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“You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated.”

Quote by Tom Preston-Werner

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Tom Preston-Werner

Tom Preston-Werner (born October 28, 1979) is an American software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of GitHub. He created the Jekyll static site generator and co-authored the Semantic Versioning specification. Preston-Werner served as GitHub's CTO until resigning in 2014 following an internal investigation. He also co-founded Gravatar and remains active in open source and tech investing. more

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