Steve Yegge
Programmer and essayist (Stevey's Blog Rants); worked at Amazon, Google, Grab and Sourcegraph.
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- Steve Yegge is an American programmer known for long essays on languages, productivity and software culture.
- He worked at Amazon from 1998 to 2005 and at Google from 2005 to 2018.
- He then joined Grab, and in October 2022 Sourcegraph as head of engineering.
- He co-wrote the book Vibe Coding with Gene Kim and in January 2026 launched Gas Town, a vibe-coding orchestrator.
Key facts
- Amazon
- Senior manager of software development, 1998 to 20051
- Senior staff software engineer in Kirkland, Washington, 2005 to 20181
- Grab
- Joined in 2018; announced he was leaving in May 20201
- Sourcegraph
- Joined as head of engineering in October 2022 (Wikipedia gives no end date)1
- Writing
- Stevey's Drunken Blog Rants, then Stevey's Blog Rants; the 2011 Google+ platforms memo1
- Recent
- Co-wrote Vibe Coding with Gene Kim; launched Gas Town in January 20261
Roles
Part of
- SourcegraphOrganization
joined as head of engineering (Wikipedia, read October 2026, gives no end date) · since Oct 2022 source on Sourcegraph
Before
Part of until 2005
Amazon (senior manager of software development) source on Amazon
Part of until 2018
Google (senior staff software engineer, Kirkland, Washington) source on Google
Links
Sources
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