Friends
AKA 
myspace top 8
I always get DMs from people asking about recommendations for different roles.
Here's all of them on a single page — a curated list of designers, engineers, musicians, artists, copywriters, directors, and other cool friends.
Talented people I've had the pleasure to work with or would like to work with in the future.
If you're looking for someone to hire for your next project, this place is a good start.
Work in Progress. Always evolving.
Lochie Axon
Design Engineer with mad animation skills. Created ConnectKit. Worked with: Aave Labs / Avara, Family, Honk (LFE)
lochieaxon.com@lochie@lochieaxon
Austin Valleskey
Product Designer and Design Engineer creating beautiful and functional interfaces. Worked with: Coinbase, Aave Labs / Avara, MoneyKit, Cash App, Honk (LFE), Bonfire
austinvalleskey.com@austinvalleskey
Emil Kowalski
Design Engineer known for his meticulous work on open source projects such as Vaul and Sonner. Worked with: Linear, Clerk, Vercel
emilkowal.ski@emilkowalski
Mariana Castilho
Product Designer with a great eye for motion design. Worked with: Pierre, Vercel, Universe, Uber
uilabs.dev@mrncst
Anelly Vazquez
Visual Designer and Digital Artist. Worked with: Ethereum, Vice, Consensys, Metamask
anellyvazquez.com@xfrgmnts@xfrgmnts
Greg Sarafian
Product Designer of products, brands, experiences, and the psychology behind them. Worked with: DoorDash, Locket
gregsarafian.com@GregSarafian
Paco Coursey
Design Engineer reletlessly pursuing delightful user experiences. Worked with: Linear, Vercel
paco.me@pacocoursey
Mendicant Bias
Multidisciplinary Artist, Creative Director, Graphic Designer. Worked with: Apple, UC Berkeley
mendicantbias.xyz@bias@biasenergy
Mac Budkowski
Product-oriented Marketing Consultant and Entrepreneur, into Ethereum and consumer apps. Worked with: Intel, IKEA, Gnosis, Nouns, Lens, MasterCard
macbudkowski.com@MacBudkowski
Christian Bollmann
Designer helping founders and startups build products that raise serious capital. Worked with: Amie
bollmann.co@bollmann0x
Jonno Riekwel
Legendary and prolific Product Designer and Frontend Engineer with 20 years of experience. Worked with: Xero, MYOB, Product Hunt, Sketch
jonnotie.com@jonnotie
Jacob Bijani
Creative Technologist and Engineer. Worked with: Tumblr, Electric Objects, Beme
bijani.com@jcb
Anna Kajda
3D Artist and Designer creating playful illustrations and animations. Worked with: Pitch, Apple, Superlist, Mixpanel
kajdax.de@anna_paschenko
Jess Wang
Designer, Illustrator, Artist. Worked with: Instagram, Lyft, The Browser Company, Primer
jwang.work@milkjuus@milkjuus
Wojciech Dobry
Creative Engineer & Designer. Worked with: Amazon, Sound.xyz
@brainFnCl
James McDonald
Freelance Product Designer. Worked with: Tailwind Labs, Clerk
wireframe.co@jamesm
Damian Chmiel
Minimalist Product and Brand Designer. Worked with: OpenPurpose®, Rally, Button
chmiel.work@chmielwork
Harshil Shah
Design-oriented iOS Engineer and Indie Maker.
harshil.net@harshil
Jakub Ziemba
Design Engineer from Poland. Worked with: Cosmos, Blazity
bento.me/saintjcob@saintjcob@saintjcob
Lanie Hei
Senior Distributed Systems Engineer at Temporal
lanie.dev
Rehat Kathuria
iOS / macOS Engineer building delightful apps.
github.com/rehatkathuria@R3H8TKathy Zheng
Staff Product Designer and Artist. Worked with: Notion, GitHub, Patreon, Optimism
pifafu.com@pifafu@pifafu
Alex Krasikov
Design Engineer building delightful user interfaces. Worked with: Attio, Finta
@alex_krasikau
Brandon Johnson
Lead Software Engineer bridging the digital and physical worlds using experimental technologies.
brandon.mn@brandon_mn
internetVin
A multidisciplinary founder, film and software director from Toronto. Worked with: Futureland, Shopify, 1880 Studios
internetvin.com@internetvin
Pim Coumans
Freelance iOS Developer and indie game developer. Meticulously crafts bespoke user experiences.
pixelrock.nl@pimcoumans
Oskar Kwaśniewski
React Native Core Contributor. Building React Native for visionOS at Callstack.
kwasniew.ski@o_kwasniewski
Atlas Acopian
Director and Conceptual Artist based in Los Angeles. His work is playful and witty, often embracing new technologies. Worked with: Kim Kardashian, Red Bull, Carly Rae Jepsen, Will Smith, Adobe, Toyota
atlasacopian.com@atlasacopian
Lowen Flowen
Frontend Engineer creating unique interfaces and interactive WebGL experiments.
flowen.me@flowen_AF
Paul Anthony Webb
Frontend Engineer, Designer, and Technologist pushing what's possible on the web. Worked with: Apple, Critical Mass
webb.page
Adil Alimbetov
Frontend Engineer and indie maker in Paris. Worked with: Datadog
alimbetov.com@cheepo2109
Armin Ulrich
Fullstack Engineer and indie maker from Austria.
placid.app@arminulrich
Leo Baecker
Engineer and indie maker. Founder of Hyperping.
hyperping.io@sinequanonh
Austin Grandt
Fullstack Engineer, photographer, traveler, and indie maker. Acquired by Motley Fool.
austingrandt.com@misfit@AustinGrandt
Shaun Farrugia
Director of Engineering, Tech Lead, and improv comedian.
@h0h0h0
Jake Casey
Fullstack Engineer and competitive chess player.
jakeacasey.com@jakeacasey@jakeacasey
Luke Oslizlo
Software Engineer, co-founder of Cleanshot and PixelSnap — two of my most essential Mac apps.
cleanshot.com@lukaszmtw
Josh Mobley
Award-winning Composer and Sound Designer for apps, games and hardware. Worked with: Apple, Sonos, Tumblr, WeChat, Sony, Clear
joshmobley.com@joshmobleymusic
Suzy Shinn
GRAMMY-nominated Record Producer, Songwriter, and Engineer. Worked with: Weezer, Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Alicia Keys
suzyshinn.com@suzyshinn
Greg Skriloff
Fullstack Engineer working on open source web3 projects. Worked with: ENS Labs
gregskril.com@greg@gregskril
Nicolas Jesenberger
Design Engineer crafting beautiful animations and microinteractions. Worked with: Aave Labs / Avara, Family
@njesenberger
Eugene Kudashev
Extremely online Storyteller and Conceptual Artist based in Berlin.
@eugenekudashev
Miguel Piedrafita
Prolific Indie Maker and Engineer at the bleeding edge of technology. Worked with: Worldcoin
miguel.build@m1guelpf
Ben Fryc
3D Artist, Motion Designer, and Creative Director. Worked with: Figma, Google, Loom, Wealthsimple
benfryc.com@benfryc@benfryc_art
Reijo Palmiste
3D Illustrator, Product & Web Designer
layers.to/reijo@reijowrites
Shen
Creative Technologist and Community Builder making the internet more fun.
shen.land
Jason Yuan
Designer defining new interface paradigms, co-founder of new.computer. Worked with: Apple
jasonyuan.design@jasonyuan
Guillaume Leclerc
Independent software maker creating Mac apps for developers.
glmb.today@godbout
Stu Ballinger
Visual 3D Artist that loves iridescent crystals.
behance.net/stuballinger@astronaughtyart@stuballingerart
Sam Selikoff
Making quality videos on frontend development.
samselikoff.com@samselikoff
Jeroen Reumkens
Teaching the craft of frontend development.
frontend.fyi@JeroenReumkens
Artur Bień
Design Engineer bending CSS to his will. Worked with: Whop
expensive.toys@artur_bien
Sam Mason de Caires
Fullstack Engineer with a good eye for design. Worked with: Cloudflare, Rainbow, Foundation, Syndicate
github.com/sammdec@sammdec.eth@sammdec
Jakub Adamczyk
React Native & Mobile Engineer. Worked with: Phantom, Rainbow, Software Mansion
jkadamczyk.com@jkadamczyk
Jeremy Goldberg
Multidisciplinary Designer and Art Director. Worked with: Google, Facebook, Rainbow, Standard Bots
jeremygoldberg.xyz@jeremygoldbrg
Sasha Koss
Fullstack Engineer and Indie Maker. Creator of date-fns. Worked with: Evil Martians, Toptal
github.com/kossnocorp@kossnocorp
Josh W. Comeau
Indie hacker and educator.
joshwcomeau.com@JoshWComeau
Sergeposters
2D and 3D Artist playing with light and gradients.
sergeposters.com@sergeposters
Timothy J. Reynolds
Freelance 3D Artist + Illustrator. Worked with: Apple, Twitch, NYT, Wired, Amazon
turnislefthome.com@turnislefthome
Jack Vanzet
Multidisciplinary artist and music producer from Melbourne. Worked with: RÜFÜS DU SOL, Chet Faker, Future Classic
jackvanzet.com@jackvanzet@jackvanzet
Timo Kuilder
Artist / Illustrator / Painter
timokuilder.com@timokuilder@zwartekoffie
Brian King
Director and Creative Producer in Cupertino. Worked with: Apple, Google, Twitter, Universal Music Group, ESPN
brianking.org@bkbkbk
Keya Vadgama
Multiscript Type and Brand Designer
keyavadgama.com@keyavadgama@keyavadgama
Skylar Barrera
React Native Engineer. Worked with: Rainbow, Scene Infrastructure Company
skylarbarrera.com@skillet@freakyfunkhorse
Mike Smith
Creative Director and Brand Designer. Worked with: Perplexity, Exposure, Any Distance,
smith-diction.com@mikesmith187@smith_diction
Philip Davis
Designer and UI Engineer for iOS and web. Worked with: Apple, Facebook
philipcdavis.com@philipcdavis
Bruno Barbieri
DJ, Mobile Engineer working on Ethereum. Worked with: Coinbase, Rainbow, Metamask, ConsenSys
github.com/brunobar79@brunobar79
Ben Goldberg
Senior Software Engineer working on React Native apps. Worked with: Rainbow, Amazon
@bg@thebengoldberg
James Clements
Design Engineer and Designer. Worked with: Vercel, HBO Max
oldfriends.studio@jamesvclements
Ross Mason
3D Artist, Motion Designer, and Creative Director. Worked with: Anker, Logitech, Glossier, Stella Artois
iamrossmason.com@iamrossmason
Adam Whitcroft
Designer, Engineer, and Iconographer. Worked with: Shopify, Owner, Wealthsimple, Rewind AI
adamwhitcroft.com@AdamWhitcroft
Aaron Iker
Design Engineer pushing the web to its limits. Worked with: OpenCode, Column
codepen.io/aaroniker@aaroniker@aaroniker
Terry Sahaidak
React Native Engineer on open source projects. Worked with: Shopify, Rainbow, Software Mansion
sahaidak.com@terrysahaidak
Marco Cornacchia
Product Designer creating AI tools. Worked with: Figma
marco.fyi/@marcofyi
Gavin Atkinson
Designer who codes. Worked with: Aave Labs / Avara, Rainbow, Uniswap
gav.space@gavin@gavin_atk
Katherine Champagne
Marketing Manager / Writer / Athlete. Published in The New York Times, Vanity Fair. Worked with: Porsche, Gatorade, Rainbow
katherinechampagne.com@keccers@keccers
Oğuz Yağız Kara
Product Designer creating stunning landing pages. Worked with: Shopify, WorkOS, Antimetal, Reflect, Clearbit
oguzyagiz.com@oguzyagizkara
Greg Wolanski
Designer and Full Stack Engineer. 15+ years of experience working with startups.
gregwolanski.com
Nev Flynn
Design Engineer and Product Designer. Worked with: ElevenLabs, Evervault
nevflynn.com@NevFlynn
Igor Bedesqui
Design Engineer. Worked with: IBM, Axiom
bedes.qui.gg@bedesqui
Lavi Ajmani
Product Designer based in NYC. Worked with: Hopin, Dispo, Peachy
laviajmani.com
Robera Geleta
iOS Design Engineer creating new interface paradigms. Worked with: Tinder, Luma AI
bento.me/robera@RoberaGeleta
Laurids Kern
Design Lead & React Native Engineer. Worked with: Margelo
lauridskern.com@lauridskern
Thiago Brezinski
React Native & Frontend Engineer in the web3 space. Worked with: Callstack
brezin.ski@thiagobrez@thiagobrez
Dawid Leszczyński
Senior Fullstack Engineer specializing in Ruby. Worked with: Pexels
github.com/davebream@davebream
