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Matt Rutherford. Ideas | Growth | Clarity

// MATTRUTHERFORD.CO.UK

Matt Rutherford lives in Dublin, works in tech, and writes about practical career growth. He shares tools, prompts, and ideas that hold up in real life. He aims to help people grow their careers without burning out, think clearer, make better decisions, improve communication, feedback, and leadership skills, and build habits that make the week feel easier. Matt has spent 30 years leading teams in tech and is an accredited coach. He specializes in making messy work simpler, leading change across teams and partners, and building calm, repeatable systems that scale. He also enjoys building small tools that make good habits easier, such as Start Writing Now. Outside of work and writing, music is his reset. He still DJs and collects vinyl.

WriterProductivity
Ireland
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[S][J][P]

// SURPLUSJOUISSANCE.COM

surplusjouissance is a writer, filmmaker, and media artist. They are interested in the poetics and politics of networked life. Their work explores the ways that technology shapes our understanding of ourselves, our relationships, and our world. They make films, videos, websites, and other media objects.

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Sebastian De Deyne

// SEBASTIANDEDEYNE.COM

Sebastian De Deyne is a designer and full-stack developer from Belgium. He works at Spatie, a web agency in Antwerp that specializes in Laravel development and open source packages. Over the years, he has worked in backend development, frontend development, design, and product/project management. He shares his thoughts and inspiration on designing, programming, and writing for the web on his website.

DeveloperDesigner
Belgium
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Numeric Citizen Space

// NUMERICCITIZEN.ME

Numeric Citizen is a technology blogger, content creator, and independent web advocate. He is an Apple fan and a digital nomad. He is part of the Secret Internet Curators or SIC. He explores various platforms and tools and covers them on his websites and YouTube channel. He sees AI as a learning accelerator, a processing tool for managing information consumption through summarization, and a writing partner that helps him connect concepts and ideas across his work. He is curious, vigilant, and critical about AI's true value proposition. He is a hobbyist learner and creator with established principles and a commitment to documenting what works and what doesn't.

WriterBlogger
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Mattia Compagnucci

// MATTIACOMPAGNUCCI.COM

Mattia Compagnucci is a designer, photographer, and writer. His work merges travel, street, and documentary photography to explore the interplay between individuals, society, and the inner self, delving into the emotional, social, and psychological dimensions of contemporary life. He observes people and places, capturing fleeting moments of life with his camera or through his writing. He is drawn to what is both visually pleasing and emotionally resonant. His curiosity extends beyond the visual, towards mindful ways of living and everything that nurtures personal growth and spirituality, with a pinch of pragmatism to keep it grounded.

WriterDesigner
Germany
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Rob Hope - Maker. Surfer. Optimist

// ROBHOPE.COM

Rob Hope is a design curator, maker and podcast host. He is also a surfer and optimist. As of 2026, he has paused his audits, workshops and services to focus on Bold Video, a startup he is co-founding with his friend Marcel. He created One Page Love, a resource for single page website inspiration, templates & resources, and Landing Page Hot Tips, which offers 100 snackable lessons. He also hosts the Yo! Podcast.

DeveloperDesigner
South Africa
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Evan Schwartz

// EMSCHWARTZ.ME

Evan Schwartz is an ideas person, inventor, and software engineer specializing in Rust and Typescript. He is currently working on Scour, a personalized content feed. He previously created or co-created Autometrics, TurboVPB and Turbo Phonebank, and Interledger. Evan has worked at TigerBeetle, Fiberplane, and Ripple. Outside of work and programming, he enjoys running, cooking, taking beginner salsa lessons, reading about political economy, and making ceramics.

DeveloperEngineer
United States
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Chris Loy

// CHRISLOY.DEV

Chris Loy is a software engineer, data scientist, and serial entrepreneur working in the AI space. His background is in engineering and data science. He was the CTO and co-founder of Datasine, a startup in the AI space that was acquired by Shutterstock. Currently, he works as a startup advisor and fractional CTO. Chris has experience writing code, training machine learning models, building software products, and running tech teams. He has worked at companies big and small, mentored junior engineers and data scientists, and served as an advisor for some companies. He writes about tech, data, and AI on his website. He is based in London.

DeveloperEngineer
United Kingdom
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Jordan Mechner - Video games, graphic novels, and movies

// JORDANMECHNER.COM

Jordan Mechner is an American author, graphic novelist, game designer, and screenwriter. He is best known for creating the video game Prince of Persia, which he developed on an Apple II computer in 1989 and rebooted for modern consoles with Ubisoft in 2003. He also wrote the first screenplay for the 2010 Disney film adaptation, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. His other video games include Karateka (1984) and The Last Express (1997). Since 2017, Jordan has lived in France, where he made his debut as a graphic-novel writer/artist with the autobiographical Replay. His graphic novels as writer include Monte Cristo, Liberty, and the New York Times best-selling Templar. In 2017, he received the Pioneer Award from the International Game Developers Association.

AuthorGame Designer
France
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Victor A

// VICTORANTOS.COM

Victor A is passionate about software development and dedicated to sharing his knowledge and experience with fellow developers, enthusiasts, and learners. His goal is to provide valuable resources and guidance to help others thrive in the tech world. Through articles, tutorials, and guides, he covers a wide range of topics in software development, including programming languages, frameworks, best practices, and industry trends. He aims to empower developers to reach their full potential and build exceptional software solutions. Victor A believes in the power of knowledge sharing and community collaboration to drive innovation and excellence in the tech industry.

DeveloperSoftware
Switzerland
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Edward Packard: Choose Your Own Adventure concept creator; author

// EDWARDPACKARD.COM

Edward Packard was born in 1931 in Huntington, New York, and grew up there. He graduated from Princeton and Columbia Law School, and served in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. Packard conceived of the idea and wrote the prototype and first book for Bantam’s Choose Your Own Adventure series. He wrote other books in the series and created other works of fiction and non-fiction, including Imagining the Universe (1994), which received a Scientific American book award. In December, 2024, he licensed six of his original Choose Your Own Adventure books for reissue by ChooseCo. The first of them, The Cave of Time, was released on August 5, 2025. The second, The Mystery of Chimney Rock, is due out in November.

WriterAuthor
United States
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Max Girkins

// MAXGIRKINS.COM

Max Girkins develops simple software to tackle interesting problems. He indicates a willingness to collaborate. He has recent content available to view.

Software EngineerFounder
United Kingdom
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Adam Stoddard - generalist designer & creative technologist

// AAADAAAM.COM

Adam Stoddard is a generalist designer and creative technologist. He builds human-centered products and engaging brands. As a designer, product strategist, user interface developer, and marketer, Adam takes a holistic approach to creating software that’s simple, practical, and satisfying. He currently leads design at Steady, and has worked at software companies like Netlify, Basecamp, and YNAB. His work has won awards and been published in design books. Adam spends time with his family in Sacramento, CA, and pretends he still lives in L.A.

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Joshua Fonseca Rivera | Senior Software Engineer & Researcher

// JOSHFONSECA.COM

Joshua Fonseca Rivera is a Senior Software Engineer and AI Researcher. He builds large-scale distributed systems, fine-tunes LLMs, and hacks vintage hardware. His AI and Engineering Labs projects include training AI to find Austin's most dangerous streets and investigating how RLHF silences AI. He also replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue memory and fine-tuned GPT-4o for YouTube. Joshua evaluated whether open-source AI can read its own mind and tested LLM reasoning capabilities against philosophical paradoxes. He has experience with MongoDB to Postgres migrations and scaling backends to handle traffic spikes. Joshua created Vim-Bujo, an open-source CLI tool.

DeveloperEngineer
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Ryan Kulp

// RYANCKULP.COM

Ryan Kulp is an entrepreneur and musician in Atlanta, GA. He operates a portfolio of companies and eats a lot of meat. He likes to read, write, work out, and entertain. In September 2020 he stepped down as CEO of Fomo.com, which was acquired in 2022. He spent 2 years pursuing music in Seoul, Korea. He lives on a ranch outside Atlanta. He does not have LinkedIn, Facebook, or OnlyFans profiles.

EntrepreneurBlogger
United States
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Max Leiter

// MAXLEITER.COM

Max Leiter is currently building v0 at Vercel. He is interested in politics, tech, and building a fast, accessible web. He co-created v0.app with Shu Ding, Jared Palmer, and shadcn while on the AI team at Vercel. He worked with Shu Ding and later Lars Grammel on the first three versions of the Vercel AI SDK. His projects include SortableJS-vue3, KnightOS, and The Lounge.

DeveloperEngineer
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Dmitry Brant – He's just this guy, you know?

// DMITRYBRANT.COM

Dmitry Brant is a software engineer living in Boston, Massachusetts. He works for the Wikimedia Foundation, leading the development of the Wikipedia Android app. He also develops software for digital forensics and data recovery. Dmitry is passionate about delivering products that carry broad impact, and are used and loved by as many people as possible. His focus is on clean and minimal user interfaces, and clean and maintainable code. He is available for consulting or contracting in areas such as data recovery, conversion of data from obsolete/legacy formats, reverse engineering, Android app development, Windows app development, and embedded development.

Software EngineerData Recovery
United States
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Rey Foret

// REYFORET.COM

Rey Foret is a person who listens to trees at night. Rey Foret takes recordings with capsule-microphones deep under the bark of trees.

DeveloperEngineer
United States
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Dave Pagurek van Mossel - Programmer and Artist

// DAVEPAGUREK.COM

Dave Pagurek van Mossel is a programmer and artist who works on tools for computer graphics. He is currently working on WebGL mode in p5.js and motion graphics software. He previously studied at UBC and UWaterloo. Dave is interested in computer graphics and spends his time working on animation software, developing p5.js, and working with the creative coding community to make better tools. In his spare time, he draws, makes animations, and writes music, including sarcastic cover songs and serious music.

DeveloperProgrammer
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Preslav Rachev

// PRESLAV.ME

Preslav Rachev is a multi-disciplinary creative who works at the intersection of software, photography, and ideas. He is a software engineer with decades of experience developing data-intensive software systems and applications. Preslav began programming in the late 90s, writing his first lines of QBasic and Pascal at the age of 12. Born and raised in Bulgaria, he graduated from the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) in 2010 and later moved to Germany to complete his Master’s degree. Munich remains his home. In early 2021, he started his independent business, focusing on education and building his own products and services. He also helps teams bring their ideas to market. Photography is a passion, and he is a writer.

WriterSoftware Engineer
Germany