Matt Baer
Founder, CEO at Write.as
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Baer is a founder and CEO with 14 years of software engineering experience who builds open, interoperable platforms for creative expression. As the creator of Write.as and related projects, he has grown a profitable, founder-operated publishing platform serving millions of daily visitors across hundreds of thousands of sites. His hands-on background spans mobile and web engineering—from launching Android and iOS apps to building web-based editors and AR storytelling tools—bringing product instincts to infrastructure decisions. Based in New York, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with sustained engineering craft, having led small teams and owned full stacks through multiple product iterations. Notably, he prioritizes simplicity and user-focused design in scalable, privacy-respecting publishing tools rather than chasing ad-driven growth.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Radford University
English
Stackoverflow
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4questions
android
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Github Skills (168)
activitystreams10
web-application10
api-client10
firefox-addon10
hosting10
markdown10
go-client10
pixelfed10
linux10
activitypub10
readable10
cli10
browser-extension10
writers10
go10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
writeas/writeas-gtk
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
Write.as desktop app for elementaryOS (a fork of writeas-gtk)
Contributions:9 releases, 2 reviews, 111 commits in 1 year 3 months
privacylinuxblogginggtkvala-applications
thebaer/cdr
Feb 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 12 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
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