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Series One

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16 legends of open source. Hover a card for its skill stack and impact rating.

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01Open Source Legends
RSIconic

Richard Stallman

Founder of the GNU Project

  • GNU
  • Emacs
  • GCC
Free Software Ideals99
Systems Programming95
Movement Building97
Open Source Impact96
98Impact
b. 1953USA
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02Open Source Legends
LTIconic

Linus Torvalds

Creator of Linux & Git

  • Linux Kernel
  • Git
  • Subsurface
Kernel Architecture99
Pragmatism98
Distributed Systems97
Open Source Impact99
99Impact
b. 1969Finland
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03Open Source Legends
GVLegendary

Guido van Rossum

Creator of Python

  • Python
  • PEP Process
  • mypy
Language Design98
Readability99
Community Stewardship95
Open Source Impact97
96Impact
b. 1956Netherlands
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04Open Source Legends
YMLegendary

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Creator of Ruby

  • Ruby
  • mruby
Language Design96
Developer Joy99
Elegance97
Open Source Impact92
94Impact
b. 1965Japan
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05Open Source Legends
BELegendary

Brendan Eich

Creator of JavaScript

  • JavaScript
  • Mozilla
  • SpiderMonkey
Language Design94
Shipping Under Pressure99
Browser Engineering95
Open Source Impact97
95Impact
b. 1961USA
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06Open Source Legends
RLEpic

Rasmus Lerdorf

Creator of PHP

  • PHP
  • Personal Home Page Tools
Pragmatism97
Web Tooling94
Accessibility92
Open Source Impact93
90Impact
b. 1968Denmark / Canada
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07Open Source Legends
LWEpic

Larry Wall

Creator of Perl

  • Perl
  • patch
  • rn
Text Processing99
Linguistics97
Pragmatism94
Open Source Impact88
89Impact
b. 1954USA
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08Open Source Legends
JGLegendary

James Gosling

Creator of Java

  • Java
  • NeWS
  • Emacs (Gosling)
Language Design96
Portability99
VM Engineering95
Open Source Impact93
95Impact
b. 1955Canada
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09Open Source Legends
KTIconic

Ken Thompson

Co-creator of Unix & Go

  • Unix
  • B
  • UTF-8
Systems Programming99
Minimalism98
Language Design96
Open Source Impact97
97Impact
b. 1943USA
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10Open Source Legends
DRIconic

Dennis Ritchie

Creator of C & Co-creator of Unix

  • C
  • Unix
Language Design99
Systems Programming99
Foundational Impact99
Open Source Impact96
98Impact
1941 – 2011USA
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11Open Source Legends
BKEpic

Brian Kernighan

Co-author of 'The C Programming Language'

  • AWK
  • K&R
  • Unix tools
Technical Writing99
Tooling95
Teaching98
Open Source Impact90
91Impact
b. 1942Canada
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12Open Source Legends
DHEpic

David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Basecamp
  • Hotwire
Framework Design96
Convention Over Config99
Developer Productivity95
Open Source Impact90
92Impact
b. 1979Denmark
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13Open Source Legends
CLLegendary

Chris Lattner

Creator of LLVM & Swift

  • LLVM
  • Clang
  • Swift
Compiler Engineering99
Language Design95
Performance97
Open Source Impact92
94Impact
b. 1978USA
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14Open Source Legends
GHIconic

Grace Hopper

Pioneer of the Compiler

  • A-0 Compiler
  • COBOL
  • FLOW-MATIC
Compiler Theory99
Accessibility98
Vision99
Foundational Impact97
97Impact
1906 – 1992USA
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15Open Source Legends
CWRare

Chris Wanstrath

Co-founder of GitHub

  • GitHub
  • Resque
  • Mustache
Product Vision95
Community96
Open Collaboration97
Open Source Impact90
88Impact
b. 1985USA
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16Open Source Legends
ESRare

Eric S. Raymond

Author of 'The Cathedral & the Bazaar'

  • fetchmail
  • The Cathedral & the Bazaar
  • Jargon File
Open Source Advocacy97
Technical Writing95
Community90
Open Source Impact88
86Impact
b. 1957USA
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