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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me vibe coding is the way. I bootstrapped a remote company before it was cool. Founder @PSPDFKit (exit to Insight). ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Boris @bmann.ca Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration.
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Day job trying to make the Internet a nice place for humans. Chicago.
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Zach Holman @holman.bsky.social building signed.com and calendearing.com. investing: tifo.com. formerly: @github, @gitlab.
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Alex Suzuki @alexsuzuki.com Solo founder/dev of https://strich.io
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Mike Julian @mikejulian.com Cofounder/CEO at DuckbillHQ.com. @mike_julian on Twitter
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Thiago Araujo @thdaraujo.bsky.social Ruby developer very food motivated - www.hexdevs.com
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Anton Tkachov @antontkachov.bsky.social Talent-as-a-Service Founder | Ukrainian ๐บ๐ฆ living in Chicago ๐บ๐ธ | Helping Tech Leaders engage incredible coding and design professionals via flexible | Ruby / Python / Node.js / React.js / Vue.js / UX / UI
Bria @bobabria.bsky.social 
Rhiannon Payne ๐๐๐ @rhiannon.io Author of The Remote Work Era book ๐ | Founder of Seafoam.media ๐ | Marketing for clients including @activeagents.ai & prev @rubycentral.org ๐ | SF-based & semi-nomadic ๐โ๏ธ
Maciej Litwiniuk @handle.invalid Been there, shipped that. Now building humadroid.io - an affordable GRC solution saving small businesses from compliance nightmares. Sold a company, directed engineering, but these days I find zen painting minis. Still coding, still building stuff.
Justin A Levine @justinalevine.bsky.social Dad 1st, I write about and photograph stuff, mostly the Adirondack Park in New York. Love me some Phish, Chicago Bears, and all things outdoors
Johnathan Lyman @johnathan.org Program and programming accessories @heroku.com. Rubyist. Bass fishing. Built and sold websites for money. Certified drone pilot. Also brewerysearch.com and johnathan.org.
Mostly computers and sports, here. Partial owner of Chasing Liberty and Neat.
Andrew James @ajames.dev Senior Engineer @ Coinbase
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The Peopleโs Project.
I live in Cambridge, MA. ๐ฆ
Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io Vibe bootstrapping a software holding co & a service holding co. Previously CTO for an 8-figure exit. Husband, dad, & โ๏ธ
CraftedWeb.to
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
steve @stevecrosby.bsky.social hello, stevecrosby.com
@anthonypierri.bsky.social @anthonypierri.bsky.social 
thoughtbot @thoughtbot.com Helping teams build reliable software and reduce risk
https://thoughtbot.com/
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
John M. P. Knox @windaddict.bsky.social Patented CEO Chaos Killer. TinySeed mentor. Advisor, consultant.
Mac Martine @saasmakermac.bsky.social Co-founder @ DemandBird - the content production pipeline for agencies & founders publishing across every platform. 2 SaaS exits.
Benjamin Hyneck @benhyneck.bsky.social Father of 2. Global Citizen. ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐บ๐ธ Recovered big-tech leader, now wandering Solopreneur.
Teaches B2B Sales. Loves Nerdy Things.
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Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com Christian, husband, dad, co-founder of Honeybadger.io, fan of Ruby, creator of the faker gem, EV nut (1, 2, and 4-wheel), LSU football fan, and cycling enthusiast in the PNW.
@dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social @dr-sherrywalling.bsky.social 
Vova Feldman ๐ Attending #WCEU @vovafeldman.com I'm a father, software maker, OSS enthusiast, cat lover, and capoeira practitioner ๐คธโโ๏ธ Founder freemius.com, plugin.fm. #buildinpublic #SaaS #WordPress
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Science news with attitude for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth.
DM to contact me securely on Signal
MicroConf @microconf.com The largest community for independent SaaS founders, co-founded by @robwalling.com.
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Or meet up in person at our world-renowned events: microconf.com/upcoming-events
mvn @alrightfine.cool https://www.alrightfine.cool
Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social 
Marcel Fahle @marcelfahle.net ๐ Building http://boldvideo.com & http://pidro.online
๐งโ๐ผ Eng commercetools.
๐ค Elixir, TypeScript, Neovim, Video tech
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Courtland Allen @csallen.com indie hacker
Annedevj @annedevj.bsky.social Cofounder cto of a CRM for philanthropy โจ๐
Rails and Next.js freelancer,
Indie maker, explorer and builder of more things.
Vegan & full-time sunshine-seeker - I'd rather code blinded ๐ than locked in
componentlibraries.com
Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Andy Peters @andypeters.bsky.social founder / developer / bikes / hikes / music
๐จ๐ปโ๐ป ruby on rails / javascript / ai
๐ boulder, co / previously omaha, ne
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMBโs biggest fan! Personal account.
Chad Paulson @chadpaulson.com Digital Music Veteran / Product Manager / Software Engineer / Founder of @ghostbusters.net and @warppipe.com.
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John Beeler @johnbeeler.com ATL via IND, Canada / loves talking about the weather, dadding, biscuits, atlanta, oilers ๐ / looking for faces in unusual places / record label guy
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shenetworks @shenet.works Networking โข Hacking โข Hacking Networks (she/her)
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Emma Fletcher @emmafletcher.bsky.social Self-Employed since 2022 running niche internet business, my family doesn't understand how I make $$$
Making DIY soldering kits -> learntosolderkits.com
Helping biz owners with emails -> evergreensupport.co
Previous life software engineer, still a nerd
Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is Former Twitter user, but I left when it became a Nazi bar. Made the nytimes Twitter bot, worked for the NYT before moving into civic technology. Living in Takoma Park, MD and fighting for a hopeful and humane future. (He/him) More info at jacobharr.is
Will Myers @will-myers.com Developer.
Squarespace User.
Code Aficionado.
Will-Myers.com
Thomas Sanlis @tsanlis.bsky.social Indie Hacker ๐ซ๐ท
uneed.best (@uneed.best), launch platform.
writizzy.com, blogging platform.
$130K in 2025.
2026 goal: $200K.
Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies.bsky.social Bolts from above hurt the people down below.
Jordan Running @jrunn.ing He/him โข Dad, software engineer, karaokeist, recent Minnesota transplant
Jean Boussier @byroot.bsky.social Rails core, Ruby committer, Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom.
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.
โ๏ธ https://binarysolo.blog
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Brad Frost @bradfrost.com I make things and help people. Web designer & developer, teacher, consultant, speaker, writer, musician, & artist. Host of Wake Up Excited! Author of Atomic Design. Enthusiasm enthusiast.
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/
Schappi @schappi.com ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ญ Founder of littlebird.com.au and www.koi.app Venn Diagram: #ai #ar #ecommerce #ruby #hardware #oshw #usdz #software #robots #rails #rpi #rubyonrails #shopify #openai #anthropic #scifi. 2025 = ๅค่ง็ตๅถ (takaku keiei)
Matt Castillo @mattcastillo.com Designer, developer, founder based in NYC
Running dabble.fyi, a product studio building experiences that inspire, empower, and amplify creative expression.
Also available for freelance design opportunities: mattcastillo.com
Brian Sierakowski (Changebot ๐ข๐ข) @briansierakowski.com Changebot Cofounder. Cool dude.
https://changebot.ai/
Sharath Kuruganty @5harath.bsky.social Head of Community Threado.com
Building blubi.ai
Prev: Product Hunt | 1x exit founder.
Empowering founders to leverage the power of community building.
JP Camara @jpcamara.com Principal software engineer @Wealthbox.
Husband/Father. Health, travel, tech and Ruby enthusiast.
Tech blog at https://jpcamara.com
Jokes at https://logicalconclusionscomic.com
Claire Vo ๐ค @cvo.bsky.social chief product officer in real life & on tiktok
eng, pm, data & design @ color, prev. optimizely
founder vibes, okr influencer, sf mama
twitter.com/clairevo
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.)
Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan)
Opposed to Tuberculosis
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.
Matt Wensing @mattwensing.bsky.social Working @ Customer.io. Started two startups previously. Iโve been called relentless.
Peter Suhm @petersuhm.com Works at Tailwind Labs.
Current projects: Ogkit.dev.
Past projects: Reform.app, BranchCI.com, WPPusher.com.
Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com she/her
Author. Not the one from Rent.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maureenjohnsonbooks/
https://maureenjohnsonbooks.com
Stefanni Brasil @stefannibrasil.me stefannibrasil.me | Talk with me about active transportation, third places, vegan/plant-based, personal finances, and books! Co-organizer of kindfork.ca, a vegan social club based in Calgary.
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
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Sean Johnson @intentionally.bsky.social Helping people build more intentional businesses and live more intentional lives.
Justin Bowen @tonsoffun.bsky.social Rubyist with a decade of AI and computer vision experience. Building @activeagents.ai
Kamil Nicieja @kamil.fyi Ruby programmer, product builder, and author. Iโm currently a lead product engineer at Plane, a Y Combinator startup making payroll tools. Read more @ https://kamil.fyi
Prabin Poudel @coolprobn.bsky.social Ruby on Rails Freelancer .
Traveller .
Teaching automated tests at https://minitestrails.com .
Building https://zeroconfigrails.com .
DM for collaboration .
Josef Strzibny @strzibny.name Indie hacking tendencies. Author of Deployment from Scratch and Kamal Handbook.
Florian Felsing @florianfelsing.bsky.social 
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
@yongfook.bsky.social @yongfook.bsky.social 
Justin Welsh @justinwelsh.me Helping 100,000+ solopreneurs build a fulfilling life through lean, profitable, one-person business at justinwelsh.me
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
KP @thisiskp.bsky.social Head of Community, Netlify
Alexei Shay (Bochenek) @heyalexei.bsky.social AlexeiShay.com
Executive Creative Director at animation studio Titmouse. TV and film development is how I spend most of my days. In a past life I was a commercial director and wrote horny video games.
Aaron Francis @aaronfrancis.com Sincere poster. No cynicism. Dad to two sets of twins! Co-founder of tryhardstudios.com
- https://MasteringPostgres.com
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- https://screencasting.com
- https://mostlytechnical.com
- https://aaronfrancis.com
Julian Rothkamp @julian.me Co-founded @git-tower.com (acquired). Now acquiring saas businesses with saas.group. Also building amongfounders.com. At home in Berlin.
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Tracy Chou @triketora.com founder @blockpartyapp.com, acq by deleteme.
harvard bkc affiliate. cofounder project include. early eng at pinterest, quora, usds. stanford bs ee and ms cs. 2022 time woman of the year.
Elliot Hirsch @elliothirsch.bsky.social Founder of Lake Forest Farms, AdYapper, and SwapSimple. Chicago based. Techstars NYC Alum. Data nerd, UX designer, product developer. Supporter of democracy, economic equality, and a living wage.
Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com Chasing Wonder, Engineer, Author, ORD Camp Instigator, Feminist. Previously: Founder & CTO of Tock, Xoogler, Ex-Apple. He/Him.
Optimizing for kindness
wonder.voyage
debuggingteams.com
Troy Henikoff @troyhenikoff.bsky.social 
Sam @sammyrosen.bsky.social Oh, Wow. Oh, Wow.
sammyrosen.com
Val Sopi ๐ @valsopi.com ๐ป AMSDeck.com founder
๐ป BlogMaker.app founder
๐ podcasting https://bootstrapping-saas.transistor.fm
๐ค thinking at valsopi.com
๐พ bullish on AI
Olly Headey @olly.world 8-bit hippy. post-modern victorian. pagecord foundling.
tweets auto delete. get โem while theyโre hot ๐ฅ
olly.world
pagecord.com
Ben Holmen @benholmen.com Big tall anti-entropy machine
Software engineer + general maker
Always curious about everything
Eau Claire, WI, USA | benholmen.com
...let's go exploring!
Travis Street @travisstreet.com Building since 2011
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