Ruth Malan @ruthmalan.bsky.social Systems. Design.
she/her
Graham Ashton @grahamashton.bsky.social Full stack web developer, maker of Agile Planner and Nesta CMS
Ken Kunz @kenthropic.com kenthropic.com
creating software for humans ๐จโ๐ป
@svelte.dev ambassador | svelte chicago co-organizer ๐
purveyor of high-concept mischief ๐ญ
Svelte @svelte.dev Web development for the rest of us. See also:
- community: @sveltesociety.dev
- starter pack: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/did:plc:nlvjelw3dy3pddq7qoglleko/3l6ucetngs423
- feed: https://bsky.app/profile/paolo.ricciuti.me/feed/svelte-feed
Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir โThis is for Everyoneโ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl
Smudge The Insult Cat ๐ @disentingcat.bsky.social Blue cat in a red dog state. Not necessarily stoned, but beautifulโฆ๐
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Rob Bowley @robbowley.net Product & Tech Leadership Advisor, Consultant, Coach & Mentor
Tech, Software Development, Science, History, Economics, Politics
https://blog.robbowley.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbowley
https://pragmaticpartners.co.uk
Manchester, UK
Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
rich harris @rich-harris.dev my life is derp and i do derp shit
Sandi Metz @sandimetz.bsky.social Cyclist, Rubyist, author (http://99bottlesofoop.com and http://poodr.com), obsessive programmer, recalcitrant blogger and the antidote for ambition.
Alan O'Donohoe @teknoteacher.bsky.social Teacher Educator, leading a national STEM engagement programme in UK schools, employed by Exa Networks. Also #TrailRunning #Computing #UrbanSketching
Steven Robbins @grumpydev.com Developer, geek, exponent of using your brain! OSS monkey (Nancy, TinyIoC...), LFC and Runcorn Linnets fan.
mharrigan @mharrigan.bsky.social ugh
Debbie Roycroft @debbieroycroft.bsky.social Mostly harmless
She/her
Dan Mannock @dmannock.bsky.social Consumer of tasty food, hungry for knowledge, Software Dev, trying to make things better...going to eat that?
(F# see @mancfug)
@Dmannock@mastodon.sdf.org
Kent Beck @kentbeck.com Independent I guess these days you'd say content producer, artist, programmer, musician, pokerist. More about me at https://KentBeck.com.
Paul Shannon @bluerezz.bsky.social Head of Technology & Innovation for eLife and Sciety. Former VP Technology at 7digital, Agile Staffordshire Founding Member, Speaker, Author and Motorsport Fan (he/him)
J. B. Rainsberger @jbrains.ca A professional 5-pin bowler who owns a bowling center in Minnedosa, Manitoba, but who still finds time to help software professionals work with less stress for ready money. experience.jbrains.ca :: minnedosabowl.ca
Emily Bache @emilybache.com Software Developer, Technical Coach, YouTuber. She/her.
emilybache.com
Daniel Terhorst-North @tastapod.com Runs Goalwards: 'Your business, optimized.' Started BDD, caused Cucumber. Optimizes orgs, teams, code. Coach, mentor, geek, mischief-maker. Christian, infrequent blogger. WWGH
https://goalwards.co
Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social Principal Developer (Autotrader), writer (https://queen-of-questions.kit.com), podcaster (https://bit.ly/making-tech-better), @claresudbery@mastodon.social, Insta @claresudbery #BLM she/her
Tim Ottinger @agile-otter.bsky.social Software, guitars, books and articles,
Industrial Logic's own Agile Otter
Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social Principal Engineer, speaker, gamer, geek. Tattooed, pierced, and bearded. The 'guv' on https://github.com/BrighterCommand Line Editor at Chaosium for QuestWorlds: https://github.com/ChaosiumInc/QuestWorlds
#Tech - tech posts
#TTRPG - rpg posts
James W Grenning @jwgrenning.bsky.social I train and coach embedded software engineers in iterative engineering practices (TDD, design, refactoring) to help them be successful and enjoy their work.
wingman-sw.com
Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin.bsky.social Donkey mom, testing consultant/trainer, Vermont. See https://LisaCrispin.com for more.
Esther Derby @estherderby.bsky.social Coach, Consultant, Writer, Keynote Speaker.
So much more than the retrospectives lady.
Author of 7 Rules for Positive Productive Change.
Liz Keogh @lunivore.bsky.social Staff Developer, Lean/Agile coach, speaker, blogger, pattern hunter, poet, writer, complexity thinker, free will skeptic, Londoner, Goth, she/her.
Chris McDermott @chrisvmcd.bsky.social Husband, father ๐๏ธ, Lean Agile, Social Practice Theory, Complexity
Matthew Skelton @matthewskelton.com CEO at Conflux | Exec Advisory | Operating Models | Capability Design | Co-author of 'Team Topologies' and 'Adapt Together'
Jez Humble @jezhumble.net Works on my machine! Author of some books on software, MTS @ Anthropic, portfolio @ continuousdelivery.com. Previously lecturer @ UC Berkeley, 18F, ThoughtWorks, Google. All tweets fictional. He / him. โ
Steve Smith @stevesmithtech.bsky.social Technology leadership | Books leanpub.com/u/stevesmith | Blog stevesmith.tech | Work equalexperts.com | Conf agileonthebeach.com
Becky Arrowsmith @beckycodes.bsky.social Engineering Manager at Spektrix. Happy, healthy teams having fun = the best outcomes.
Also a lapsed cyclist getting back into the saddle. Tinkerer. Side project-er. DIYer. Systems thinker. ADHDer. Getting increasingly angry at the state of the world.
Wouter Lagerweij @wouterla.bsky.social
Seb Rose @sebrose.bsky.social Software, straw bales, smallholding
Kev Murray @kevcmurray.bsky.social
Robert Smallshire @robert.smallshire.no Founding Tubetrain ๐. Building Demonstrableยฎ at Sixty North. Director for lithium explorer Transition Elements. "utterly competent". Geoscience PhD. 330 ppm COโ. Cyclist ๐ดโโ๏ธ . Caver. ๐ณ๐ด๐ฌ๐ง
RonJeffries @ronjeffries.bsky.social Programmer. XP. Manifesto "author". Invented none of it, trying to share it.
If the way you live, the way you love, the way you are, harms no one, it's OK with me.
Oli Newsham @scarylooking.dev Sweary dev. Co-organiser of Dot Net North. Obsessed with rocks. Perpetual Lord of Misrule. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
โ ๏ธ All opinions are absolutely and irrevocably those of my employer. Especially the spicy ones.
Dot Net North @dotnetnorth.bsky.social Dot Net North has been connecting #dotnet developers in Manchester since 2011! Join our monthly in-person meetups for insightful talks, networking, community events, and more!
๐ dotnetnorth.org.uk
๐๏ธ meetup.com/dotnetnorth
Vimla Appadoo @thatgirlvim.bsky.social Co-Founder of Honey Badger. Trustee of diversityuk. Board member at Greater Manchester LEP. Podcaster. Keynote Speaker. Won some awards.
www.thatgirlvim.com
hatwell @hatwell.bsky.social it's hatwell! you know, hatwell from twitter!!!!! hiya!!! this is not me skeeting in a work capacity of any kind.
Agile Manchester @agilemanc.bsky.social 12-13 May 2027 | The Northโs practical, hands-on event for Flow, Lean and Agile practitioners
https://agilemanchester.net
Danny Smith @stormfoo.com Professional programmer, amateur musician and game player, hobbyist geek. He/him. Views are my own or more likely Simpsons quotes. Also @stormfoo@mastodon.me.uk and stormfoo.com, formerly @StormFoo and @StormPooper on Twitter.
Tom Bell @tomb.io Sometimes I am a software engineer, and other times a DJ.
David Whitney @davidwhitney.co.uk Director of Architecture @ fintech
Consultant. Author.
Rum, Alt Culture, Games & Metal.
C#, TypeScript, OSS, MVP DevTechnologies.
๐https://davidwhitney.co.uk/now - Other Socials
@david_whitney on Twitter, when that helps the inevitable migration tools.
ryan @ryangough.com parent, pragmatist, programmer, phlebotomists dream
MartinDotNet @martindotnet.bsky.social Observability Evangelist, DevRel @honeycomb.io, Microsoft MVP and #OpenTelemetry contributor.
I talk on stage about o11y and otel stuff... basically.
Phil Wolstenholme @wolstenhol.me Lead front-end eng @CoopDigital. Interested in the web (front-end, #a11y, performance), environment, bikes (everyday/utility) and science. @philw_@hachyderm.io
Andy @azdlowry.bsky.social
Shaf @shaftag.bsky.social Cofounder of The Riz Test
Ian | Founder & Firestarter @cubicgarden.com Previously Senior firestarter at BBC RD, emergent technology expert and serial social geek event organiser.
http://www.cubicgarden.com | @cubicgarden@mas.to
Tekin Sรผleyman โ๏ธ @tekin.co.uk He/Him | Ruby & Rails consultant | Git wrangler
Founder of @jointogether.online co-operative
Organiser of @nwrug.org
tekin.co.uk
Manchester, UK
Sลawomir Wdowka @gl0wa.bsky.social Tinkerer of the web, home automation, IoT and things.
Neil Vass @neil-vass.com Helping software teams work well together
Paul D'Ambra @pauldambra.dev gives a whole new meaning to the term "spaghetti code"
Leading a bunch of teams @posthog.com
ex @coopdigital @footclicksus
swears too much, draws rubbish diagrams
(he/him/his)
https://pauldambra.dev
Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social โ๏ธ Autistic / monotropic
โ๏ธ ADHD / kinetic
โ๏ธ Mathematician / software developer (retired)
Fairly opinionated about all three.
Macclesfield, UK.
Sam Phillips @samsworldofno.bsky.social Principal engineer in HealthTech. Startup tech advisor, former founder and CTO with 3x exits. Interested in everything, currently coding in Ruby, TypeScript and Golang.
ambitionisgood.com/sam
Manchester, UK
@joe-fenton.bsky.social @joe-fenton.bsky.social
DaVe @mckjerral.bsky.social Coder, dog wrangler and mildly incompetent autist
Bobby Bobak ๐ต๐ฑ @pbobak.bsky.social Creator of the Filtru appโฆ coffee app for the people! Making specialty coffee more accessible! Swift, 3D design, Rails, Golang
bobby.build
Michael Josephson @michaelj.bsky.social Engineering leader and product-minded software developer, based in Manchester UK ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ธ๐จ๐ปโ๐ณโ๏ธ
๐ josephson.org
Surly Dev @surlydev.bsky.social Yes, Iโm THAT Surly Dev. Profile to follow.
Tom Moitiรฉ @tmoitie.uk ๐ Macclesfield, UK
๐ผ Engineering Team Lead - Deskpro
๐ก Chess, Theatre, Cycling, Food, Motorsport
https://mastodonapp.uk/@tmoitie
Ben Nuttall @bennuttall.bsky.social Software engineer based in Manchester
Martin @martinrue.bsky.social ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I build things on the internet
๐จ๐ปโ๐ป Building a private community โข https://buildmode.club
๐ Languages โข ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ป๐ณ ๐น๐ญ
๐ Thailand
๐ https://martinrue.com