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Oct 6, 2023 · Eric Simons will be chatting with Tom about his views on how the web has evolved since he launched GitHub and his predictions for where we're headed next. He'll also share how RedwoodJS, the full...
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5:08. RedwoodJS Authentication in 5 minutes. 3.9K views3 years ago. Various videos for my blog.
Aug 22, 2023 · #GitHub #RedwoodJS #WebDevelopment #ProgrammingTom Preston-Werner is a renowned software developer, inventor and entrepreneur. He co-founded GitHub and is th...
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Mar 5, 2012 · GitHub Cofounder Tom Preston-Werner on Founder.LY. A few weeks ago I sat down for an interview with the guys from Founder.LY. We talked about GitHub, strategies for early stage startups, and a bit of my background.…
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- A Paradox of Choice
- Addressing Common Problems
Preston-Werner’s focus on building tools for developers became a key factor in the creation of a rich, collaborative ecosystem which spawned numerous modern cloud-native solutions. With the mission of facilitating collaboration among software developers, GitHub became one of the world’s largest code repositories and was acquired by Microsoft Corp. ...
The JAMstack process, with its reliance on static files, is familiar to GitHub’s co-founder because of his previous work in the blogosphere. Preston-Werner worked on a “blog aware static site generator” more than a decade ago called Jekyll, which was ultimately incorporated as a tool in GitHub. “You would write your blog articles and run it through...
The creation of solutions to address needs in the tech world is part of Preston-Werner’s fundamental belief that software development represents a limitless ability to find new ways to address common problems. He noted that for years, navigation systems in cars had clunky interfaces and rarely worked effectively. Then one car maker turned to softwa...
May 23, 2022 · Bumping the major version often corresponded to a marketing push to communicate those improvements to the world. This produced a natural outcome: increasing the major version number was a big deal. Today, in SemVer ecosystems, it’s still a big deal. And I think that’s a problem.
Tom Preston-Werner is the Cofounder at Preston-Werner Ventures. They dive into the world of React, Redwood JS, and the evolving landscape of JavaScript development. They discuss the importance of keeping up with the JavaScript world, the benefits of learning SQL, and the challenges of using ORMs.
