Jeff Atwood
Partner at QwikMobi
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarJeff Atwood is a seasoned software entrepreneur and partner based in Berkeley with 13 years of hands-on experience building web platforms and developer-facing products. He has founded and led multiple startups—QwikMobi and QwikDash—while currently helping organizations manage data privacy as a partner at Clym. Comfortable across the full stack, Jeff contributes to open-source projects ranging from classic game ports to community platforms like Discourse, where his work improved UI/UX and WordPress integration. His background blends product leadership (Director of Event Technology, Chief Strategy Officer) with practical engineering and release stewardship. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who moves between strategy and code, often resurfacing legacy content into modern, memory-safe languages. Based in the Bay Area, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a knack for shipping polished, user-focused integrations.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
63,708reputation
6.7mreached
124answers
16questions
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mysql
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seo
top-1%
iis
top-1%
language-features
top-5%
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top-5%
Github Skills (58)
ux-design10
caching10
gzip10
javascript10
seo10
twitter10
tsql10
plugin-development10
css10
aggregate-functions10
language-agnostic10
basics10
regex10
apache10
ui-design10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
coding-horror/basic-computer-games
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.github.io/basic-computer-games/
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 1340 commits, 752 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Jeff added multiple BASIC computer game source files to the repository, including "Super Star Trek" and a C# Acey Ducey game. The user also merged a branch with the `main` branch, integrating C# code and JavaScript examples. These contributions demonstrate the user's focus on porting and implementing classic games in different programming languages.
memorygamebasic-computer-gamesscriptinggames
discourse/discourse
Feb 2013 - May 2021
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 2193 commits, 316 PRs in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jeff primarily focused on improving the user interface and user experience of the Discourse platform. Their contributions included switching glyphs and icons for close buttons, the removal of text from buttons, and adjustments to the full-page search results layout. They also addressed styling issues in digest emails and updated the styling of the mobile and desktop topics.
discourserailsforumjavascriptruby
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