈ
β¨ saleem β¨ @saleem.bsky.social my job is just beach, but sometimes itβs mountains β¨ he/him
https://twitter.com/saleemrash1d
Diversion by Nature @mpchlets.bsky.social Wrangler of chaos
Mostly Hawaii but also San Francisco
Julian C. Dunn @omglolwtfbbq.bsky.social Product management leader / investor / advisor in Portland, OR. Interested in journalism, modern art, tech's impact on society.
https://www.juliandunn.net/ (regular blog, longer form writing)
https://thestack.juliandunn.net/ (micro blog)
Lea Kissner @leak.bsky.social Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D. @dberkholz.com SVP Platforms, Architecture & Research, Sabre. Everything from AI to Kubernetes to mainframes, value streams to UX to platforms.
Prev: (S)VP Percona/Docker/CWT, analyst 451/RedMonk, biophysicist Mayo Clinic/Oregon State, OSS Gentoo. Opinions mine.
Seth Larson @sethmlarson.dev Python core developer, Security & Fellow of Python Software Foundation (@python.org) π Minnesoootan, he/him, #Python, #opensource, #security #retrogaming
π https://sethmlarson.dev
Shane Curcuru @shanecurcuru.bsky.social Father, husband, 20+ years ASF, punny guy. We have cats. He/him. #Trademarks #OpenSource
julia ferraioli @juliaferraioli.com Doing open source-y stuff, probably full of bees. opensourcestories.org co-founder. Human to Luna Rae Muppet Show.
she/her π³οΈβπ
David Pollak @dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP
319 ppm
the law cannot protect anyone [β¦]
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Udi Dahan @udidahan.com Posts about Software Development, Design, and Architecture.
Founder and CEO of NServiceBus. He/Him.
https://udidahan.com/
https://twitter.com/UdiDahan
https://hachyderm.io/@udidahan
Morgan Harris @morgankharris.bsky.social Account + Engagement Manager for @redmonk.com POSTS and re-posts about tech and the wider world (fashion, repro justice and random)
Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com Snarkmonger. Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group.
he/him.
Get my opinionated take on AWS news: http://lastweekinaws.com/t/
Signal: 833-AWS-BILL (833-297-2455)
MK O'Grady @girltuesday.org liar (that's latin for lawyer)
occasional bon vivant
chronic oversharent
aspiring optimist 
steve oβgrady @sogrady.org helped found redmonk. if you see someone at a tech conference wearing a Red Sox hat, that's probably me. otherwise found in the great state of Maine. wrote the new kingmakers and the software paradox. married to @girltuesday.org. eph.
Ricardo Gonzalez @productmanager.bsky.social Immigrant || Aspiring Cook || Product Manager || DJ || My opinions || Pura Vida π¨π· he/him
Taylor Barnett-Torabi @taylorbar.net I really just want to touch grass. π³οΈβπ yβall means all. wears many hats, literally and figuratively at developer-focused startups. sometimes I write code and talk sports. Tu lucha es mi lucha. all my own opinions. she/her
π©βπ»Product @netlify.com
πAustin, TX
Jeremy, the patronizing Saint of DevOps πΊπ¦ @jerdog.dev #DevRel, #DevEx, #Community, #Opensource things. Ex CircleCI, Auth0, etc. #DevOpsDays KC Organizer. @jerdog@hachyderm.io on π.
FDT. Fuck ICE.
#BlackLivesMatter
#AbortionIsHealthcare
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Website: jmeiss.me
Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. They never stop thinking. Never stop thunking.
hachyderm.io/@hazelweakly
Adam Zimman @azimman.bsky.social Alt text is a gift.
Progressive Delivery book(https://a.co/d/6B2ifal)
Work things at exe.dev
Citizen Platano π΅π· @daniloc.xyz Guerrilla cyberneticist.
https://danilocampos.com
advisory: if weβve never talked and youβre weirdly aggressive, Iβm just going to block you.
Rachel Stephens @rstephens.me sunshine and rainbows and f-bombs π
she/her
@redmonk
Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social Neuroscientist, educator, author of SO YOU WANT TO BE A NEUROSCIENTIST? (Columbia, 2020) & MIND OVER MATTER (Princeton TBD) // professor at ucsd // co-host of www.changetechnically.fyi // www.ashleyjuavinett.com // newsletter at graymatter.ghost.io
Laura Fitton she/her @pistachio.bsky.social Just another Dummy?
Daragh Γ Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social Flumping along in the world of data since Long Ago. Posts as @castlebridge-chief here & on Mastodon at https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief CEO @ Castlebridge.ie.
Doctoral candidate at UL looking at #DataGovernance. Author of several books on data stuff.
Marek @marekmcgann.bsky.social Cognitive scientist. Teacher. Nerd.
Cognitive science of the enactive, ecological, and (redundantly) embodied sort. Also, some stuff on scientific practice in psychology.
I co-convene these: https://www.ensoseminars.com
(he/him)
Dan Moore @mooreds.com Sr. Director, CIAM Strategy & Identity Standards at @fusionauth.io . Hangs out on HN too much. Author of "Letters to a New Developer", contributor to "97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know". Writes at http://ciamweekly.com
Betty Junod @bettyjunod.bsky.social opinions, feelings, bread
www.bettyjunod.com
Michael McCliment @cornazano.bsky.social 
Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social Omnivorous technology journalist. girl with the USB earring; author of the Cassidy At Large technomysteries. Like my writing? Buy me a β https://ko-fi.com/marybranscombe. she/her. Warning: contains opinions. signal marypcbuk.44
Brenda Negus @brenne721.bsky.social Analyst Relations professional at Dynatrace. Lover of Dorothy L Sayers novels and all things caramel.
amye @amye.org the foundation of my radical cause in my increasingly old age is that I want everyone to be ok.
Consulting open source program manager focusing on governance and crisis comms.
JD with an LL.M in cybercrime, cybersecurity and international law
#PDX
jobelenus @jobelenus.bsky.social Engineering Leader. Pronouns are he/him. Greater Boston.
https://jobelenus.dev/
The politics will continue until the fascists have been put back into the pages of history.
Sarah C. Hines @shinesonline.com 
JT Perry @circlejtp.me Dad, farmer, founder, robots, and tech. FIRST robotics coach, and volunteer working for all children to have an opportunity in STEM.
Co-founder: barnanalytics.com
Signal: @circlejtp.28
Meg K Guliford @mkguliford.bsky.social Philadelphia Liaison for the Kansas Board of Tourism
Jayhawk Born; Quaker Educated; Jumbo Trained, Dragon Employed
Chris Vermilion @verm.me Software nerd. Order Muppet. Recovering physicist. Not really that sad of a dad. https://verm.me
Be the friend you want to have everywhere.
bret barker @abitrandom.net
manipulator of bits. hobby brewer, woodworker, iot, smoker of meats.
Silmaria π³οΈβπ π³οΈββ§οΈ @silmaria.bsky.social Transfem queer, partner of @wiredferret.bsky.social. Human-shaped.
My opinions are my own and do not reflect any organization I'm a part of unless otherwise stated.
Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social Explaininator, Sticker Thoughtleader, Marketing nerd. Not straight, she/her. Parent of adults, catbox scooper, wife of @silmaria.bsky.social, Kermit-coded.
Find me at heidiwaterhouse.com
#quilting
#sewing
#knitting
#therbligs
Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social Author of The Psychology of Software Teams: https://www.drcathicks.com/#book
Applied behavioral science in complex technical systems
she/her π³οΈβπ
Catharsis: https://catharsisinsight.com/
Host at: https://www.changetechnically.fyi/
Justin Sheehy @justinsheehy.bsky.social Also found at
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Dark Rober (shandrew) @shandrew.bsky.social Andrew Shieh, curious optimistic pessimist, operations are forever. :this-is-fine: :success-kid: :1000-RPCs-in-a-trenchcoat:
Matt "msw" Wilson @msw.bsky.social βFor a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.β
Kai @kaiho.bsky.social balding man yells at clouds by day, loves cats and loud riffs by night. βΆβΆβΆβΆ Chicago by way of lots of the world. Software by way of academia, beer and accidents. And by software I mean my last gig was devops shizz but if you hire me I'll do whatever.
Laurence @piewords.bsky.social Information Pro trying to go sane in a crazy world. All my skeets are MY thoughts, so blame me; everyone else does. War Eagle!!! π [He/Him]
Amara Graham @missamarakay.bsky.social Global Director, Developer & Agentic Experience @ Apryse | Holo Taco obsessed π
Chris is elsewhere. @offby1.net Here. Mostly over at wandering.shop. I'd love to follow you from the Fediverse, so if you don't mind, please follow @ap.brid.gy
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gaby berkman (she/her) @gabyberk.bsky.social Cancer Survivor. Analyst Relations @ Dynatrace. I like birds, books, nice humans, and dogs. I do not like ICE.
sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com analyst, developer-friendly
black cats, small plates, natural wine
london, east
he, him
Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com Analyst @redmonk.com π
Affiliated researcher @ Georgia Tech π
Author of 2 books π
Award-winning podcast host ποΈ
#AI #Frontend #JavaScript #DevX
@handle.invalid @handle.invalid 
remember to salt the fries π π±π§π΅πΈπΎπͺ @jasonhz.bsky.social ex-CompUSA, ex-Circuit City
ICE must be destroyed
Yael Grauer @yaelwrites.com Pulitzer-winning investigative tech reporter. Looking for TPM roles supporting cybersecurity teams. π
π£ https://yaelwrites.com
π yael@yaelwrites.com
π₯ #alwaysantifascist
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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com πΎ Web Developer
π https://zachleat.com
π Creator/Maintainer of @11ty.dev
π§° @fontawesome.com
πΎ A random person from Nebraska maintaining software
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ππ» He/him/they
π https://zachleat.com/@zachleat
π¨ https://speedlify.dev/ for WebPerf
Build Awesome (11ty) @11ty.dev π A simpler static site generator, maintained since 2017
π https://www.11ty.dev/
π @zachleat.com
π€ Team @fontawesome.com and @webawesome.com
π Mastodon https://neighborhood.11ty.dev/@11ty
AlamedaCountyCA @alamedacountyca.bsky.social Official account for the County of Alameda, California. Official website: https://alamedacountyca.gov
Anhedaria Morgendharma @aesthetic.northsky.social βΈοΈπ³οΈββ§οΈ
πβπ½πΏ Resident on xuΔyun (land back)
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π Hindsight Engineer
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