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Alex Elias is a robotics engineer with a Ph.D. from RPI. His work centers on inverse kinematics, motion planning, and control for robot arms and mobile robots. He solves real-world problems with math. His research includes cuspidality, redundancy, and parallel mechanisms. He designed algorithms for 7-DOF elastic-joint arms to service satellites in orbit. He led development of 5 mobile robots for tent manufacturing and designed a GUI-based hybrid motion and force controller for robotic deep rolling.

Paul Smith is a software engineer and computer programmer living in Evanston, IL. He has been developing websites and applications professionally for more than two decades. He was a leader of the “tech surge” that fixed HealthCare.gov. He co-founded and was the founding CTO of Ad Hoc. He is formerly the CTO of Public Good Software. He was the Deputy Director of Technology at the Democratic National Committee from September 2011 through February 2013 and worked closely with the Obama For America 2012 campaign. He co-founded EveryBlock in 2007. He co-founded Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail in 2003 and continues to serve on the board. He intermittently attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he studied physics and philosophy. He is originally from Maryland.

Dany Bittel is a self-employed digital artist and developer from Switzerland. His background is in visual effects and animation, and he now specializes in interactive installations. He likes to experiment and work across different fields such as graphics programming, macro photography, and 3D scanning and modeling. Dany combines his artistic vision with technical expertise to develop custom solutions and interactive experiences. He is the creator of Miqula, a programming system for interactive content and games. Earlier in his career, he founded Elefant Studios, an animation and visual effects studio, and worked as a supervisor and director.

Andrew Marder enjoys playing with data and code. He maintains a website, Marder He Wrote, where he publishes posts on topics such as web analytics, the IndieWeb, and app defaults. He also writes about his web analytics journey and shares reviews of products like Proton. He has a newsletter where he provides weekly updates on his latest posts.

Praful is an engineer trying to understand how people, organizations, and technologies work. His work is usually to simplify the complex, to peer behind the veil where the beauty of code meets the messiness of reality. Currently, he is trying to build a new kind of bank at Column. He enjoys thought-provoking conversations with founders, product leaders, and engineers. He sometimes invests in startups. In his free time, he can be found chasing a great live set, picking fruit at the farmers market with his wife, or trying to perfect his latte art.

James O'Claire is the author of a personal website where he shares his analysis of mobile B2B trends. His work includes research on SDK usage across a large number of apps. He has investigated AI-generated apps and their use of SDKs and libraries. James also explores topics such as AI companies, personalization in ChatGPT, and self-hosting data. He has written about mobile trackers, Contabo VPS, and Android data endpoints.

Martin Alderson is the co-founder of catchmetrics.io. He writes about the intersection of software engineering and economics, with a focus on the AI transformation. Martin has worked on dozens of enterprise software projects and enjoys the balance between commercial success and pragmatic technical excellence. His blog was a Top 100 Hacker News Blog in 2025. He has been quoted in the Financial Times, BBC News & Digiday.

Bino Kochumol Varghese is a software developer and writer from India. He is passionate about the Web platform and enjoys creating things for the Web. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and over a decade of experience in web technologies. Beyond coding, Bino enjoys reading books, blogs, and notes on various topics. Occasionally, he writes poetry and stories in Malayalam, his native language from Kerala. He is curious about the world and loves to travel. This website is his digital garden, a space where he shares long essays, short notes, musings, photos, and code snippets.

Basil Labib is a senior at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, pursuing a B. Tech in textile engineering and a M. Tech in computer science and engineering. He is advised by Prof. Srikanta J Bedathur. He is passionate about making AI systems safe for humans. He was a research fellow at Impact Academy last summer. Previously, he was the Deputy General Secretary of the Board for Student Publications and a member of DevClub, Blockchain Society, and ARIES. His interests include psychology, philosophy, economics, technology, science, art, and design. When not working, he enjoys quizzing, watching films, and listening to Urdu rock music.

Antony is a software engineer who enjoys building things and learning new technologies. He is passionate about creating software that solves real-world problems and makes people's lives easier. He is currently focused on backend development, cloud computing, and DevOps practices. He is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow as an engineer. He also enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others through blog posts and open-source projects.

Timothy Nguyen is interested in how things work, mathematical elegance, and clear thinking. He received his B.S. and Ph.D in mathematics from Caltech and MIT. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (2011-2014) and then a Visiting Assistant Professor at Michigan State University (2014-2017). During these years, his research interests expanded into high-energy physics, where he investigated mathematical problems underlying quantum field theory. Most notably, his work provides a formulation of perturbative path integrals that simplifies and corrects prevailing conventional treatments. Since mid-2017, he’s been working on machine learning in industry. Presently, he is at DeepMind where he works on both fundamental research and solving real-world problems using deep learning. He grew up in the San Francisco bay area and currently lives in London.

Joshua Valdez is a software engineer, skier, and photographer. He is currently building Swarm, an AI IDE. Previously, he built Uber's load testing system, Hailstorm. He was also an engineering manager at Gem, and cofounder of Engines, building a repo setup agent. He has a Substack and a blog where he shares his notes on software engineering, startups, and AI coding.

Jorge Saturno is a researcher of atmospheric aerosols. His research interests include air quality, optical properties of aerosols, metrology of suspended particles, and black carbon. In addition to his scientific interests, he enjoys taking photos, designing logos and posters for friendly organizations, and hosting web services for his family and friends. He currently participates in Niboe, LAECESS, Scientist Rebellion, and Open Science Network in his free time.

Angus Cheng develops applications and writes about his experiences. He created Bank Statement Converter and wrote a book about its creation. He is currently working on a visual novel called Busty Barrister Barbara. He blogs about the game's development, including the technical aspects of building it and the process of hiring people for the project. He also writes about his personal experiences, such as applying for eVisas and spending Christmas with his girlfriend's family.

Gregory Szorc is a software developer with a focus on Python, Rust, and build systems. He has extensive experience with Python, particularly CPython, and has shared his knowledge on optimizing Python performance. His work includes projects like PyOxidizer, which aims to improve Python module importing and application distribution. He has contributed to Mercurial and has experience with Firefox build systems. He has written about topics such as open source, code signing, and version control.

Marnetto is a software developer. He is interested in programming language theory, compilers, and formal methods. He enjoys working on challenging problems and learning new things. He is currently working on a new programming language. He also enjoys reading, hiking, and playing video games.

Josh Clark is obsessed with making distributed systems faster. With a background in network engineering, he has spent years diving deep into networking, internet protocols, and performance optimization. His projects in grad school involved pushing Linux networking to its limits. Currently, he troubleshoots performance issues in sprawling, multi-vendor, multi-stack environments. He is passionate about helping others master Wireshark and explores unconventional approaches to performance optimization in his lab. He shares Wireshark training guides and documents esoteric ideas on his website. He can be found on LinkedIn and GitHub.

Antoine Finkelstein is a software developer and the founder of Hunter, a SaaS for marketing and sales people. He is currently working on Interleave, a tool in the knowledge space. This site is his personal blog where he shares what he's currently learning or thinking about, usually on topics related to technology, business, and health. He can be reached through Signal @antoine.96 or via [email protected].

Elliot C Smith is interested in product, GTM (Go-To-Market), and other things he finds interesting. Over his career, he has written code, designed PCBs and MRI machines, run Google ads, been out on the road doing sales, and managed teams doing all of the above. He has experimented with Google Stitch, an AI chat interface for product mock ups. He enjoys playing video games, including Megabonk, Hollow Knight, and Silksong. He uses OKRs as a goal setting technique. He has also spent time playing on his Steam Deck.

Octt is interested in computers and networks. He likes to tinker with them, and sometimes he makes stuff. He also enjoys learning about how things work. He has a blog.