About Josh
I’m currently working as a Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify, building a visual programming platform for merchants and improving the interfaces for Shopify developers. I live in Chicago and Chicago is a great place to live. I’ve been traveling and backpacking more frequently, exploring new places, and spending time cultivating my garden.
I’m an engineering leader specializing in complex systems design and delivery at scale. I cut my technical teeth in high-velocity startup environments. Now I lead multiple teams within Shopify’s large engineering organization to deliver highly complex interfaces at scale and speed. I focus on being a technical expert who can advise teams and drive technical design decisions in complex systems. I’m particularly excited about integrating AI and LLMs into software development practices and building systems that make these technologies accessible to the public.
My email address is josh@joshbeckman.org. I strongly prefer email as a communication method, so email me if you have a comment about something I’ve written - or write a post on your own site. Or you can follow/message me on open social networks (see Verification below).
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Support
In addition to writing and sharing tools on this site, I maintain many open-source software projects. I welcome any issues or ideas you may open there and especially any code you can contribute. Creating and maintaining open-source software and open writing takes a lot of time and money, so fund my software maintenance and writing via GitHub Sponsors.
Verification
Active Accounts
If you see an account that looks like it might be me but isn’t listed here, please let me know.
| Mastodon | @joshbeckman@mastodon.social |
| Bluesky | @joshbeckman.org |
| GitHub | @joshbeckman |
| Letterboxd | @joshbeckman |
| Apple Music | @andjosh |
| YouTube | @joshbeckmanchannel |
| Strava | @beckman_josh |
| Hacker News | @bckmn |
josh@joshbeckman.org |
Passive Accounts
These are me, but I don’t actively use them. If you happen to use these networks, feel free to interact with me and I’ll see it eventually.
| LastFM | @andjosh_ |
| GitLab | @joshbeckman |
| @josh-beckman-0aa20b50 | |
| Spotify | @andjosh |
| Wordpress | @joshbecause |
Inactive Accounts
These were me, but I don’t use them any more.
| Micro.blog | @joshbeckman |
| Twitter/X | @josh_beckman |
Do Not Have
If an account with my name is on these networks, it’s not me.
- Facebook/Instagram/Threads
- TikTok
- Snapchat