I’m Dean Sas. I am a father, husband, software engineer, cyclist, reader and a geek.
I live in Chesterfield, UK. London is two hours away, Sheffield is fifteen minutes and the Peak District National Park closer than both.
I am passionate about the web, cycling and reading. Software is eating the world and our attention, and it’s mostly delivered via the web. Cycling improves physical and mental health, encourages nicer urban design and fights climate change. Reading is an effective way of learning, improving vocabulary and reducing stress.
I work for Automattic on WordPress.com, where we’re on a mission to democratise publishing and commerce. We’re hiring.
You can get in touch with me by emailing me: dean@deansas.org or via social media (above).
Recent(ish) writing
Simplify your git config with conditional includes
Git config files support conditional includes and one of the conditions supported is the git remote url. This is interesting because one of the most common reasons for having a .gitconfig file is to store your email address. I version control my dotfiles and I was left with a choice of either: Neither is ideal…
Reading 2025
I read 37 books from 21 different authors, 15 of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years I’ve now read the nine full books of the First Law series and enjoyed every one of them. The first trilogy is still the stand-out though. I love the character arcs, the subverted expectations…
Picking up a brush
Aside from user-interface sketches and diagrams of computer systems, I don’t think I’ve drawn anything for 23 years – since the moment art became optional at school, and I gleefully threw in the brushes. At the time, I found art frustrating. I wanted to reproduce the ideas in my head, or the basket of fruit…
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