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Tom Preston-Werner
@mojombo
Inventor. Investing @PWVentures. Formerly: GitHub cofounder. Board @HackClub @Ona_hq @MoteHydrogen. Also: Gravatar, Jekyll, SemVer, TOML, RedwoodJS.
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Joined April 2007
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Aug 6, 2020
    I don't have a CS degree...or any degree. Some of our best engineers at GitHub never even graduated high school. But also, some of them had a BS, masters, or PhD in CS. Amazing programmers come from all backgrounds. Using formal education as a hiring filter is nonsense.
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    May 23, 2019
    If I want to cancel your online service and you make me do it via email or a phone call, then regardless of how good my experience was with your product, that final experience ruins all the rest of it, and I am very unlikely to recommend it to others.
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Mar 10, 2020
    Introducing RedwoodJS (redwoodjs.com), a new JS web framework I’ve been working on for the past year! Today we are releasing v0.1.0. We’re bringing full-stack to the JAMstack!
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Apr 3, 2023
    Wow! This fusion of ChatGPT and a more traditional programming language (for more precise control) is blowing my mind right now. Infinite standard library with no code!
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    SudoLang: A Powerful Pseudocode Programming Language for LLMs
    From medium.com
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Jun 6, 2020
    Replying to @paulg @chesaboudin and @stefan_arrr
    That’s not what defunding the police means. It means shifting funding from what is currently the police to social worker and other programs that don’t roll up to every problem thinking that force and guns are the most likely solution. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Nov 11, 2021
    The Verge just announced changes to their "on background" policy. Founders, BE CAREFUL. Here are the top 5 things I've learned about talking to reporters from my time as CEO of GitHub. A thread 👇
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Jun 4, 2018
    Today is a day to celebrate every person that made @GitHub possible! Past/present GitHub employees: Thank you. 😍 There is no company without its people. YOU made GH succeed. Users: Thank you for believing in a better way to collaborate. DON'T STOP. BELIEVIN'! HOLD ON TO THIS FE
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    May 13, 2020
    Invest in good documentation.
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Oct 18, 2017
    Announcing Chatterbug, the new startup I've been working on for the last 18 months! The public beta is now open:
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    Chatterbug - Learn Languages Online and Talk with Native Speakers
    From chatterbug.com
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    May 27, 2020
    I turn 41 today, so I’m giving away 41 MacBook Air laptops (reverse 🎁)! 40 to @hackclub students, and one to a follower. To enter, follow me & reply with a tweet-sized poem about coding. Retweet to double your chance. On June 3, I’ll select ten random poems and my fave will win!
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Aug 6, 2020
    Replying to @siddhantmohan1
    I think it's because in technology, there are many paths to expertise. School is one. Work is another. Hacking on a crappy old laptop for years during high school instead of going to parties is yet another. Formal education is a positive signal, but should not be a filter.
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    May 30, 2023
    Big announcement: @RedwoodJS is going all in on React Server Components! 🌲⚛✅ The next Redwood epoch (Bighorn 🐏) will be all about RSC and the advantages it brings over the SPA approach we've had until now. Want to know why? Read my new blog post: tom.preston-werner.com/2023/05/30/red…
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Aug 15, 2023
    Buying GitHub stars is morally bankrupt. I love that GitHub continues to be one of the most authentic "social networks" we have. Every year it feels more like the grifter economy is taking over everything, and it sucks.
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    @heapwolf
    @heapwolf
    Aug 15, 2023
    I hate that you can buy GitHub stars now. It makes it super hard for developers to understand what other people are using and care about.
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    Tom Preston-Werner
    @mojombo
    Apr 2, 2020
    If you find yourself compelled to bake bread, start a podcast, run an online conference, learn an instrument, start an open source project, or any other creative endeavor during this period of isolation...DO IT! Ignore the haters and do what excites you.