7 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Matt Mullenweg's San Francisco company — the commercial entity behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Akismet, and other web products — notable for its fully distributed (no office) structure and open-source model.
Developer and AI practitioner known for work on AI developer tools and open source — referenced in the Lenny's Podcast context.
Finnish-American software engineer who created the Linux kernel (1991) — the operating system that runs most of the world's servers, Android phones, and supercomputers — and Git (2005) — the version control system used by virtually every software developer on Earth.
American developer who co-created WordPress (the CMS powering 43% of the web) and founded Automattic — the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, Jetpack, and WooCommerce — one of the most successful fully distributed companies in history.
American writer and researcher — formerly at GitHub — author of Working in Public (on the economics of open source software) — who writes about the political economy of digital public goods.
British developer who co-created the Django web framework and who has become one of the most respected voices on practical AI tools for developers — creator of Datasette (open source data exploration tool) and prolific blogger/tweeter about LLM capabilities.
Matt Mullenweg's open-source content management system — powering approximately 43% of all websites on the internet — the most widely deployed open-source web software in history.