# Matt Kane (@mk.gg)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/mk.gg
Headline: Astro core team 🚀 Gets markdown links the right way around every time
Location: United Kingdom

## About

Serial entrepreneur and software engineer. I love startups and inventing things.

## Career

- **Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare** (Oct 2025 - Present)
  Building a first-class experience for web frameworks on Cloudflare
- **Founder at Vela Labs** (May 2014 - Present)
  Reinventing high-speed photography. Launched the world's fastest camera flash on Kickstarter and successfully shipped hundreds of units.
- **Framework lead at Astro** (Jan 2025 - Nov 2025)
- **Core Maintainer at Astro** (Jun 2024 - Jan 2025)
  Building the world's fastest web framework
- **Principal Software Engineer at Netlify** (May 2021 - Jun 2024)
  Ensuring all web frameworks work well on Netlify
- **Staff Software Engineer II at Gatsby** (Jan 2020 - May 2021)
  Making life easier for Gatsby open source users
- **Head Of Software at Aer Studios** (Oct 2017 - Jan 2020)
  Leading software development and strategy at a digital agency
- **Co-founder and CTO at Triggertrap Ltd** (Dec 2011 - May 2014)
  Inventing interesting ways to trigger your camera.
- **Co-founder at CLEVR Ltd** (Apr 2008 - May 2012)
  Developing consumer and enterprise web apps
- **Co-founder at Sphex LLP** (Jul 2004 - Apr 2008)
  Developed the top panoramic photo stitching and sharing web app of its day.
- **Co-founder at Clementine Media Ltd** (Sep 2000 - Jul 2004)
  My first startup. We created content and software related to panoramic photography.

## Credentials

- Recognized Beer Judge — Beer Judge Certification Program (May 2016)

## Education

- **University of Bath** — Bachelor of Science (BSc) (2004 - 2007)

## Links

- github: https://github.com/ascorbic
- hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ascorbic