Tony Dewan @tonydewan.com Tie your shoes, pack a good lunch, and remember that we're all in this together.
I make software, mostly. Right now I’m helping home stagers with @hutchstaging.com, helping build @boxoutsports.com, making games at @mostlybits.co.
More at tonydewan.com
Rory Gianni @digitalwestie.bsky.social Freelancer. Building digital products for fun and profit 👨💻.
Likes creative and civic tech. | rgianni.com
Ben Sheldon @bensheldon.bsky.social I help small teams do big things and help big teams have big impact. And I build GoodJob, Day of the Shirt, Panlexicon, and Brompt too.
Rob Gough @robgough.net Product-Led Engineering Leader · Fractional CTO · Based in Manchester, UK
Building @stayupfront.bsky.social
Irina Nazarova @inazarova.bsky.social CEO @evilmartians.com
Co-founder of @anycable.io
Organizing @sfruby.com
Andrew Maier @andrewmaier.bsky.social UX research, service design, and facilitation — possibly in that order, depending on the day. Dad. Avid reader, occasional writer, amateur vocalist and baker. He/him. Montreal, QC, Canada 🇨🇦
Andrea Fomera @afomera.dev Senior Software Engineer • 🏳️🌈 she/her
Josh Nussbaum @joshnuss.com Software developer by day, hardware nerd on nights and weekends.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@josh_nussbaum
Building sveltestripe.com, github.com/joshnuss.
"Just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him"
Travis Street @travisstreet.com Building since 2011
👥 https://consult.now
📅 https://siliconmingle.com
🔗 https://joi.st
💬 https://founder.clinic
📰 https://links.supply
📦 https://product.now
🏠 https://travis.st/reet
Andy Croll @andycroll.bsky.social 
John Hawthorn @jhawthorn.com Writing code for @Shopify, Rails, and Ruby. Previously @GitHub.
he/him | Victoria, BC | jhawthorn.com
David Cornu @davidcornu.com This is a placeholder account. I mostly hang out at https://cosocial.ca/@dc.
André Arko @indirect.io thought misleader at cuberule.com
tired of saying https://actually.men
community gem server at https://gem.coop
ruby tools and consulting at https://spinel.coop
Dmytro Krasun @dmytrokrasun.com Building https://ScreenshotOne.com to help businesses with screenshot automation—400+ happy paying customers, $16K+ MRR.
I write long form at https://newsletter.dmytrokrasun.com/.
I support and promote other makers.
Akzidenz @akzidenz.bsky.social Akz Fraktur, award-winning amateur game developer, game jam host, jack of several, master of few.
https://akzidenz.itch.io
Onur Ozer @onurozer.me Marketer turned bootstrapper. Learning Ruby and building internet businesses.
cogrid.com - competitor tracking for SaaS
meetlars.com - your AI marketing strategist
apacagencies.com - discover top agencies in asia
I also play drums and bake pizza.
John Athayde @johnathayde.com Multidisciplinary Designer, Musician, Permaculturist | building @developerux.com | running @meticulous.com | chief stall mucker @sfumato.farm | MSTDN: @johnathayde@ruby.social https://www.johnathayde.com
Yvan @ybart.fr Consultant / Développeur d'applications avec Ruby on Rails 💎 et Hotwire. J'aide les entreprises à gérer leur croissance optimiser leurs processus de développement.
Je tiens aussi un blog quand j'ai le temps : https://www.ilyba.fr
Adrien Poly @adrienpoly.com CTO @plume-app Rails/JS aficionado. Creator of StimulusUse and rubyevents.org
zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social “King of Web Standards”—Businessweek. OG web designer/blogger. Automattician. zeldman.com + alistapart.com. Wrote “Designing With Web Standards.” Founded Happy Cog studio. Taught MFA IXD at SVA NYC. Co-founded A Book Apart & An Event Apart (RIP).
Daring Fireball @daringfireball.bsky.social Future home of automated posts from Daring Fireball.
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Adam Fortuna @adamfortuna.com Full-stack product developer (Rails/React) in Salt Lake City, UT. I love enlivening experiences, visualizing data, and making playful websites.
📚 Founder @hardcover.app
🎧 Developer @libro.fm
✍️ Blogger @ https://adamfortuna.com
𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 @davidjones.social React software developer, corporate schmuck, and responsible AI advocate. When not writing code, I'm learning to sew menswear or jogging on local trails. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈 #DFW
brettg98 @curiousorbit.com Chief Orbiter at Curious Orbit. Building and supporting customer solutions on AWS.
Beau Simensen @beausimensen.com https://beausimensen.com
#DomainDrivenDesign #DevLife #ddd
#EventSourcing #EventStorming
#php #symfony #laravel
🧔🏻 http://pronoun.is/he
Jason Resnick @rezzz.com I'm a Dad, Husband, email marketing automation expert, founder of NurtureKit, and a recovering web developer.
👇 There Are 4 Types of Email Marketers. Which One Are You?
https://youremailgameplan.com
Seth Chaffee @sethchaffee.bsky.social On a quest to do badass stuff with badass people! Producer, storyteller, SaaS developer, business bootstrapper, and joy seeker. 
Jim Hill @jimhill.uk Building stuff by the sea. 🏄♂️
🚧 🎙️usesidebar.app (iOS app to help you finally launch that podcast)
✅ datafiltr.com (SaaS used by 30+ UK unis est 2014)
✅ propellerexmouth.co.uk (Co-working community est 2017)
✅ brandparser.com
🅿️ ordaloca.com
🅿️ mobrule.ai
Ben Watts @benwatts.me Runner, lifter of heavy circles, baker, cocktail enthusiast, product designer in Ottawa. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Thiery Laverdure @thierylaverdure.com Creator of Litebase - https://litebase.com
Adrian Grimm @usmcamgrimm.bsky.social Ruby on Rails developer. I love Metal, Colts Football, Star Wars, and cats! Marine Corps vet.
#VetsWhoCode
@danlalib.bsky.social @danlalib.bsky.social 
Lars Lofgren @larslofgren.bsky.social larslofgren.com
Peter Van Dijck @petervandijck.bsky.social Laravel, genAI and the climate emergency. CEO at Simply Put. Fractional CPO and CTO at Rosenfeld Media. Dad. Born at 325ppm CO2 🌎🌱🔥 https://petervandijck.com
Mathias Lafeldt @mathias.blog Indie product engineer obsessed with dev tools, performance & AI. ⚡️
🔗 mathias.blog
The business starter kit @robbuildsbusiness.bsky.social Is the idea good or bad? How can you find out? What can you do to get started?
Gary Hewett 🇬🇧=>🇨🇦 @techmag.bsky.social I offer a helping hand to accelerate the progress of energetically aware people
My free gift: https://www.youtube.com/live/cSN7_tfBc9w?si=QU5FHwU5m1UsdaPG
Dave @allcaps.bsky.social Occasional commenter on things. 
DNSimple @dnsimple.com 
Josh from Honeybadger @joshuawood.honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io co-founder 🧡
@joshuawood.net worksonified🕴️
Blog: https://joshuawood.net ✍️
Podcast: @founder.quest 🎙️
Developer-first monitoring and observability. 📈
Kane Jamison @kanejamison.com Building & growing stuff on the internet. Currently working with growth teams on Rails.
🌎 Based in Anacortes, WA
👋 kanejamison.com
📝 contentharmony.com
*️⃣ fixture.media
📈 railsgrowth.com
Patrik Inzinger @patrikinzinger.com CEO appointmed.com Practice management tools therapists love.
✍️ "Slow & Steady" newsletter on staying small on purpose: saismo.at/writing
☀️ Summerholic & pilot chasing perfect weather at 8,500 feet 🛫
🔗 patrikinzinger.com
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
@levelsio @levels.io 💾 Pieter.com est. 1994
📸 PhotoAI.com $120K/m
🏡 InteriorAI.com $38K/m
🛰 RemoteOK.com $37K/m
🌍 Nomads.com $35K/m
🎁 levelsio.com $23K/m
The Panel Podcast @thepanel.bsky.social When it comes to bootstrapping and building software, there's rarely one right answer.
The Panel is a new podcast with a purpose: explore the nuance. We want to move past the easy answers, "drive-by advice," and Twitter gurus.
https://panelpodcast.com/
Adrian Valenz @adrianvalenz.bsky.social Husband, Father, and Full Stack Developer.
Building an interactive AI-powered Rails app builder: RubyWriter.io
Sean @seanofthedev.bsky.social Full stack web developer professionally, hobbyist astronomer, musician, outdoorsman. I'm usually doing something with code.
(neo)vim, Ruby, *nix
Anthony Eden @anthonyeden.bsky.social Founder of DNSimple, vendor of duct tape, purveyor of UDP packets. He/him. Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@aeden
Dave Giunta @davegiunta.com I spent the last 10 years building a calm, empathetic, highly functioning software development team at Home Chef. In October 2024 I left Home Chef in search of the next start-up founder looking for a technologist to build with.
Rosa @rosa.codes 🇪🇺 European ❤️ cities, maths, theoretical computer science, learning languages, puzzles & bicycles 🐶 Human to Mochi 👩🏻💻 Principal programmer @ 37signals - she/her - Antwerp 🇧🇪 / Madrid 🇪🇸
Sebastian Sogamoso @sogamo.so Engineering sendas.org. DadOps. Occasional conference speaker. Organized RubyConf Colombia.
Dennis Paagman @dennis.paagman.dev Freelance full stack stack Ruby on Rails dev — http://paagman.dev
Javier Cervantes @jvrc.ca I'm an entrepreneur/software engineer working as a consultant to help builders and founders use the power of technology to grow their businesses.
- jvrc.ca
- rubyforum.org
Sam Rose @samwho.dev That guy who makes visual essays about software at https://samwho.dev.
Developer Educator @ ngrok.com
He/him.
Clay Smith @davidclaysmith.com - He/Him
- Mainly Laravel @ Eventhub GmbH.
- Built @Akita.
- Helping my wife with https://www.instagram.com/letsfurl/
- Father to three wonderful sons, husband to a wonderful wife
- Live in the Azores.
Flagrant @beflagrant.com A small software company where developers & designers work passionately to deliver human-centered software. www.beflagrant.com
Adam Daniels @adamdaniels.ca Longtime developer. Run software agency of 1. Polyglot. Lately into small-bets. Trying to make every community I join better.
suspenders.app ( #crystal )
dnslint.com ( Async #ruby )
nodns.fyi ( #elixirlang #phoenix )
gemdocs.org ( #ruby )
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @colbertlateshow.bsky.social Catch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35pm ET on CBS and Paramount+ 📺 #Colbert linktr.ee/colbertlateshow
OC Transpo @octranspo.com People moving people | For Customer support & alerts: @helps.octranspo.com | On se déplace pour vous | Pour l'assistance clientèle et alertes : @aide.octranspo.com
OC Transpo Helps @helps.octranspo.com Ottawa’s Public Transit - Customer support & alerts: Mon-Fri 7AM-7PM, Sat 8AM-7PM, Sun 9AM-7PM.
Français: @aide.octranspo.com
Hello Weather @helloweather.com The exceptionally useful no-nonsense weather app for iOS and Android.
https://helloweather.com
Marvin Danig @marvindanig.com lousy guitarist. css engineer. book maker. open formats & web standards.
onto memories now.
I'm building Achiral ☞ https://achiral.ai
ArtbyAnyse (comms open!) @beancookies.bsky.social Artist and big ol' nerd
she/her, 34, Canadian 🍁
❗No AI is used in the making of my work❗
For commission inquiries, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/viTX7cCSMUuSucNH6
Ryan Hefner @ryanhefner.com Having fun, doing stuff.
🌐 ryanhefner.com
🎙️ allplay.fm
Jamming on:
💬 webmentions.com
🥇 opengraphs.com
⛱️ commune.software
🎒 starterpacks.net
#buildinpublic #webdev #indieweb
Emmett @emmettnaughton.bsky.social 
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/
Stanislav (Stas) Katkov @skatkov.com Linux on desktop is happening. I'm permanently building something.
http://devtui.com and http://poshtui.com
XO Ruby @xoruby.com We bring Rubyists together. http://xoruby.com
Here are the 2026 dates:
✅ August 8 - Seattle, WA
✅ August 15 - Vancouver, BC
📌 October 3 - Toronto, Ontario
📌 October 10 - New York City, NY
📌 October 17 - Montréal, Québec
National Capital Commission @ncc-ccn.gc.ca Official feed for the National Capital Commission. Building a capital that inspires Canadians.
ONIK.io - Rob @onik.io Bearded dad focusing on Web Performance.
Canadians Against Separation @notoseparation.bsky.social #teamcanada
@jasonswett.bsky.social @jasonswett.bsky.social 
Snook @snook.ca Everything and Nothing
https://snook.ca
@jaywest.bsky.social @jaywest.bsky.social Father of daughters. Director of Experience Design. Digital arts producer. Adventure traveller. Middle-aged rockstar.
François R. Caron @francoiscaron.bsky.social Concepteur Intégrateur Web
Enseignant chargé de cours
Photographe amateur
Musicien de salon
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Web Designer and Integrator
Part-Time Instructor
Amateur Photographer
Casual Musician
Mark Stephenson @mste.bsky.social Artist, designer, lover of birds
Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com Heatpump Papa. Software Engineer. Climate. Cargo Bike Dad.
Building software + communities to accelerate residential electrification.
@electrify613.bsky.social
https://electrify613.ca, YOW
Ben Houston @ben3d.ca Personal. https://ben3d.ca Serial Entrepreneur. Founder: https://LandofAssets.com (product photos for eCommerce), https://Threekit.com (3D for eCommerce), http://Clara.io (online 3D editor), Exocortex, and Frantic Films Software.
Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
Mastodon: @Mirgray@mstdn.ca
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Mike Grouchy @mikegrouchy.com Dad x 2, code, basketball and home automation nerd, still learning things. CEO @ https://pagecloud.com also building https://hoopsmachine.com Previously: Developer at SourceMetrics and co-founder of pycoders.
Jerome Etienne #AI @jerome-etienne.bsky.social AI engineer. I build dev tools that turn code into real numbers, not demos: codespine, issue_autofix, and 8 more. Open to my next AI role, DMs open 🚀
Ryan Strickler @ryanstrickler.com Always building something, usually with Ruby. Into calm business and slow travel. Let's be friends 👋
Job board: https://railshotwirejobs.com
Stuart, a startup guy, a sandwich lover @whoworksthere.bsky.social Building saasyDB.com - SaaS company database for marketers.
I like coffee shops and talkin' biz. I've got a lovely wife, two young daughters, and an old ass cat who got the diabetes now, but she is still cute. 
Andrew Culver @andrewculver.net Chief Product Officer, Chief of Staff, and Partner at ClickFunnels and OfferLab. Creator of Bullet Train for Rails. Founded and sold Churn Buster. ✝️
Balkan Ruby @balkanruby.bsky.social Balkan Ruby is about the long term. April 25-26, 2025, in Sofia, Bulgaria #balkanruby
Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, serial entrepreneur, and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts.
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social I paint. I used to do other things. I might do them again. He/him. Protect trans kids!
“One of our generation's most moving writers.” —some Bsky rando
Shawn Hooper @shawnhooper.ca He/Him. Web Developer, Conference and Workshop Speaker. Theatre kid who still gets to do sound and lighting on the side.
Small town Ontario, Canada
Blog: https://shawnhooper.ca
RSS: https://shawnhooper.ca/feed
#webdev #php #laravel #wordpress #appsec
Jim Cassidy @djamescassidy.bsky.social 
IndieRails @indierails.com Jess Brown (@bjessbrown.com) and Jeremy Smith (@jeremysmith.co) interview guests and discuss the intersection of independent business and Rails. https://www.indierails.com/
Marco Arment @marcoarment.bsky.social Overcast, Accidental Tech Podcast, and… the internet, I guess
Chris Millward @millward.ca Lifelong software engineer.
#Frontend #developer by day, and too bloody tired from parenting to do anything by night.
Hobbyist-in-spirit guitarist, pixel artist, game developer
#guitar #gamedev #pixelart #chiptunes #desksetup #desksky
Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! Co-founder of tryhardstudios.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
- https://HighPerformanceSQLite.com
- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
Ze Frank @zefrank.bsky.social True Facts, the Show, Creepy Dave, Sad Cat Diaries…
Tekin Süleyman ☕️ @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
Join Together @jointogether.online Worker-led co-operative building digital tools for trade unions. jointogether.online
Jess Brown @bjessbrown.com Rails Developer // Co-Owner https://gettract.com & https://www.csepub.com
Co-host 🎙 of @IndieRails
Brian Rhea @brianrhea.com Startups and board games. Here for the hang.