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Creator of Cobra CLI, Hugo static site generator, and Go ecosystem infrastructure; systems architect and open-source maintainer.

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Steve Francia

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@spf13

Built spf13/cobra, the standard for Go command-line interfaces, and spf13/afero, a universal filesystem abstraction layer. Led Go at Google, shaped Docker and MongoDB as VP, and maintains a sprawling toolkit for systems-level Go development.

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Cobra. I built a toolkit that makes writing terminal programs straightforward.

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Afero. I built a filesystem abstraction that lets Go apps switch storage backends instantly.

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Go Skills. I wrote a guide to building Go apps without importing Java patterns.

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Pathologize. I made a tool that fixes file paths for any operating system.

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Vogon. I built a simple self-hosted blogging platform with basic post and user management.

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Dagobah. I built an RSS feed reader that gathers articles from many sources.

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Mongo Products. I made sample product data for learning MongoDB.

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Steve Francia. I built my personal website to share my work.

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Milieu. I built a location check-in app that saves where you go.

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Autostamp. I made a Vim tool that auto-updates timestamps and version numbers in file headers.

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Gemini Image. I made a tool that turns text descriptions into images using Google's AI.

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Vim Colors. I collected color schemes for the Vim text editor.

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Cobra. I built a website for Cobra, a tool that simplifies command-line program creation.

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Nerd Herder. I made a tool that gathers your group and coordinates lunch time.

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