Tom Preston-Werner

Chronic. I made software that turns everyday language into exact dates.

Pyberry. I built a tool that shows you what your systems are actually doing.

Omniship. I built one way to track packages across all major shippers.

BERT. I wrote a tool that translates Erlang data into a format other systems can read.

TomDoc. I wrote a specification for code comments that humans and machines both understand.

Yaws. I built a web server that handles massive traffic without breaking.

Glowstick. I made real-time graphs that update as your data changes.

Octobeer. I built software that shows what beer is on tap in your kegerator.

Fixture Scenarios. I made a way to bundle test data with setup code for reuse.

Egitd. I built a tool that shares git repositories over a network.

Asteroids. I made a game you can play inside your code editor.

Fakegem. I made a test package to check Ruby code building.

Tpw. I made a tool that runs code directly in your web browser.

Erlectricity. I built a bridge that lets Ruby and Erlang applications work as one system.

ErlanGit. I wrote a Git reader for the Erlang programming language.

Clippy. I made a button widget that copies text to your clipboard.

BERT. I wrote a translator between Ruby and Erlang data formats.

SF Vegetarian Restaurants. I made a guide to vegetarian restaurants across San Francisco.

Mustache. I built a template engine that separates design from data.

V8. I wrote the engine that executes JavaScript code in browsers and servers.

Mojombo. I built a blog that stores posts on GitHub so I never lose data.

Cubesixel. I made a pixel font in a 7x7 square size.

Git Basics. I made a presentation that teaches Git version control from scratch.

Endo. I made a test project for exploring new ideas.

Scoped. I built a tool that manages access permissions across multiple services.

GitHub Flavored Markdown. I built a better formatting system for writing on GitHub.

RakeGem. I made a lightweight way to package and release Ruby code with just Rake tasks.

Conceptual Algorithms. I wrote plain-English explanations of how algorithms actually work.

Erlectricity. I built a bridge between Ruby and Erlang so they can send messages to each other.

BERTRPC. I built a Ruby tool for sending messages to remote services.

Erlang Pipe. I wrote a pipe tool that lets you chain steps together in Erlang.

Rebar. I built a bridge that lets Ruby code run inside Erlang.

Redwood. I built a tool that handles an entire website from start to finish.

Vanhelsing. I made a memory watcher that shows you live graphs of your Ruby program.

Primer. I made a tool that draws shapes and animations on web pages easily.

Ernie. I built a server that lets you mix different programming languages in one system.

Laptop Pages. I made a website that displays laptop information clearly.

Blog Archive. I kept the old source files for my blog in one place.

ProxyMachine. I built a smart routing proxy that reads incoming data and sends it to the right place.

Gollum. I made a wiki system that stores pages inside your code repository.

GitHub Helper. I made a command-line tool that simplifies everyday GitHub tasks.

Grit. I built a tool to access Git repositories as code objects.

God. I built a tool that automatically restarts crashed server programs.