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
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social Politics @ TPM // Previously @ Teen Vogue
Software Stewardship Lab @stewardshiplab.org A non-profit applied research lab ensuring the stability of the Open Source software ecosystem we all rely on.
✸ https://stewardshiplab.org
g.j.hilton @hltn.bsky.social historian of scenography: the material, manufacture & manufacturers of early modern spectacle (intermezzi, machines, festivals, feasts, fireworks)
before I was ill: choreographer, production designer, theatrical engineer
2025-7 pivot: msc bweh ems
Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com #rustlang, #jj-vcs, atproto, shitposts, urbanism. I contain multitudes.
Working on #ruelang but just for fun.
Currently in Austin, TX, but from Pittsburgh. Previously in Bushwick, the Mission, LA.
Molly White @molly.wiki writes citationneeded.news • runs @web3isgoinggreat.com and @influence.citationneeded.news • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian
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Rich Hickey @richhickey.bsky.social Author of the Clojure programming language
Ruby on Rails: Accelerate your agents with convention over conf… @rubyonrails.org.web.brid.gy A full-stack web application framework written in Ruby, following the Model View Controller pattern, that includes everything you need to build modern […]
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Ryan Townsend @twnsnd.com Principal Product Manager @ Cloudflare • Public Speaker • 20+ YOE in Tech, 10 as CTO • LessonsofaCTO.com
Fable Tales @fable-computers.bsky.social Trans girl (They/Them). Rubyist. This is where I tweet about computers.
Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net geriatric millennial joshuawood.net/bsky
⎯
software • information • systems • dystopia • hope
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Joel Drapper 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @joel.drapper.me I’m a Ruby/TypeScript/CSS engineer at @plane.com and based in the UK. https://joel.drapper.me
I’m building a Ruby/SQLite serverlesslessness framework. I also maintain Phlex, Literal, Morphlex, MaskIcons and Ruby Schema.
Signal: joeldrapper.01
Ed Gillett @ehgillett.bsky.social Writer for higher. Freelance journalist covering music and politics, author of "Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain"
https://linktr.ee/ehgillett
http://edwardgillett.com
Michael Josephson @michaelj.bsky.social Engineering leader and product-minded software developer, based in Manchester UK 👨🏻💻🐶📚🎸👨🏻🍳☕️
🌐 josephson.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby Kubernetes SIG Security Co-Chair, container escape artist, goose in the mainframe. Minneapolis. They/them. Stay punk 🏴
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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com whitep4nth3r.com
Staff Engineer at [REDACTED].
I am not on The Internet.
♥ drummer, maker of musics @chromasetica.com
Ruby + Rails : Distilled @distilled.skillstopractice.com A collection of posts of interest to Ruby and Rails developers.
Hand-picked, high signal, always on topic.
Maintained by @skillstopractice.com
Also available as a feed:
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Bhumi @bhumi1102.bsky.social Building with ruby, rails, hotwire. Writing. Teaching.
It's more fun to understand things ✨
Programming newsletter: http://buttondown.email/bhumi
theleafnode.com
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RubyEvents.org @rubyevents.org Stay up to date with the latest Ruby events from around the world. RubyEvents is your go-to companion for events, talk recordings, and discovering speakers.
https://www.rubyevents.org
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website Protecting the Open Source infrastructure the world depends on.
https://vlad.website
✸ @stewardshiplab.org Executive Director
※ @opensourcepledge.com Director
※ @endowment.dev Adviser
※ Univ Edinburgh Philosophy PhD Researcher
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com Writing The Pragmatic Engineer (@pragmaticengineer.com), the #1 technology newsletter on Substack. Author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook (engguidebook.com). Formerly at Uber, Skype, Skyscanner. More at pragmaticengineer.com- H Pete @herlihy.bsky.social
Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social the money stuff guy
TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social Author and podcaster #ActuallyAutistic
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
@markkirschstein.bsky.social @markkirschstein.bsky.social
Neil Vass @neil-vass.com Helping software teams work well together
Peter Bhat Harkins ✔️ @push.cx Programmer by day, programmer by night.
Blog: https://push.cx Bootstrapping: https://recheck.dev
I run https://lobste.rs and stream office hours Mon+Thu: https://push.cx/stream
For people migrating, I was @pushcx on Twitter. I use he/him.
Henrik Nyh @henrik.nyh.se 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 Swedish web developer in the UK.
🏠 https://henrik.nyh.se
❤️ @johannaost.com
Avdi Grimm @avdi.codes Head gardener, @graceful.dev. Code cleric, software coach and consultant, author, Ruby Hero, recovering podcaster, and very tired dad of many kids. He/him.
Home: http://avdi.codes
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
Rob Gough @robgough.net Product-Led Engineering Leader · Fractional CTO · Based in Manchester, UK
Building @stayupfront.bsky.social
nuno 🍉 @diffuze.bsky.social A long succession of failed (Encyclopedia: Trivial) passives
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Gilles Peterson @gillespeterson.bsky.social Broadcaster, DJ, Record Label owner
Joel Chippindale @joel.social.monkeysthumb.co.uk.ap.brid.gy CTO Coach, see https://monkeysthumb.co.uk. Previously CTO at Unmade, FutureLearn and Econsultancy.
Working with talented start-up and scale-up CTOs who want […]
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Sławomir Wdowka @gl0wa.bsky.social Tinkerer of the web, home automation, IoT and things.
demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon.bsky.social no thanks
James Hoffmann @jameshoffmann.bsky.social I mostly make things to do with coffee.
Tamlyn @tamlyn.org Yes, it is
North West Ruby User Group @nwrug.org Meetup for Ruby developers of the North West of England. Meeting the third Thursday of every month nwrug.org
Manchester, UK
John Cutler @johncutle.fish I like the beautiful mess of product development.| newsletter: https://cutlefish.substack.com
Manchester Digital @mcrdig.bsky.social Manchester Digital is the trade body that represents Greater Manchester’s most forward-thinking and progressive digital and tech companies.
Martin @martinrue.bsky.social 🙋🏻♂️ I build things on the internet
👨🏻💻 Building a private community • https://buildmode.club
🌎 Languages • 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇻🇳 🇹🇭
📍 Thailand
🔗 https://martinrue.com
United Tech & Allied Workers @utaw.tech United Tech & Allied Workers, organising across UK & NI | The first union for tech workers, by tech workers | A branch of CWU | 📧 contact@utaw.tech
Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her @lauriewroe.bsky.social Associate Prof Durham Sociology
Co-founder and trustee at Social Workers Without Borders
“Lefty No Borders weirdo with a bullring through her nose”
Paul Campbell @paulca.com Co-founder and CEO of Team Tito.
Tito is an Irish company that makes:
- Tito (https://ti.to) for event registration
- Vito (https://vi.to) for online communities
- Tito Pro (https://pro.tito.io) for branded experiences
Dave Copeland @davetron5000.com Author of BrutRB, our last best hope for Rubykind (https://brutrb.com) - former Mood Health, Stitch Fix, LivingSocial, Opower. I play bass and love to scuba dive.
Kevin Rutherford @kevinrutherford.bsky.social ✔️ Autistic / monotropic
✔️ ADHD / kinetic
✔️ Mathematician / software developer (retired)
Fairly opinionated about all three.
Macclesfield, UK.
Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion.
Londoner in Merseyside.
Blog at emilywebber.co.uk
Biz at hellotacit.com
Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
Ayush @ayushn21.bsky.social Pink Floyd and Steven Wilson addict. Test cricket enthusiast.
Author of The Rails and Hotwire Codex. @bridgetownrb.com core. I write Ruby for money.
✍️ https://binarysolo.blog
📝 https://railsandhotwirecodex.com
📸 https://fslash42.com
Jeremy Hinegardner (he/him) @copious.dev a.k.a copiousfreetime - not-quite-the social media person I used to be.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
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
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
Luke Redpath @lukeredpath.co.uk Staff iOS Engineer📱🏋🏻♀️🚴♂️🃏
Nat Buckley 🏳️⚧️ @natbuckley.bsky.social Designer, they/them
YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@natbuckley
Old school website: https://natbuckley.co.uk
Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social Underwhelmist.
@nateberkopec.bsky.social @nateberkopec.bsky.social
Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy Rubyist, guy behind @sidekiq and Faktory.
For support, please open a new discussion at https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/discussions.
Personal: @getalifemike
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Mike Perham @mike.contribsys.com CEO/Engineer, creator of Sidekiq
https://mikeperham.com
https://contribsys.com
https://sidekiq.org
Portland, OR
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.
John Hawthorn @jhawthorn.com Writing code for @Shopify, Rails, and Ruby. Previously @GitHub.
he/him | Victoria, BC | jhawthorn.com
Olly Headey @olly.world 8-bit hippy. post-modern victorian. pagecord foundling.
tweets auto delete. get ‘em while they’re hot 🔥
olly.world
pagecord.com
Jean Boussier @byroot.bsky.social Rails core, Ruby committer, Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom.
Amie Retallick @aimsr.bsky.social
Orta Therox @orta.io Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
Andrew White @pixeltrix.bsky.social CTO @unboxed.co
Unions 21 @unions21.org The leading voice for union best practice and innovation.
We help unions build for tomorrow.
Join Together @jointogether.online Worker-led co-operative building digital tools for trade unions. jointogether.online
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Beth @bethcodes.bsky.social Sr Staff Engineer supporting agile cultures that let developers build software well & help them learn how to.
Mediating a new scientific revolution associated with the night dream of post-industrial society
any/all
Sasha @sgerrand.com An Australian abroad.
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
RailsConf 2025: https://railsconf.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.
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms 🌸
tech blah blah
@b.astrel.la’s weirder half
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy
Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca programming and exclamation marks
blog: jvns.ca
zines: wizardzines.com
Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com Minimalist
Lucian Ghinda @lucianghinda.com Product Engineer, Ruby on Rails Developer
‣ Curator of newsletter.shortruby.com
‣ Helping #Ruby developers design better test cases at https://goodenoughtesting.com
Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social Web developer, movie buff, and pretty much the best guy you know.
Marco Arment @marcoarment.bsky.social Overcast, Accidental Tech Podcast, and… the internet, I guess
John Siracusa @siracusa.social Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. https://hypercritical.co
Adam McCrea @adamlogic.com I spend my days building @judoscale.com to help developers optimize their web hosting.
Follow me to hear about...
💎 Ruby on Rails
🚀 Heroku & PaaS
💸 Independent SaaS
Also on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlogic/
schwad @schwad.org Preeventualist. Rubyist at ZAR dot app
Peter Cooper @cooperx86.bsky.social GitHub user #118, programming, LLMs, 3D printing, and piano https://peterc.org/
Nickolas Means @nmeans.dev Storyteller, student of disasters, coffee obsessive.
📝: https://nmeans.dev
🎙️: https://managingup.show
👨💻: https://medscout.io
🌮: Austin, TX
🏳️🌈 Y'all Means All! 💚 Verde Hasta la Muerte!
Nadia Odunayo @nodunayo.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @thestorygraph.com | Maintaining http://speakerline.io | Dancing: https://instagram.com/nodunayo | Generally keen
Harry Llewelyn @harry.dev Trying to have fun writing software.
https://harry.dev
Mike Dalessio @flavorjon.es Mostly posts about gummi bears, space probes, and Ruby.
OSS contributor, maintaining Nokogiri, SQLite3, Rails::Html::Sanitizer, Mechanize, and more in the Ruby ecosystem.
Working at 37signals. Former Shopify, VMware, Pivotal, Bloomberg, various startups.
Ufuk Kayserilioglu @ufuk.dev Physicist turned software developer turned engineering manager. Current: Leading Ruby Infrastructure team at Shopify & Board Member at @rubycentral.org
🌐 https://ufuk.dev
👨💻 https://github.com/paracycle
📍 Nicosia, Cyprus
Phil Gyford @phil.gyford.com More active on Mastodon. Can't read DMs on here, but you can email me at phil@gyford.com
At https://www.gyford.com
In Herefordshire, UK.
Also runs @samuelpepys.bsky.social and @ooh.directory
Tom Taylor @tomtaylor.co.uk Co-founder & CPTO at https://breakroom.cc. Helps run @edinburghgravel.cc. Pushing the bees where they want to go.
absolute horses @jcoglan.com this is him here
I write books about programming --> https://shop.jcoglan.com/