Jeff Atwood

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Jeff Atwood
Jeff Atwood in 2008
Born1970 (age 53–54)[1][2]
Occupation(s)Software developer, writer
Known forCoding Horror (blog), Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange[3][4]

Jeff Atwood (born 1970) is an American

human factors. As of 2012, Jeff Atwood's most recent project was Discourse, an open source Internet discussion platform.[3]

Career

Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood at MIX 2009

Atwood started a programming

Super User for general computer-related questions, eventually becoming the Stack Exchange
network which includes many Q&A websites about topics decided on by the community.

From 2008 to 2014, Atwood and Spolsky published a weekly podcast covering the progress on Stack Exchange and a wide range of software development issues. Jeff Atwood was also a keynote presenter at the 2008 Canadian University Software Engineering Conference.[5]

In February 2012, Atwood left Stack Exchange so he could spend more time with his family.[6]

On February 5, 2013, Atwood announced his new company, Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. Its flagship product is an open source next-generation discussion platform called Discourse.[7] Atwood and others developed it out of their frustration with current bulletin board software that hadn't seemed to evolve since 1990.[8] On February 1, 2023, he stepped down as CEO and assumed the role of Executive Chairman.[9]

He also launched a

mechanical keyboard called CODE in 2013.[10]

Books

References

  1. ^ Atwood, Jeff (August 8, 2012). "I Was a Teenage Hacker". Coding Horror. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Atwood, Jeff (May 9, 2006). "The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming". Coding Horror. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Finley, Klint (July 5, 2012). "Stack Overflow Man Remakes Net One Answer at a Time". Wired. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Atwood, Jeff (June 5, 2015). "Programmerchat: I am Jeff Atwood". Reddit. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Is Writing More Important Than Programming?". Archive of Previous Presentations. CUSEC. 2008. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  6. ^ "Jeff Atwood bids adieu to Stack Exchange for the best reason ever". techcrunch.com. AOL. February 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Ha, Anthony (February 5, 2013). "Stack Exchange Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Launches Forums Startup Discourse, With Funding From First Round, Greylock, And SV Angel". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  8. ^ Atwood, Jeff (February 5, 2013). "Civilized Discourse Construction Kit". Coding Horror. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Sam Saffron and Sarah Hawk named Discourse Co-CEOs". Discourse. January 31, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  10. ^ Atwood, Jeff (August 27, 2013). "The CODE Keyboard". Coding Horror. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

External links

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