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Adam Argyle @nerdy.dev Shopify design-engineer
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Overcommitted Podcast @overcommitted.dev The Overcommitted Podcast. 4 Software engineers chatting about their commits, their commitments, and some stuff in between.
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Every project gets a share of revenue, approved by its maintainers.
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Adrian Marin @adrianthedev.com Building the best dev-tools for Rails developers π
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ATProto Site: opensocial.community
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Mayra Navarro @mayranavarro.bsky.social Crazy Cat Lady, TDHA, Tech Leader WNB.rb
FastRuby.io @fastruby.io Productized services by @OmbuLabs.ai to remediate technical debt in #Ruby and #Rails applications. Open source contributors and maintainers.
Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social BikePortland.org founder π². Basketball coach π. North Portlander.
Martin Emde @martinemde.com Modularity @ Gusto, Rubyist
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Gabi Stefanini @lastgabs.bsky.social Leading Ruby & Rails Infrastructure at @Shopify π& building the future of Ruby & Rails at scale with awesome humans β¨. Night owl π¦ who codes, games, draws, travels.
Jared Norman @jardo.dev serving at the altar of digital commerce https://jardo.dev
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Alessandro Rodi @coorasse.bsky.social Ruby on Rails Engineer, Open Source contributor, Co-owner of Renuo, Father of two.
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Joel Drapper π¬π§πΊπ¦ @joel.drapper.me Iβm a Ruby/TypeScript/CSS engineer at @plane.com and based in the UK. https://joel.drapper.me
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Ufuk Kayserilioglu @ufuk.dev Physicist turned software developer turned engineering manager. Current: Leading Ruby Infrastructure team at Shopify & Board Member at @rubycentral.org
π https://ufuk.dev
π¨βπ» https://github.com/paracycle
π Nicosia, Cyprus
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Mark Erikson @acemarke.dev Redux maintainer, building time-travel devtools at Replay.io. I blog about React, Redux, and TS at https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com . Answering questions anywhere there's a textbox on the internet, and otherwise out on the golf course!
Josh Goldberg @joshuakgoldberg.com Open source dev, and @ Sentry
π¨βπ» Bingo, create-typescript-app, ESLint, Flint, Mocha, OctoGuide, typescript-eslint...
πͺ Boston TS Club & SquiggleConf
β Learning TypeScript (O'Reilly)
π Microsoft MVP
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https://joshuakgoldberg.com
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/
Megan Notarte @megannotarte.com βοΈ VP @ Cloud Four, π€ Co-founder of AI Portland
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Anton Tkachov @antontkachov.bsky.social Talent-as-a-Service Founder | Ukrainian πΊπ¦ living in Chicago πΊπΈ | Helping Tech Leaders engage incredible coding and design professionals via flexible | Ruby / Python / Node.js / React.js / Vue.js / UX / UI
Nadia Odunayo @nodunayo.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @thestorygraph.com | Maintaining http://speakerline.io | Dancing: https://instagram.com/nodunayo | Generally keen
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Working with talented start-up and scale-up CTOs who want [β¦]
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Jean Boussier @byroot.bsky.social Rails core, Ruby committer, Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom.
Kilian Valkhof @kilianvalkhof.com I build tools for devs and designers: @Polypane.app, FixA11y, Superposition | Electron governance member | He/him
Brad Gessler @bradgessler.com I build stuff people want with Rubyβlike BeautifulRuby.com, Terminalwire.com, TinyZap.com, Thingybase.com, LegibleNews.com, Sitepress.cc, and more.
π§π»βπ» bradgessler.com ποΈ rocketship.io π SF Bay Area
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Ruby Central @rubycentral.org Ruby Central is the organizing force behind RubyConf, RailsConf & the proud maintainers of RubyGems, Bundler. We've been advancing the Ruby ecosystem & community since 2001.
Get involved: https://rubycentral.org
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@eddorre.bsky.social @eddorre.bsky.social Writing code, solving problems, and making the web a better place.
Backend-heavy, full-stack capable. Rails, APIs, infrastructure.
Remote work, accessibility, and better UX for devs & users.
Openvibe @openvibe.social The App for Connecting Open Social Web
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads in ONE app, in ONE feed β¨
https://openvibe.social
Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy Rubyist, guy behind @sidekiq and Faktory.
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Personal: @getalifemike
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@nateberkopec.bsky.social @nateberkopec.bsky.social
Martin Fowler @martinfowler.com Software Design Loudmouth. Works for Thoughtworks. Also hikes, watches theater, and plays modern board games. He/him.
host of https://martinfowler.com
The Mighty Missoula @mightymissoula.com Cinematic Post-Rock Explorers from the Pacific Northwest.
Listen to our new album "Ghost in the Mountain"
@ellathecatlady.bsky.social @ellathecatlady.bsky.social
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Discord π£ http://discord.com/invite/ohmyzsh
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Planet Argon @planetargon.com Helping you sustain, modernize, and future-proof your #RubyonRails applications. Producers of @maintainable.fm and @ohmyzsh
Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social - OG web - design - hci - reading - writing - saas biz - edu biz - photos - cats - desert - she
"a powerfully repulsive mixture of dense, stubborn and arrogant" to people who don't like facts.
Fireside @fireside.fm π₯ Powering creators and their stories. Fireside FM makes podcasting easy, impactful, and accessible for all.
Taylor Poindexter @engineeringbae.bsky.social Engineering Manager @ Spotifyπ
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πββ¬ Mom of 3 kids and 12 cats
π Owner of Cozumel Greeting Cards
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Evan Arnold @evdevdev.bsky.social Hacking on something new, liking using Rails. Formerly founder at LayerUp (rip), co-founder at Yard Stick PBC (thriving), CTO/Head of Product at Snapdocs (unicorn). Shitposting about Chicago with love.
Ryan Bates @rbates.dev Producer of https://railscasts.com - Ruby on Rails Screencasts. Also https://rbates.dev
David Hill @davidhill.dev Ruby on Rails Developer
Host of the Ode to RailsConf podcast
https://davidhill.dev
Maintainable Software Podcast @maintainable.fm Curious Conversations on the Art of Software Maintenance. Hosted by @PlanetArgon.com CEO @robbyonrails.com. https://maintainable.fm
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
Zach Holman @holman.bsky.social building signed.com and calendearing.com. investing: tifo.com. formerly: @github, @gitlab.
Irina Nazarova @inazarova.bsky.social CEO @evilmartians.com
Co-founder of @anycable.io
Organizing @sfruby.com
Justin Bowen @tonsoffun.bsky.social Rubyist with a decade of AI and computer vision experience. Building @activeagents.ai
Peter Solnica πΊπ¦ π΅π± πͺπΊ @solnic.dev π οΈ Building @justcrosspost.app & @repobot.app
π¨βπ» Elixir/Ruby SDK dev at @sentry.io
π Creator of Elixir Drops π¦
β€οΈ Creator of rom-rb and many dry-rb gems and former @Hanamirb.org core team member
#ElixirLang #RubyLang #OpenSource #BuildInPublic
Nate Vick @natevick.bsky.social Technologist | Lover of the outdoors | VP of Platform Engineering https://clickfunnels.com | Building https://selective.ci
Stephen Margheim @fractaledmind.bsky.social
Kane Jamison @kanejamison.com Building & growing stuff on the internet. Currently working with growth teams on Rails.
π Based in Anacortes, WA
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π contentharmony.com
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π railsgrowth.com
Jacob Herrington (not verified proceed with caution) β οΈ @jacobherrington.dev self-taught ruby dev turned startup founder
something something building something new
everything i post is satire
Marty Haught @mghaught.bsky.social Director of Open Source @ Ruby Central. Engineering leader in Colorado. Community builder. Foodie, amateur baker, cook.
Honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io Application monitoring that helps developers move fast and fix things. We're everything you need to keep production happy β and nothing you don't.
π https://honeybadger.io
endorsed by jerry july 11, 2025
Josh from Honeybadger @joshuawood.honeybadger.io @honeybadger.io co-founder π§‘
@joshuawood.net worksonifiedπ΄οΈ
Blog: https://joshuawood.net βοΈ
Podcast: @founder.quest ποΈ
Developer-first monitoring and observability. π
Jim Remsik @jremsikjr.bsky.social Genuinely desire success in those around you and do what you can to make it happen.
Founder of Flagrant a software design & development consultancy.
https://www.beflagrant.com
He/him
Jon Buda @jonbuda.com β‘ Software, Ruby, SaaS, Running, Bread
ποΈ Co-founder of Transistor.fm (podcast hosting).
Jason Pearl @jsonperl.florp.org Product / Development @transistor.fm β€οΈ Indie Podcasters.
Kiddo π§ Coffee βοΈ Cycling π΄ββοΈCoding β¨οΈ
jamie @jamie.ideasasylum.com Previously, @ideasasylum on Twitter but not active there any more.
Also found on Mastodon: https://ruby.social/@jamie.
Blog: https://jamie.ideasasylum.com
Links: https://www.jamielawrence.me
CTO @ Podia. Swimmer. Ruby developer.
John Nunemaker @johnnunemaker.com Tweets about Ruby/Rails. Building @boxoutsports.com, @fireside.fm and @flippercloud.io. Huge fan of π and β±οΈ (southbendwatch.co).
Alan Ridlehoover @alan.codegardener.com Empathetic leader. Passionate Rubyist. Fallible human. Storyteller. Speaker. Environmentalist. Feminist. Ally. Swell photographer. Rusty drummer. Loving husband & twins dad.
Owner of too many hats, given I only have the one head.
the.codegardener.com
Michael Koper @michaelkoper.com Dad of two - Founder of https://nusii.com - Bootstrapper - Ruby on Rails
schwad @schwad.org Preeventualist. Rubyist at ZAR dot app