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Home — Linus Groh

// LINUS.DEV

Linus, also known as linusg online, is a programmer with a wide range of interests, from web development and games to mobile and low-level programming. While considering himself a generalist, he currently focuses on JavaScript-related infrastructure within the web platform. He is involved in standards work as a TC39 Invited Expert and delegate. Linus embraces self-hosting software, running various services such as this website, monitoring tools, OwnTracks, Nextclouds, and a Mastodon instance. He is the creator of the OwnTracks frontend and actively develops open-source software, including Kiesel, a JavaScript engine written in Zig. He was previously an active contributor to the SerenityOS project, particularly LibJS and LibWeb, which evolved into the Ladybird browser. He lives in London and enjoys traveling Europe by train.

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Germany
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paul-samuels.com [1864] ·

// PAUL-SAMUELS.COM

Paul is a Technical Lead at Autotrader. He is passionate about software development and the processes behind it. He spends a lot of time thinking about developer experience at all levels, from helpful error messages to easy-to-spin-up dev environments. He can be found on StackOverflow, LinkedIn, Github, and Mastodon. He can be contacted via email at paulio1987 at gmail.com.

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Benedict Evans

// BEN-EVANS.COM

Benedict Evans is an independent analyst who focuses on understanding what matters in tech. He has 25 years of experience analysing mobile, media, and technology, with a background in equity research, strategy, consulting, and venture capital. He writes essays and a weekly newsletter with 175,000 subscribers, providing context and analysis on important changes and ideas in the tech industry. Benedict also gives presentations exploring macro and strategic trends in tech, including "AI eats the world" in Autumn 2025. He has given presentations for companies including Alphabet, Amazon, AT&T, Axa, Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom, Hitachi, L’Oréal, LVMH, Nasdaq, Swiss Re, Visa, Warner Media, Verizon and Vodafone.

TechnologyAnalyst
United Kingdom
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Nat Eliason's Newsletter | Substack

// NATELIASON.COM

Nat Eliason is an author and entrepreneur. He is the author of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, Husk, and Crypto Confidential. Previously, he founded Growth Machine, a content marketing agency that worked with Fortune 500 companies and YC backed startups to get them to the top of Google (Acquired in 2025). Millions of people have read and enjoyed his articles about learning, writing, philosophy, entrepreneurship, and a host of other topics. He has published his notes and reviews from 250+ books, articles, and speeches. He also has videos on his YouTube channel.

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United States
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Giles' blog

// GILESTHOMAS.COM

Giles Thomas is a founder and coder, originally from the UK and now living in Lisbon, Portugal. He is currently exploring AI and sharing his experiments and thoughts on his blog. He founded PythonAnywhere, a platform-as-a-service for Python developers, and sold it to Anaconda in 2022. After helping with the transition for a couple of years, he is taking some downtime to recharge and ponder what’s next. He has been posting on his blog for nearly 20 years, covering a variety of topics.

DeveloperEngineer
Portugal
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Lev's Blog

// YASTR.DEV

Lev Yastrebov is a software engineer with over a decade of experience. He specializes in backend and algorithms, with a preference for .NET. Lev enjoys creating effective, robust, and maintainable software systems. He also enjoys writing tests because they help him implement features faster.

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Design & other obsessions by Silvia Maggi

// SILVIAMAGGI.CO.UK

Silvia is an eclectic Gen X woman with lots of interests. She lives in Cambridge (UK) with her husband Simone in a small house with a garden. Born and raised in Italy, she moved to the UK in 2011 and is bilingual in Italian and English. Photography is a life-long passion. She contributed to a few exhibitions. Silvia is currently learning to play the ukulele. Her surname is pronounced `mah-(d)-gee`. She doesn’t take herself too seriously and likes a good laugh.

ArtistPhotographer
Germany
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Lynnandtonic Blog

// LYNNANDTONICBLOG.COM

This person writes the Lynnandtonic Blog. They enjoy watching movies and TV series, and create "year in review" posts of their favorites. In 2025, they watched 124 movies. They also experienced Mal de débarquement syndrome (MdDS) for about five months, triggered by a long flight home from a European river cruise. They previously had MdDS ten years prior after a flight home from Brazil. They researched the condition extensively and tried various treatments to alleviate symptoms. They found temporary relief from driving in a car and swinging in a hammock chair.

DeveloperDesigner
United States
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Westenberg.

// JOANWESTENBERG.COM

JA Westenberg publishes a weekly column on technology, culture, philosophy and what it means to be a human being. Westenberg's goal is to think in public. They publish one to two essays a week, plus a monthly Q&A, quarterly builder memos, and other ideas.

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site@soopy:~/

// SOOPY.MOE

Sophie, also known as Soopy or Cassie, was born on December 26, 2005 (+08:00). Soopy is a full-time student studying for an associate's degree of network and systems administration. They are also a sysadmin, cosplayer, genderfluid, transfemby, and a Hong Konger. Soopy manages their own network of servers and hosts services on them. They are a maintainer for the t2linux (on nixos) project. Soopy's online presence includes platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Patchy, Matrix, Discord, Bluesky, Fediverse, last.fm, Musicbrainz, Listenbrainz, osu!, NameMC, and Steam.

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Welcome to gbbns.co

// GBBNS.CO

Chris Gibbons is an experienced and passionate digital developer based in Lancashire, UK. He specialises in traditional front-end development practices and has a long-time obsession with well-written, semantic, and accessible code. Chris sits in the murky waters between design, front-end, and back-end engineering. He strongly advocates for the use of design systems. Chris has worked for some of the biggest names in Manchester, working on large-scale, content-managed platforms for some of the largest companies in the UK. Outside of work, Chris enjoys cycling, writing, and photography. He also supports Liverpool FC.

DeveloperFront End
United Kingdom
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Bailey Kursar | Independent consultant

// BAILEY.WORK

Bailey Kursar is an independent consultant, fintech enthusiast, and financial inclusion advocate. Since 2010, Bailey has worked in fintech, and in financial inclusion since 2018. In 2018, Bailey founded Toucan, a tech-for-good company that used Open Banking to help people with long-term mental health conditions manage their money with support from family and friends; Toucan ceased trading in 2022. Since then, Bailey has worked as an independent consultant on financial inclusion projects, offering skills in tech and product design to organizations such as Impact on Urban Health, TISA, Fair By Design, the University of Edinburgh, and the Money Advice Trust.

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Marco Castorina Blog and Portfolio

// MARCOCASTORINA.COM

Marco Castorina is the author of Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan. He blogs about GPUs and graphics. He currently works as an SMTS on the driver performance team at AMD, starting in September 2022. Prior to that, he was a Principal Graphics Programmer at 7th Sense from August 2020 to September 2022, and a Senior Graphics Engineer at Samsung from September 2019 to August 2020. His experience also includes working as a Unity Developer at TrulySocial and UNIT9, and as a Research Engineer at Prime Focus World. He was also a self-employed .NET Web Developer and a .NET Web Developer at GameStop.

WoodcarverArtisan
Italy
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Pablo Fernandez – Geek, manager, coder, maker, author, entrepreneur

// PABLOFERNANDEZ.TECH

Pablo Fernandez is a geek, manager, coder, maker, author, and entrepreneur. He can be found on Mastodon, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, GitHub, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. He currently works at Canva.

EntrepreneurInvestor
Spain
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Ben Barbersmith

// BARBERSMITH.COM

Ben Barbersmith is co-founder and CTO of Levellr, a software startup founded in 2020. He spent 7 years working at Google as a Partner Engineer for YouTube. Ben runs his own small but profitable self-funded software company. He previously freelanced as a combined CTO, Product Manager, and full-stack developer for early-stage companies. Ben studied at the University of Warwick and graduated with First Class Honours as a Master of Physics. He built an affiliate marketing business from scratch in his second semester. From 2009 to 2013 he worked in Oxford as a pre-sales engineer and product manager. Ben lives with his wife and two kids in Worcestershire.

BarberGrooming
United States
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Kevin Coyle - Technical Lead and Design System Consultant

// KEVINCOYLE.CO.UK

Kevin Coyle is a technical lead and design system consultant based in the UK. From a young age, he has been interested in technology, science fiction and video games. He tinkered with computers from a young age, eventually learning to program. He studied Physics with Technological Physics at university. In the mid 2000's he ran a web development business. He then worked as a Drupal developer for TalkTalk, eventually becoming their lead developer. He then worked as a contractor in medcomms for around 4 years. After that, he spent a year developing Drutek. He then worked for an agency based in Chichester, and was promoted to tech lead for a new design system at Pfizer. He is currently a consultant at Big Medium. He has shifted his focus recently to A.I and machine learning.

ConsultantAi
United Kingdom
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Peter Kappus

// PETERKAPPUS.COM

Peter Kappus is a UK-based organisational development coach. He uses OKRs and agile practices to help teams maximise clarity, delivery, and joy. For more than 25 years, he’s been an engineer, project, programme, portfolio manager, facilitator, trainer, coach and transformation consultant helping teams in world-leading organisations to improve how they work and achieve better outcomes. He helps teams get clear on what they're doing, why they're doing it, and how to get better at doing it. He uses Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), lean/agile methods, and inclusive facilitation tools like Liberating Structures. His clients include the UK Government, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and the Wikimedia Foundation.

CoachAgile
United Kingdom
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Serendipities – The ramblings of an accidental learner

// SERENDIPITIES.BLOG

Damian Bacchoo has experience as a school teacher, army officer, and entrepreneur. Currently, he is a dad, school principal, and occasional blogger. He shares his thoughts on topics he encounters in his daily life, particularly concerning wellbeing, belonging, education reform, culture, and leadership. He is the author of Serendipities.blog, where he has written 92 posts and reached 126 subscribers.

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Xavi Costafreda-Fu

// XAVICF.COM

Xavi Costafreda-Fu is a student at the University of Oxford studying Mathematics and Computer Science. In his free time, he reads and writes on Substack. He also posts on Twitter. On his website, you can see what he's up to and what he's about in general. He has one and a half years’ worth of monthly playlists available, as well as some art that he likes.

WriterMathematician
United Kingdom
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Keith Fowler

// KEITHFOWLER.CO.UK

Keith Fowler is a seasoned marketer, qualified at postgraduate level with experience gained in the full marketing mix; blending both digital and traditional methods. He is an experienced Chartered Marketer and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing & Agile Practitioner. He also holds a CMI Level 5 Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring. Keith understands the importance of building strong relationships in an increasingly demanding marketplace and is deeply passionate about using his skills to help create and sustain social value, build communities and connect people. He was involved with Worthing Dads, a group he created for stay-at-home dads. He is also involved with The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust.

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