As the software engineering space continues to evolve at blistering pace, I wanted to reflect on who I looked up to as the best programmers from my career.
Here is my list.
1. Fabrice Bellard
2. John Carmack
3. Dave Cutler
4. Justine Tunney
5. Sanjay Ghemawat
6. Jeff Dean
7. Fedor Pickus
Comment and post your list.
I am amazed at how many signups we have already for the basics, means the ecosystem is continuing to grow!
If you want to learn what @nats_io is all about, feel free to sign up - no charge.
New to NATS? Not a problem. Spend 90 minutes with NATS experts in this live, hands-on workshop "NATS Fundamentals."
You'll get a hands-on introduction to the core building blocks of NATS: pub/sub, request-reply, and JetStream basics. The perfect starting point for newcomers.
Workshop starts @ 1:30 PM ET, June 9th!
synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…
Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.
It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. anthropic.com/institute/recu…
🎥 LIVE NOW: Calix engineer Hari Rajaram is on the RethinkConn stage sharing what it's really like building on NATS with Synadia.
Honest, in-the-trenches perspective from a team running it for real. Worth hearing live.
Join 👉 synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…
Welp, that happened faster than I predicted. Thought it would be end of 2027, then early 2027, but agentic traffic growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time in the Internet's history. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic…
⏰ One hour to RethinkConn.
If you registered, check your inbox for the join link. If you didn't — you can still register and drop in: synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…
First session kicks off at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.
See you there.
RethinkConn, the biggest @NATS_io event of the year, is TOMORROW!
We've you got covered from every angle:
→ Thursday June 4
→ 12-4 PM ET
→ Free
Reserve your spot to join us tomorrow!
"It started with a simple publish to a subject… and now there's this massive system behind it."
-Christopher Coco of Verrus on building at the OT/IT convergence with NATS.
In finance, latency is money. Reliability is survival.
Trading platforms, payment rails, settlement networks, real-time risk — all sitting on infrastructure that can't blink.
Engineers from @eToro, @Checkout, @StateStreet, and @jumptrading are joining us at RethinkConn 2026 to talk about how they're building the next generation of it.
If you ship anything with money on the line, you should be there.
Join us for a virtual half-day 👉 synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…#RethinkConn2026#FinTech#FinancialServices#LowLatency
"NATS at the Edge" workshop @ RethinkConn 2026:
You'll leave with a working leaf-node setup that survives simulated network drops.
Led by the people who built leaf nodes.
June 4, virtual, free.
Register:synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…
I have been getting to see some of the materials, and they are really good! This one will be our best yet, and I think we will cover some great topics, including AI and where @synadia and @nats_io fits in. Plus great updates across the board. Hope to see everyone next week.
One week out.
RethinkConn 2026 — June 4, virtual.
7 hands-on workshops with the NATS maintainers. The workshops happen live and are customizable to your questions and needs.
Register: synadia.com/lp/rethinkconn-2…
Andrew is relentlessly building the world’s most powerful systems programming language (and toolchain).
He has my full support and trust (and frankly, sheer gratitude for holding firm on quality).
Props to @jetbrains for putting together a terrific interview.