Sam Stokes @five-eights.com Immigrant, mixologist, engineer. Interested in feedback loops, abstractions, nuance. ex LaunchDarkly, Honeycomb, LinkedIn
Jasmine Otto @jazztap.bsky.social Visualization developer, researcher, educator @ University of San Francisco.
Prev. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, UC Santa Cruz (PhD, Computational Media).
UX: jazztap.github.io | Games: jatazak.itch.io
Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games @chrisdeleon.bsky.social I help people make games DevPods.gg GameDev since 97. Angry about AI. Worked on Topple, Boom Blox, Medal of Honor, IndieCade, Extra Credits, IGDA LA. 4 GDC talks. 400k udemy students, 10M YouTube views/100k subs, 185k podcast DL. Vegan for 24 yrs. he/him
kyla scanlon @kyla.bsky.social wrote a book called "in this economy?" | chair of the federal reserve | writing and youtube @ http://kyla.substack.com
Jake Gold @jacob.gold Building AI infra @ https://clor.com in SF Bay Area. Helped launch and scale Vibecode and Bluesky. Prev: Nuro, Docker, Google, founder.
Addicted to history, computers, and open systems.
Unconditional love for all conscious life.
https://jacob.gold
Pooya Parsa @pi0.io Building opensource stuff ◦ @unjs.io ◦ @nitro.build ◦ @nuxt.com
🌱 github.com/pi0 ❌ x.com/_pi0_
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Open Local First @localfirst.bsky.social The home for the communities of open source developers, engineers, researchers and designers who love and do Local First software.
Organizing the Local First devroom at FOSDEM'26 in Brussels. 1st Feb 2026.
https://openlocalfirst.org
Cornelius Toole @corntoole.com forever TBD
squillace @squillace.bsky.social "Does not pose a present danger." Corp advice and bail bonds. Also: PPM for OSS on Azure, vice chairperson @bytecodeallies. Mostly Linux, mostly helpful
Alex Komoroske @komorama.bsky.social Generalist fascinated by complex adaptive systems. Co-founder and CEO of Common Tools.
https://komoroske.com
Luke Hubbard @lukeinth.bsky.social I want agency over our technology. Convinced the way to get there is to build a super user agent that unlocks a composable web.
Let’s make it happen… https://userandagents.org
Own your browser before it owns you! https://xe.dev
Prev: LukeInTH on X
JauntyWunderKind @jauntywunderkind.bsky.social Iteration & expansion of our mediaforms.
Embodying ourselves amid the digital.
Singing life to the new bodies electric.
To properly become connected together we must devise better forms to commune with the machine & connect w ourselves.
#BetOnTheWeb.
phubans @phubans.bsky.social Indie Game Developer, Lover of Cult Films and Vintage Anime
https://madhouse.game/
Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev The open source AI code editor
James Arthur @thruflo.com CEO & Co-founder @electric.ax
Achille Lacoin @pomdtr.me Currently working on https://smallweb.run, your internet folder.
https://github.com/pomdtr
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
anarcher @anarcher.dev Somewhere between machines and people. Less is exponentially more. Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. 靑天亂流.
Craig @craigkerstiens.com Product @crunchydata previously MSFT/Citus/Heroku. Talk a lot about Postgres and startups. Why Postgres? https://www.crunchydata.com/why-postgres
Randall Degges @rdegges.com I'm just a happy programmer that likes to hack stuff.
Nate Finch @natefinch.bsky.social Gopher at GitHub working on Copilot. Author of Mage. Dungeon Master and Magic player. Used to be NateTheFinch on the Bird Site that shall not be named.
Ryan Dahl @tinyclouds.org cofounder of deno and creator of node
https://tinyclouds.org/
https://github.com/ry
https://x.com/rough__sea
Matt Holt @mholt.bsky.social Imperfect member of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. Husband. Father. Stepdad. Created @caddy.bsky.social. M.S. Computer Science.
deadprogram @deadprogram.com Technologist for hire, open source developer, businessperson, author, speaker, iconoclast.
TinyGo - https://tinygo.org
Gobot - https://gobot.io
GoCV - https://gocv.io
The Hybrid Group - https://hybridgroup.com
Blog - https://deadprogrammersociety.com
GopherCon @gophercon.com The premier gathering of Go programming language enthusiasts will convene at the Seattle Convention Center | Summit from August 3rd - 6th. Grab a pass at gophercon.com, and we'll see you in the Emerald City!
renee french @reneefrench.bsky.social painter, animator, writer/illustrator of books http://reneefrench.tv
Go @golang.org Go will make you love programming again. We promise.
https://go.dev/
alexisw [never mentally left XOXO] @alexisw.bsky.social Growing brands, products, people, and plants.
Previously June, Apple, IDEO — looking for something new.
Extremely into accessible games, art, and technology.
https://glass.photo/alexisw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexisw
ᴀʟᴇx ʀᴜssᴇʟʟ @infrequently.org Trying to make a web that works for everyone.
Also at https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff
For more: https://infrequently.org/about-me/
https://infrequently.org/
Tim Bray @tbray.org Web geek and environmentalist with a camera at the bottom left corner of Canada. He/him.
I’m mainly on Fedi, @cosocial.ca@timbray. On this account I mostly post #blueskyabove photos; for more, if you’re not on Fedi try @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
kottke.org @kottke.org home of fine hypertext products since 1998. https://kottke.org
Chris Messina @chrismessina.me 😬 Man of the internet; generalist.
🆕 App updates and snark.
🫡 Twitter sober since April '23.
#️⃣ Invented the hashtag.
🚬 Non-smoker.
Blaine @blaine.bsky.social Sociotechnologist, activist. First employee @ Twitter, built that and pioneered social decentralization, created OAuth. Shy cloud-observer, mostly. Building Roundabout for local communities at @newpublic.org.
Grue @bengrue.bsky.social Just a man, not a brand
FourbitFriday @fourbitfriday.bsky.social Irredeemable Game Dev
: Co-founder @oddobject.zone
: Catacomb Kids - ckgame.net
: Scrubbin' Trubble - scrubbintrubble.com
: UFO 50 - www.50games.fun
: Streams - twitch.tv/fourbitfriday
: Music - frror.bandcamp.com
: he/hɪm : ♠ ace : fourbitfriday.com
Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social Independent game maker and industry mentor. @finjico.bsky.social co-founder and director on https://usualjune.com/
More games and talks and things at https://adamatomic.com/
Scott Anderson @impossible.bsky.social Game developer at @unity.com. Prev: Facebook Horizon, Oculus, Funomena , Call of Duty, ShadowPhysics
He/Him
Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social Sometimes, when I'm in the right mood, I make video games and art. Or something.
Made Celeste with friends, working on City of None and Jumper at EXOK.
www.noelberry.ca
Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data. https://datasette.io […]
[bridged from https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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.
Adam Wathan @adamwathan.com I don’t post here, follow me on X: x.com/adamwathan
Brad Neuberg @bradneuberg.bsky.social Machine Learning engineer @planet. Mentor with Frontier Development Lab. Previously at Dropbox & Google. Started coworking. Interests: Machine Learning, space, Earth Observation, VR.
http://codinginparadise.org
Twitter: @bradneuberg
Tom Robinson @tlr.bsky.social technologist, decentralist. web, data, space.
Rob Lach 💖 @roblach.bsky.social The world is easy to change.
I Love Computing.
RobLach.com
Now: Disruptive Infrastructure.
Before: Games, Art, Non-Profit
🇺🇸
Leah Culver @leahculver.bsky.social
Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com Minimalist
Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev Knuck if you buck practitioner
Miguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social 🍉Fun Stack Vibing at @xogot.bsky.social
Started Xamarin, Mono, Gnome. Prev: Microsoft/.NET/Xamarin/Mono/VSMac/MAIA http://mastodon.social/@migueldeicaza
Mark Collier @markcollier.me Austin Powered. OpenStack co-founder, OpenInfra Foundation COO, ex Rackspace & Yahoo! open source for fun & profit.
Open Source AI early and often
@sparkycollier on twitter and elsewhere
Links: markcollier.me
Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com writer @ Core Memory • my two accomplishments here are that i invited AOC and i started the first-ever Hellthread • signal: kylie.111 • https://www.corememory.com/p/kylie-robison
DeWitt Clinton @dewittclinton.com I work on machine learning at Google. Father, husband, and Eph. dewittclinton.com
Tim Hockin @thock.in I like writing software, even if I don't get to do it much anymore. Kubernetes. Star Wars nerd, Expanse fan, dad, dork.
Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social 🎮 tech artist/shader sorceress/math dork
🌐 acegikmo.com
🎥 youtube.com/@acegikmo
🏗️ Shader Forge / Shapes / https://half-edge.xyz
📡 ex-founder of Neat Corp
🪡 neoluddite
my kids:
🥪 @toast.acegikmo.com
🥗 @salad.acegikmo.com
🐈⬛ @thor.acegikmo.com
Cassidy @cassidoo.co Making memes, dreams, & software!
Sr. Director of Dev Advocacy at GitHub. Married to a dweeb and mom to a nerdy toddler + baby combo. She/Her ✝️ CHI 🏠
Subscribe to my newsletter!
cassidoo.co/newsletter
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Brian Ketelsen @brian.dev Open Source. Bluefin Linux, Go, Incus and more.
https://brian.dev
jessfraz @jess.dev CEO @ KittyCADInc, 👩🏻💻 @ oxidecomputer, 📝 @ ACMQueue
Dave Cheney @dave.cheney.net Never look back darling, it distracts from the now.
Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. According to Field of Schemes, "tech exec and Oakland A's fan" -- but more of an Oakland Ballers fan now.
Brandon Philips @ifup.org Dystopia aware techno-optimist, founder (CoreOS), father (2), Oregonian, software engineer, AFOL, cyclist, gardener. (he/him) https://ifup.org
Tianon ✿ @tianon.bsky.social he/him; https://tianon.xyz
Setting expectations: I may post tech related things occasionally, but that's not what I'm here for (which is honestly mostly consuming human art and shitposts).
If you're a fascist, this space isn't for you. 🏳️🌈
(AI is fascist)
Matt Butcher @technosophos.bsky.social CEO of @fermyon.com. Creator of Helm and the Illustrated Children's Guide to Kubernetes. Fan of delicious coffee. Author of a bunch of books. WebAssembly enthusiast. Colorado resident.
Fermyon.com
Gabe Monroy @gabemonroy.bsky.social vp/gm @ google cloud. building for builders. 🇨🇺🇨🇼
cpuguy83 @cpuguy83.bsky.social
Tracy Osborn (tracymakes) @tracyosborn.com 💼 Head of Product @tinyseed.com @microconf.com.
🖌️Author of Hello Web Design. Visual design principles and shortcuts for non-designers.
🥾Outdoorsy entreprenerd. Lives in Toronto, forever a California girl.
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.
📍 London
🌱 maggieappleton.com
Jesse Noller @jessenoller.bsky.social Systems engineer, forest and outdoors superfan, I haven’t met a natural science I didn’t stan. Dad, writer, mycologist, lover of all dogs. Building data science, ai/llm/systems and other things at Anaconda. I grow things and I build things.
Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social Aviation, automation & a long list of other interests. 🇩🇪🇯🇲 Repeal the Jones Act ⛔️🚢 From Hawaii 🌺 Used to live in Iceland 🇮🇸 ég get varla talað íslensku. Eyes bigger than bookshelf.
David Crawshaw @crawshaw.io ceo exe.dev, tailscale co-founder, programmer
Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll.org Principal Engineer at Google. Simplicity and optimism. Personal opinions.
Eric Florenzano @ericflo.bsky.social Building assistance! Used to make AR/VR. Before that made mobile apps. Before that made web things. People first, then products, systems, data. he/him
Armin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at Creator of Flask • earendil.com ♥︎ writing and giving talks • Excited about AI • Husband and father of three • Inhabits Vienna; Liberal Spirit • “more nuanced in person” • More AI content on https://x.com/mitsuhiko
More stuff: https://ronacher.eu/
Jess Martin @jessmart.in 🛠 Tools for a better tomorrow
🧠 Architect-philosopher
💼 Building https://lifebuild.me
🏠 https://jessmart.in
📍Fuquay-Varina, NC
John Resig @johnresig.com Creator of jQuery, Chief Software Architect at Khan Academy, Japanese print nerd. https://johnresig.com/ https://ukiyo-e.org/ (bot: @ukiyo-e.org)
Kitt Hod @ki.tt But the tigers come at night...
John Sheehan @john-sheehan.com Developer @trailbot.com, Owner @roambikeshop.com.
Julien Genestoux @ouvre-boite.com VP of Engineering at @relayProtocol!
Previously, founder @unlock-protocol.com (aqui-hired by Relay in 2025), founder @superfeedr (RSS, websub), sold to @medium.com in 2016!
Also goes by julien51 on the Internet!
https://ouvre-boite.com
Guillermo Rauch @rauchg.blue @vercel.com
Dan Phillips @d-philla.bsky.social Software Engineer. Wasm-stan. Team Vim and Italian Beef. Interested in WebAssembly? Join us at twitter.com/WasmChicago.
Tom Preston-Werner @mojombo.bsky.social Inventor. Building Preston-Werner Ventures. Formerly: GitHub cofounder & CEO. Board member at 128 Collective, Gitpod, Hack Club, Mote Hydrogen. Also: Gravatar, Jekyll, SemVer, TOML.
Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social https://mossmouth.com/
Joe Beda @h.olysh.it Out of retirement to be CTO @ Stacklok. Did k8s, GCE, gtalk and IE. Figuring shit out. Protect Trans kids 🏳️⚧️. Seattle. Signal: jbeda.99 he/him
Andrey Petrov @shazow.net A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS. 🇨🇦
Also on:
https://shazow.net
https://github.com/shazow
https://farcaster.id/shazow.eth
Justin Tunney @justine.lol I built a C library that lets you compile 12kb static binaries that run natively on Linux, Mac, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and BIOS using just GCC/Clang.
@jazzychad.bsky.social @jazzychad.bsky.social
Dan Fessler @danfessler.com Senior Engineer @ Roblox / CCO & co-founder at Incite Interactive
Anthony Sorace @anths.bsky.social For social things, you’ll find me at @a@pdx.social in the Fediverse.
termie @termie.bsky.social Artist, Dog, Lover
Andy Baio @andy.baio.net The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter.
WWW: https://waxy.org
Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio
David E. Weekly @dweekly.bsky.social I like to start things.
Jesse Andrews @anotherjesse.com open source software hacker. dad. Retired contra dancer (but thinking about a return to service)
Adam Wiggins @adamwiggins.com Working to make computers better. Cofounder of Ink & Switch, Heroku, and Local-First Conf.
Solomon Hykes @shykes.bsky.social Making dagger.io. Before that: founded Docker. "No is temporary, yes is forever".
Anselm Eickhoff @anselm.io Thinking about code & design. Play is the only humane form of work. Founder of @garden.co - creator of Citybound & @jazz.tools
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/
Charity Majors @charity.wtf cofounder/CTO @honeycombio, co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering. I test in production and so do you. 🐝🏳️🌈🦄
Mark Christian @shinyplasticbag.bsky.social I’m just happy to be here ☀️
Armon Dadgar @armon.bsky.social Co-founder of HashiCorp. Passionate about technology and startups. I love to build things.