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  • Sindre Sorhus - Full-time open-sourcerer. Maker of many npm packages and apps.
  • Pascal Hartig - Polyglot. Engineer at Twitter. Contributor to Yeoman, TodoMVC, WSK.
  • Stephen Sawchuk - Just having fun. Creator of wiredep, youmeyou. Helper of ^.
  • Mark Otto - Designer at GitHub. Creator of Bootstrap.
  • Zach Holman - Developer and speaker. Previously worked at GitHub.
  • Kent C. Dodds - JavaScript dev, open source contributor, community builder, and speaker.
  • Simon Boudrias - Yeoman, Inquirer.js and a bunch of other node modules. Software engineer at Yelp.
  • Reza Akhavan - Engineer at Mozilla. Co-organizer at NodeSchoolSF. Creator of Drywall, Frame, Aqua.
  • Wes Bos - Full stack developer, independent author, speaker, teacher and JavaScripter.
  • Anselm Hannemann - Freelance front-end developer, author of WDRL, co-organizer of Nightlybuild.io.
  • Blain Smith - Partner/Engineer at MadGlory and Odd Networks. Rebel Geek.
  • Lewis Cowper - Former forklift driver. Now web developer.
  • Blake Winton - UX Engineer for Mozilla Firefox, and the author of Whimsy.
  • Darrin Henein - Design Lead for Firefox Mobile at Mozilla, creator of Lastronaut.
  • Cassie McDaniel - Design Director for Mozilla Foundation, cofounder of Women&&Tech, speaker and writer.
  • Wenjie Fan - Front-end engineer for Linux Deepin, blogger of anotherhome.net.
  • Maxime Euzière - Front-end hacker and JS code-golfer.
  • Robert Haritonov - Front-end team lead, SourceJS maintainer and Living Style Guide evangelist.
  • Lim Chee Aun - Product engineer. GitHub stargazer. Anime lover.
  • Darcy Clarke - Developer, Designer, Founder, Mentor & Speaker.
  • Vishnu Ks - Student at IIIT Allahabad. Experimentalist.
  • Nick Desaulniers - Open Source Zealot at Mozilla.
  • Henry Snopek - Front-end developer, university student.
  • Mikola Lysenko - Geometry vagrant.
  • Drew Minns - Designer/Developer and Educator. Lead Developer and Instructor with HackerYou.
  • Heather Payne - CEO of HackerYou, founder of Ladies Learning Code.
  • Ryan Christiani - Lead Instructor and Developer at HackerYou in Toronto.
  • Ahmad Nassri - Head of Engineering at Mashape. Technology Entrepreneur & Dog Lover. Toronto ✈ San Francisco.
  • Patty Delgado - Engineering lead at Refinery29. Avid mentor and developer evangelist, especially for women and minorities.
  • Nicholas C. Zakas - Architect at Box, author, creator of ESLint.
  • Lance He - Full stack developer and speaker.
  • Derick Bailey - Developer and entrepreneur, author and screencaster.
  • Andy Jiang - Customer Acquisition and Evangelist at Segment, maker of things.
  • Benny Thomas - Full stack developer caring about children reading.
  • Sebastian McKenzie - Creator of Babel.
  • Rishabh Pugalia - Full stack engineer. Creator of CSSDeck.
  • Matthew Mueller - Creator of Cheerio, Duo, and a few other node modules.
  • DeokHong Kim - Front-end engineer at NAVER, founder of hackrslab.
  • Hugo Giraudel - CSS goblin, Sass hacker, margin psycho.
  • Will Binns-Smith - JavaScript at Bitbucket. Makes internet things.
  • Lauri Tervonen - CS & SE university student in Finland.
  • Matija Marohnić - From modding Warcraft to frontend design/development and nerdiness for Node.js build tools.
  • Kyle Robinson Young - Makes stuff and likes bears.
  • Trent Oswald - Maker of web things Mashape and nodejs/website.
  • Una Kravets - Front-end developer, Sass things, Dev communities & Open Source Design.
  • Chris Missal - Maker of Internet things in Austin, TX. A goofball, nerd, and OSS lover.
  • Acho Arnold - Full stack web developer with great passion in Social Psychology.
  • Rob Furlong - Maker of cool things with the web, freelancer.
  • Honza Bittner - Student at FIT CTU, Dart lover.
  • Jan Sanchez - Front-end developer. Creator of css-url-versioner, open source contributor.
  • Adrián Arroyo Calle - Currently a student in Spain doing any kind of development which uses C++, Rust, JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Richard Littauer - Full stack developer, linguist, and sometime digital nomad. Creating with the MIT Media Lab, wrote the Na'vi Dictionary, NodeSchool organizer, The User Is Drunk.
  • Nick Johnstone - Web developer from New Zealand, currently working as a Rails developer full-time. As a side project, I'm making a tool for developing games with no coding required.
  • JD Ballard - Idaho native, Chalk collaborator, sunshine burns us. Likes hypotheticals, dislikes bees.
  • Charlike Mike Reagent - Passionate full stack developer, hacking on ArchLinux. Perfectionist. Revolutionist. Founder of RegexHQ, core member at JSTransformers and part of dwylhq.
  • Mohamad Jahani - Software developer from Iran, mostly working on web backends, *nix servers, electronic devices and most cool stuff you can imagine! A knowledge addict, who's reading and working 24/7.
  • Justin Miller - Mobile lead at Mapbox, formerly Code Sorcery Workshop (Pukka/Meerkat), photographer, traveler.
  • Yitzchok Willroth - Coder & Rabbi (though seldom at the same time!); Engineering Practice Manager, Grovo; Organizer, ShorePHP & NYPHP; Conference Speaker; Mentor.
  • Graham Daniels - Sr Software Engineer at Refinery29, US Lead for PHPWomen, Host of #NoCapes, Single dad. Brooklyn, NY.
  • Jeff Carouth - Lead Platform Engineer at Liftopia, Co-host of the Loosely Coupled Podcast, mentor, and conference speaker.
  • Matthew Turland - Full Stack Engineer at When I Work, author, mentor, and conference speaker.
  • Joe Ferguson - PHP Dev, Sys Admin, Community Builder, Conf Organizer & Speaker, Maker, Hacker, Tinkerer, Space Geek, Husband. Enjoys craft beers and whiskey. Owned by cats.
  • Hamish Friedlander - Developer, CTO at SilverStripe, human (presumed).
  • Chris Tankersley - PHP developer, system admin, speaker, teacher, sometimes writer, and I play video games on YouTube.
  • Deepak Verma - Full stack developer at Hometrack Australia, AWS Solution Architect, and passionate about photography.
  • Dan Abramov - JavaScript and React hobbyist, creator of React Hot Loader and Redux.
  • Daichi Furiya - Software developer in Japan. I love Android, JavaScript and iOS.
  • Maxime Thirouin - Freelance front-end/UI/UX developer. Open Source addict & compulsive coder.
  • Chris Biscardi - UI lead at Docker. JavaScript. Haskell. Builder of products and tooling.
  • Vladimir Agafonkin - Engineer at Mapbox, creator of Leaflet and a bunch of other open source libraries. Building the future of interactive maps.
  • Claudio Procida - Full stack web developer, mentor, evangelist and speaker. Passionate about painting and photography.
  • Zeno Rocha - Developer Advocate at Liferay.
  • Kahlil Lechelt - JavaScript developer, organizes KarlsruheJS, co-host of the Descriptive Podcast and the Reactive Podcast, vocalist.
  • Vadim Demedes - Node.js addict.
  • Raymond Clanan - Freelance full stack developer at Utopian Concept LLC.
  • MK Yuan - Node.js developer at Alipay.
  • Hong Liu - Freelance full stack web developer and founder of PresentBook.
  • Arnaud Benard - Freelance JS developer and digital nomad.
  • Anthony Ramella - I went from zero to hired web developer in 5 months. I blog about my experiences learning code and working as a junior developer.
  • Diki Ananta - Freelance full-stack developer working with Laravel.
  • Steel Brain - The Rebel™, also a Node.js, PHP and HackLang developer.
  • CJ Patoilo - Front-end engineer, JavaScript evangelist, DEV IO co-Founder.
  • Armagan Amcalar - Head of Software Engineering at unu GmbH. Software architect, entrepreneur, conference speaker, mentor, electronics engineer, guitar lover, singer.
  • Breno Polanski - Front-end software engineer at Meteorite BI.
  • Camilo Nova - Full stack software developer in Colombia.
  • Jon Moss - Rails developer. Average teen. Member of the Ruby on Rails Issues Team.
  • Seth Alexander - Free Code Camper, Burgeoning Dev, all things JavaScript.
  • Ariya Hidayat - VP of Engineering Shape Security, Author of Esprima and PhantomJS.
  • Rob Thomas - VoIP Developer, IPv6 and Security Evangelist, DevOps proponent. Currently at Sangoma.
  • Amit Merchant - Full-stack developer working with JavaScript, PHP and Java.
  • William Oliveira - Front-end developer (Brazilian) working with JavaScript, Angular, Stylus, Gulp, Git, etc. Read more about me on my blog.
  • Unbug Lee - Author of MIHTool and Codelf.
  • Tibor Simon - Electrical engineer, software geek, DSP, iOS, vimmer, guitarist, biker, runner, tiborsimon.io.
  • Danilo Vaz - Front-end developer (Brazilian), working at mLabs with JavaScript, EmberJS, APIs and other cool stuffs. I'm also BeerJS/SJC organizer.
  • Adrian Mejia - Software engineer at Cisco. Blogger at adrianmejia.com. Author of "E-commerce Application built with the MEAN stack". JavaScript lover. Boston located.
  • Jon Kuperman - I love JavaScript! I blog at Codeplanet, make videos at Nodecasts and podcast at The Web Behind.
  • Max Stoiber - Open source developer advocate at Thinkmill, developing KeystoneJS and ElementalUI. Creator of react-boilerplate, part of React Vienna.
  • Joe Lencioni - Building ImportJS and Diffux CI. Web infra at Airbnb.
  • Lindsey Bieda - Back-end developer, game maker, and hardware hacker.
  • Jeroen Engels - JS developer and open source enthusiast.
  • Tim Smith - Front-end designer, nerd, and recovering coffee addict.
  • Sam Verschueren - Full stack JavaScript developer and open source contributor.
  • Haroen Viaene - Student mostly doing JS, open source everything, creating stuff at bullgit.
  • Kundan Singh - Full Stack Javascript Developer, Biker, Traveller, Photographer.
  • Michael Novotny - JavaScript developer. Open source contributor. Insatiable learner. Standards and best practices enthusiast. Development is a lifestyle, not a job.
  • Artem Sapegin - Frontend developer at Here, creator of React Styleguidist and passionate photographer.
  • Miguel Durán - Developer of things and stuff at Typeform, creator of React Slidy. Love videogames, embrace StandardJS. Living in Barcelona.
  • Chris 'Freddy' Getsfred - Black hoodie aficionado, full-stack developer, JavaScript lover, new open source contributer, former script nerd, former technology instructor.
  • Seth Holladay - A human seeking a full stack of pancakes and software, bug free.
  • Nikita Voloboev - macOS enthusiast, open knowledge evangelist, writer, and an aspiring web developer.
  • Sitesh Shrivastava - About Technology, Quantitative Finance, Products & Extreme Sports.
  • Zach Leatherman - I have a beard sometimes.
  • Francis Sunday - Software Developer based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
  • Travis Northcutt - Husband, dad, nomad, PHP developer.
  • Olavi Haapala - Web and mobile developer from Finland.
  • Manu Sunny - Back-end .NET/Java developer.
  • Ken Wheeler - Professional American. Manchild.
  • Helen V. Holmes - Freelance designer and UI engineer.
  • Rachel Andrew - CSS Grid Ask Me Anything. Rachel Andrew is a UK web developer, writer, public speaker and co-founder of Perch CMS.
  • Ilya Bodrov - Author, teacher, consulting developer. Fan of Ruby and Elixir.
  • Matt Seemon - Voice-over artist, karaoke jockey, amateur actor, IT enthusiast.
  • Gaurav Mehla - Full-stack developer, JS coder, open source contributor.
  • Hasan Bayat - Awesome developer. Loves open source.
  • Stéphane Hulard - Open source lover, dad, husband, speaker, teacher, remote worker, full-stack developer who loves playing with PHP.
  • Scott Hanselman - Teacher, Podcaster, OSCON Chair, Developer, Open Source C# and .NET at Microsoft.
  • Jürgen Gutsch - .NET junkie, addicted to web and software development, clean coder, MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies.
  • Lizzie Siegle - iOS and web developer, developer evangelist, hackathon hacker and judge, Spectra organizer, racially ambiguous.
  • Sami CHNITER - Microsoft Exchange, Office, Skype For Business, PowerShell developer, blogger, and software geek.
  • Mordechai Zuber - Developer, Maintainer, Open Sourcer. Passionate about development.
  • Krzysztof Cieslak - Software developer, consultant, founder of Lambda Factory, author of Ionide, Forge, Fornax, project owner and maintainer of VSCode-Elm, contributor to many OSS projects, international speaker.
  • Benjamin Reitzammer - Developer, ex-CTO, Engineering Manager, Communities.
  • Clark Weckmann - Web Developer, Designer, and Programmer. Specializing in small business websites and blogs.
  • Kevin Jalbert - Developer Lead at Shopify), primarily using Rails and React.
  • Sean Killeen - .NET Lead & Managing Consultant at Excella. Speaker, blogger, tech lead. Would love to talk .NET, modernization, distributed systems, public speaking, musical theatre, and really pretty much anything else.
  • Tobias Kienzler - Physicist, programmer, parent.
  • Juha Lindstedt - Web architect at iDiD. Creator of RE:DOM, Deck of Cards and other open source projects.
  • Rifat Nabi - Front-end developer and open-source enthusiast.
  • Md Eftakhairul Islam - Software engineer, hacker, open source enthusiast and tech blogger at eftakhairul.com.
  • Chaitanya Giri - Full-stack developer, JavaScript <3, tabs over spaces, open source enthusiast.
  • Rishi Pithadiya - Full-stack Ruby on Rails developer in India, open source enthusiast.
  • Byungjin Park - Software Architect, DevOps Engineer, Hacker, Open Sourcer.
  • Ali Spittel - Teaching code, Python and JavaScript developer, blogger.
  • Khen Daniel - Software Engineer. Aspiring Photographer. Hacker.
  • Riza Fahmi - Developer, mentor, speaker. Curriculum Director, Co-Founder Hacktiv8 Coding Bootcamp.
  • Sergey Sova - Rust lover. Mentor. Freelancer. React developer.
  • Omar Bahareth - Head of Software Engineering at Tam, mentor, full-stack developer, currently heavily into Ruby and Elixir, and slowly getting into Go and Rust. Located in Saudi Arabia.
  • Addy Osmani - Engineering manager on the Chrome team at Google leading up Web Performance.
  • CY Lim - Full-stack JavaScript digital nomad.
  • Hamza Baig - Full-stack JavaScript engineer. Passionate about Artificial Intelligence.
  • Frédéric Harper - Developer Advocate at npm, former Mozilla & Microsoft one, Apress author, public speaker, #crazycatman & more.
  • Emanuele Bartolesi - Full-stack web developer. Ethical hacker. Beginner triathlete.
  • Brad Garropy - Self-taught frontender at Adobe, blogger, streamer, tweeter.
  • Fabio Spampinato - Self-taught full-stack developer passionate about open source and empowering people.
  • Eduards Sizovs - Software architect, blogger, trainer, speaker, and a conference organizer.
  • Even Stensberg - OSS contributor and developer.
  • Erdal TAŞKESEN - All in one developer.
  • Frances Coronel - Open source enthusiast, senior software engineer at Byteboard, Corgi mom.
  • Wendell Hu - Front-end developer at Alibaba.
  • KimSia Sim - Independent developer, blogger, owner of business apps agency. Based in Singapore.
  • Jim Lesperance - Passionate full-stack developer, loves dogs, and likes to travel.
  • Greg Edelston - Software engineer at Google. Zen Buddhist and improv lover.
  • Chris Otto - Test Engineer, creator of VSCodeFitNesse and blogger.
  • Ahmad Ainul Rizki - Full-stack developer, part-time open-sourcerer, and interested in functional languages.
  • Ale Muñoz - Developer relations at Sketch, plugin developer, designer & digital toolsmith.
  • Imed Jaberi - JavaScript dev, mentor, open source contributor, community builder, and speaker.
  • Arpit Mohan - Distributed Systems Engineer, Java and Golang developer, 3x CTO, blogger.
  • TheTechRobo - Hobbyist Python 3.x developer who corrects grammar so much he loses friends.
  • Lali Akhil Raj - Creating stuff for web & AI.
  • Felipe Plets - Tech lead, open source contributor, and blogger.
  • Angelo Pirola - Microsoft (.NET) Backend Web Developer, GitHub contributor and based in Italy.
  • Can Tecim - Software Engineer, former CTO, TypeScript and Node.js lover, open source contributor, remote worker based in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Jan-Hendrik Heuing - Developer, team lead, CTO, consultant.
  • Sarvsav Sharma - Aspiring green software developer passionate about sustainable coding, specializing in Go.

Ask these organizations anything!

  • Edenspiekermann - Design agency based in Berlin and around the world.
  • Code Monkey Health - Helping developers and others with tips, tricks, recipes and programs focused on Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude and Food LEAF.
  • Ruby Taiwan - Helping developers in Taiwan with any questions. Can ask in English or Chinese.
  • DevOps Taiwan - Helping DevOps engineers with any questions.
  • Vim Taiwan - Helping vimmers in Taiwan with any questions.
  • From the Front - Nonprofit organization behind the "From the Front" conference series in Italy.
  • HackCU - A collegiate hackathon at the University of Colorado that operates a free bi-annual event for students to learn coding or push their skills building things.
  • Ansible Taiwan - Helping Ansible users in Taiwan with any questions.
  • IIIT Vadodara - Open-source organization maintained by college students.
  • Nikita Voloboev - Loves making and sharing things. Building Learn Anything, Enpicom and tools.
  • S Fox Jones - Full stack developer, independent author, and JavaScript lover.

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