Edward Thomson

@ethomson

Product at @TrustVanta focusing on privacy and data security. Formerly @Vercel, @GitHub, @Microsoft. Maintainer of @libgit2.

Cambridge, UK

Edward Thomson
@ethomson
Oct 1, 2025
It’s October 1 — the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act takes effect today! Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?
Edward Thomson
@ethomson
Apr 26, 2025
Throughout my career, I’ve focused on developer tools… mostly because I checked the wrong box on a form once…
Christoph Nakazawa
@cnakazawa
Apr 24, 2025
I don't understand why squash merging is not the default on GitHub. The other options make no sense, and just slow things down. Similarly, it's confusing that people *still* use `git merge`. It makes everything so complicated. Always rebase, never merge.
Edward Thomson
@ethomson
Apr 22, 2025
I thought "vibe coding" was silly... until I watched my design counterpart — who has never written a line of code in his life — create a real outcome. Watching him succeed with these tools was the breakthrough for me to become a believer. What made vibe coding real for _you_?
Edward Thomson
@ethomson
Mar 25, 2025
Perhaps my finest contribution to Vercel was printing the LFG stickers.
Evil Rabbit
@evilrabbit_
Mar 25, 2025
Edward Thomson
@ethomson
Mar 15, 2025
What’s an example of a developer tool with “great taste”? And why? What does that phrase mean to you?