# People I Look Up To

> A growing, non-exhaustive, and unordered list of people who inspire Aiden and whose work he admires.

Published December 17, 2025. Last updated August 16, 2026.

- [Theo Browne](https://x.com/theo)
- [David Cramer](https://x.com/zeeg)
- [John Pham](https://x.com/JohnPhamous)
- [Ryan Carniato](https://x.com/RyanCarniato)
- [Dax](https://x.com/thdxr)
- [Jared Friedman](https://x.com/snowmaker)
- [Andrej Karpathy](https://x.com/karpathy)
- [Alistair Smith](https://x.com/alistaiir)
- [Ange](https://x.com/angehyc) & [Wilson](https://x.com/itswilsonhou)
- [Scott Wu](https://x.com/ScottWu46)
- [Dane Knecht](https://x.com/dok2001)
- [Jarred Sumner](https://x.com/jarredsumner)
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://x.com/rauchg)
- [Amjad Masad](https://x.com/amasad)
- [Sam Altman](https://x.com/sama)
- [Vjeux (Christopher Chedeau)](https://x.com/Vjeux)
- [Steve Ruiz](https://x.com/steveruizok)
- [Sahil Lavingia](https://x.com/shl)
- [Ben Vinegar](https://x.com/bentlegen)
- [Jacob Jackson](https://x.com/jbfja)
- [Aman Sanger](https://x.com/amanrsanger)
- [Ryan Florence](https://x.com/ryanflorence)
- [Tom Occhino](https://x.com/tomocchino)
- [Jordan Walke](https://x.com/jordwalke)
- [Evan You](https://x.com/youyuxi)
- [Charlie Marsh](https://x.com/charliermarsh)
- [shadcn](https://x.com/shadcn)
- [Dominic Gannaway](https://x.com/trueadm)
- [Tanner Linsley](https://x.com/tannerlinsley)
- [Eric Zhang](https://x.com/ekzhang1)
- [Zach Latta](https://x.com/zachlatta)
- [George Hotz](https://x.com/realGeorgeHotz)
- [Jeffrey Heer](https://x.com/jwheer)
- [Matthew Conlen](https://x.com/mathisonian)
- [Dominik Moritz](https://x.com/domoritz)
- [Will Depue](https://x.com/willdepue)
- [Anthony Fu](https://x.com/antfu7)
- [Shu Ding](https://x.com/shuding)
- [Linus Lee (thesephist)](https://x.com/thesephist)
- [Anson Yu](https://x.com/ansonyuu)
- [Jacky Zhao](https://x.com/_jzhao)
- [Tom Preston-Werner](https://x.com/mojombo)
- [Caleb Porzio](https://x.com/calebporzio)
- [Lulu Cheng Meservey](https://x.com/lulumeservey)