Josh Goldberg

Open source maintainer & speaker. I TypeScript ok. Want a cookie?

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Blog: https://blog.joshuakgoldberg.com
GitHub: https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg
Home: https://joshuakgoldberg.com

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2026-05-16 14:10:28 UTC

We have the *Contributor* Covenant (code of conduct template). Is there a *Maintainer* Covenant equivalent?
Context: I'm writing a proposal for how a project's maintainers should act (basic civility, de-escalating conflicts, confirming perceived negative intent, etc.).

2026-03-08 20:40:30 UTC

Wrote up my final "year in review" blog post for open source maintenance. It was a wonderful fourth and final independent work year. 💙
https://www.joshuakgoldberg.com/blog/2025-in-review?utm_source=mastodon

2025-10-30 14:41:10 UTC

I am looking for a full-time job.
Being independent in open source for 3.5+ years has been wonderful. I've gotten done most of the high-level goals I wanted to, and miss having people & structure around me.
If you know of a role for a staff-level TypeScript+web developer, let me know! 🙂

2025-04-10 11:50:45 UTC

Got my first plugin merged into Knip by @npub12mw…0x07 today! ☺️
The contribution experience was fantastic: the docs were super clear, the code was straightforward to navigate, and the helper script to generate a new plugin got me 90% of the way there. Awesome. Thanks Lars!
https://github.com/webpro-nl/knip/pull/1022

2025-03-11 11:16:52 UTC

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Haha yeah just an arbitrary account.

2025-03-10 18:08:51 UTC

very good schadenfreude today
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/139/471/891/497/352/original/7e745061ff359edd.png

2025-01-17 20:40:24 UTC

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Recap: create-typescript-app is my template for TypeScript repos. It sets up every tool I want for general development. That includes CLIs (building, formatting, ...), docs (code of conduct, contributing, ...) and even GitHub settings via API.
CTA provides preset starters:
- “minimal”: just the basics
- “common”: + testing, all-contributors, releases - what most devs want
- “everything”: as thorough as possible - what I’m happy with
Writing a template that supports 3 presets is *hard*.
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2025-01-17 20:38:58 UTC

I merged my giant removal PR. +756 🟩 , -16,363 🟥. What a great feeling.
https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/create-typescript-app/pull/1839
Why did I delete >15,000 lines of code? A thread on repository templates, web dev tooling, and some tooling that you're going to love later this year...
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2025-01-12 23:53:12 UTC

I made a fun little project this past week: formatly 🧼. It detects whatever formatter -biome, deno fmt, dprint, or Prettier- a project is using and formats files with it.
Hoping to grow this to be used in any project that writes source code for users.
https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/formatly

2025-01-09 16:31:12 UTC

Exciting times for Yeoman: @npub184m…xcmc and I are going to be picking project maintenance back up! 🎩
Yeoman is one of the classic pieces of web dev tooling. It helped pave the way for a lot of fantastic generators and dev tools. We're resuming project maintenance to get through its issue + PR backlogs and keep it using secure, up-to-date dependencies.
Read more here: https://github.com/yeoman/yeoman/issues/1779
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2024-11-22 22:33:22 UTC

What are some good strategies tech conferences have taken to ensure a diverse & inclusive lineup?
I have my own, and plan on blog posting about them soon - but want to see what other folks do too.

2024-11-16 20:28:40 UTC

What are the worst changes Elon Musk has done to Twitter -> X since 2022?
A few top-of-mind ones for me: mass layoffs (esp a11y); botched verifications; disinformation; letting blocked users see posts...
Context: writing on why I'm migrating more to Bluesky. 🦋

2024-11-08 16:06:48 UTC

I'm now an invited expert for TC39, around community+ecosystem tooling. Very excited to give perspective on great tools like linters to the committee.
Huge shoutout & thanks to @npub1xqp…w85h for pushing for my & other tooling folks to be involved in TC39! ❤️‍🔥
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/448/182/089/449/132/original/7aa9823e5aa94673.png

2024-10-31 14:38:03 UTC

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Never mind, Verizon's shitting the bed today. Can't stream. Ugh.

2024-10-31 14:08:15 UTC

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live now 🦋

2024-10-29 18:30:15 UTC

I'm going to live stream making a new Mocha website this Thursday at 10am EST. It'll be a spooky Halloween stream for the classic not-so-scary test runner. Join me! 👻
https://www.twitch.tv/joshuakgoldberg/schedule?segmentID=4090b3ff-45c0-46ad-b1a3-4f200204251b