# 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.

## Experience

- **Co-founder at Sphex LLP** (2004 – 2008)
  Developed the top panoramic photo stitching and sharing web app of its day.
- **Co-founder at Clementine Media Ltd** (2000 – 2004)
  My first startup. We created content and software related to panoramic photography.
- **Principal Software Engineer at Netlify** (2021 – 2024)
  Ensuring all web frameworks work well on Netlify
- **Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Cloudflare** (2025 – present)
  Building a first-class experience for web frameworks on Cloudflare
- **Co-founder at CLEVR Ltd** (2008 – 2012)
  Developing consumer and enterprise web apps
- **Staff Software Engineer II at Gatsby** (2020 – 2021)
  Making life easier for Gatsby open source users
- **Head Of Software at aer studios** (2017 – 2020)
  Leading software development and strategy at a digital agency
- **Co-founder and CTO at Triggertrap Ltd** (2011 – 2014)
  Inventing interesting ways to trigger your camera.
- **Founder at Vela Labs** (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** (2025 – 2025)
- **Core Maintainer at Astro** (2024 – 2025)
  Building the world's fastest web framework

## Education

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

## Certifications

- Recognized Beer Judge — Beer Judge Certification Program

## Other profiles

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