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Alastair Reid

Software Engineer · Canada · b. —

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Alastair Reid
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Archive ID
A-00004
Last Curated
July 2014
Country
Canada
Occupation
Software Engineer
Primary Field
Technology
Era
Contemporary
Secondary Fields
Open SourceDeveloper Tooling
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Biography

An engineer and open-source maintainer whose tools quietly power a great deal of the modern web. Known for careful documentation and an unusually patient issue tracker.

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      Open SourceWebDocumentationIndependent

      Tags connect this entry to broader observations across the archive.

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      Documentation Sources

      • Public repository
        official · Personal site
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      Curator's Note

      Included as a contemporary example — evidence that the pattern continues comfortably into the present.

      — Alastair Hunte
      Curator, Who Is Alastair? Archive

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      A-00004
      Last Curated
      July 2014
      Who Is Alastair? Archive — “Alastair Reid”, Archive Accession A-00004. Last Curated July 2014. https://whoisalastair.com/
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