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Tom Preston-Werner

GitHub
San Francisco, United States
Tom Preston-Werner co-founded GitHub and created several widely adopted open-source technologies including Semantic Versioning, Gravatar, and Jekyll (static site generator). He stepped down from GitHub in 2014. Preston-Werner is now focused on Chatterbug (language learning), Buildkite investment, and open-source through his Preston-Werner Ventures fund, while remaining an influential voice on developer tools and AI-assisted software development.
Developer Tools / Open Source

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