Thanks
Recognizing the contributions of others is essential, especially when their work impacts our daily lives. This list, arranged alphabetically, highlights individuals who have played a key role in creating tools and technologies I use regularly. While it doesn’t cover everything they have accomplished, it focuses on the projects that have personally benefited me — and for which I'm deeply grateful.
Name | For |
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Aaron Griffin | Arch Linux |
Agner Fog | low-level optimization |
Allan McRae | Arch Linux |
Axel Liljencrantz | fish shell |
Ben Deane | Using Types Effectively |
Benjamin Sago | exa |
Brian Kernighan | Unix |
Chris Lattner | LLVM |
Chris Wellons | null program blog |
Dennis Ritchie | C, Unix |
Eben Upton | Raspberry Pi |
Fabian Boehm | fish shell |
Fabrice Bellard | FFmpeg, TCC and QEMU |
Félix Cloutier | online x86 reference |
Fernando Borretti | Austral |
Greg Kroah-Hartman | Linux |
Ian Lance Taylor | Go, essay on linkers |
Jakob Waibel | lurk |
Jeff Geerling | SBC reviews |
John Gruber | Markdown |
Judd Vinet | Arch Linux |
Junio Hamano | Git |
Ken Thompson | Go, Unix |
Kristian Høgsberg | Wayland |
Levente Polyák | Arch Linux |
Linus Torvalds | Git, Linux |
Lunny Xiao | Gitea |
Matt Godbolt | Compiler Explorer |
Matt Holt | Caddy |
Peter Cordes | low-level optimization |
Rob Pike | Go |
Robert Griesemer | Go |
Simon Ser | Wayland |
Terry Davis | TempleOS, simplicity |
Vaxry | Hyprland |
Zachary Yedidia | online arm64 reference |