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type: guest
cover: 'https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/main-codingcatdev-photo/podcast-guest/m4d_z'
name: m4dz
published: published
slug: m4dz
start: January 1, 2000
picks: https://www.notion.so/How-I-Met-Your-Mother-05ed4eb45cbb4d3386cec104ee4903c1, https://www.notion.so/The-new-Open-Props-project-131e3f5f904a403aa2a39c33256268a0
socials:
  github: 'https://github.com/m4dz/'
  linkedin: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/m4d-z/'
  twitter: 'https://twitter.com/m4d_z'
  twitch: 'https://www.twitch.tv/m4dz_devrel/'
websites:
  - https://talks.m4dz.net/
  - https://divriots.com/
---

### Profile

Principal Developer Advocate at ‹div›RIOTS - makers of Backlight, a Design Systems IDE built for Designers and Developers - m4dz is a curious animal. Former Frontend Dev, Devtools enthusiast, he has made the Developer eXperience (DX) his cherished topic. All the Web technologies are under his radar to get things ever simpler. His moto: "Developers are users just like you." As a life-long dreamer his favorite book will ever remains "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
