Max Brunsfeld

Max Brunsfeld is a co-founder of Zed, a collaborative code editor written in Rust.1 He has an extensive background in developing code editors and programming tools, which has culminated in his current work on Zed.

Career Highlights

Atom Editor:: Max joined the Atom team at GitHub in 2013, where he was instrumental in driving the editor towards its 1.0 launch.3 During his time on the Atom project, he gained valuable experience in building and improving text editors.

Tree-sitter:: While working on Atom, Max created Tree-sitter, a modern parser generator tool that powers syntax highlighting in many editors and is used for code navigation on GitHub.1

Zed:: Currently, Max is focusing on Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor that he co-founded with Nathan Sobo and Antonio Scandurra.2 Zed aims to enable developers to "code at the speed of thought" and facilitate seamless collaboration among programmers.2

Background and Education

Max studied at Humboldt State University.4 Before joining GitHub to work on Atom, he worked at Pivotal Labs.3

Approach to Programming

Max views programming as a craft and values the apprenticeship-like experience of pair programming.1 This perspective has influenced his approach to developing tools that enhance the programming experience and facilitate collaboration among developers.

Max Brunsfeld's LinkedIn profile can be found at linkedin.com/in/max-brunsfeld-125288404, and he is active on Twitter under the handle @maxbrunsfeld.5