Software engineers I follow
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Adam Wathan (@adamwathan / adamwatham.me)
Best known for: Creating TailwindCSS
- Full Stack Radio podcast
- Hackers Incorporated podcast
- TailwindCSS: It looks awful and it works RailsWorld 2023 Talk
- Nailing your first launch Microconf 2018 talk
Julia Evans (@b0rk / jvns.ca)
Best known for: Creating awesome zines about programming
- So you want to be a wizard Montréal-Python Talk
- Making hard things rasy talk at Strange Loop 2023
- How to ask good questions blog post
- A debugging manifesto blog post
Takuya Matsuyama (@inkdrop_app / inkdrop.app)
Best known for: Creating Inkdrop tech note-taking app
- How to write markdown notes video/docs
- Issue-driven tech note-taking video/docs
- How I became a full-stack developer video
Gary Bernhardt (@garybernhardt / destroyallsoftware.com)
Best known for: Wat
- Boundaries talk at Ruby Conf 12
- Destroy All Software screencasts
- Execute Program programming course platform
- Things are knowable episode of The Bike Shed podcast
Simon Willison (@simonw / simonwillison.net)
Best known for: Co-creating Django
Highlights:
- Today I Learned posts
- Coping strategies for the serial project hoarder talk at DjangoCon US 2022
- My career is side projects and open source talk at South Park Commons
Aaron Francis (@aarondfrancis / aaronfrancis.com)
Best known for: Teaching you MySQL
- Burned out on JavaScript video
- Mostly Technical podcast
- Publishing your work talk at Laracon US 2023
- Do literally anything blog post
Maggie Appleton (@mappletons / maggieappleton.com)
Best known for: Beautiful technical illustrations and essays
- The best way to set goals video
- Just JavaScript course
- Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects essay
- A Picture Worth a Thousand Programmes talk at React Advanced 2021