Nat Friedman
Investor at Self-employed
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNat Friedman is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and investor with 27 years building developer tools, mobile platforms, and open-source ecosystems from San Francisco. He co-founded Ximian and Xamarin, scaling the latter to $50M ARR before its acquisition, and later led GitHub as CEO and Chairman Emeritus, guiding large-scale developer services and internal engineering systems. At Microsoft he ran App Center and Visual Studio Team Services, overseeing devops products used by millions, and earlier helped found the GNOME Foundation, demonstrating deep roots in open source governance. An MIT-trained mathematician and computer scientist, Nat still contributes code—recently improving window management and multiscreen behavior in the popular Rectangle macOS project—reflecting a hands-on engineering sensibility alongside strategic leadership. Now self-employed as an investor, he pairs operator experience with product and go-to-market instincts to advise and back developer-focused startups.
27 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Mathematics, Bachelor of Science Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (5)
swift10
macos10
window-management10
appkit10
user-interface9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rxhanson/Rectangle
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
Role in this project:
iOS Developer
iOS DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Nat primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the application related to window management on macOS. Their contributions centered on refining window resizing and positioning logic, particularly integrating a "todo" sidebar feature. This involved implementing and refining methods to adjust window sizes and positions concerning screen edges and a sidebar. Furthermore, the user addressed multiscreen compatibility and improved the smoothness of window reflowing.
windowsscreensaverkeyboard-shortcutswindow-managementkeyboard
nat/ghtop
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
See what's happening on GitHub in real time (also helpful if you need to use up your API quota as quickly as possible)
Contributions:3 reviews, 26 commits, 12 PRs in 11 months
apijavascriptexpresshelpfulpull-request
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