Derek Briggs

Derek Briggs

THE JANITOR

@PixelJanitor · Shopify

Drafted Jul 31, 2026

Design Engineer

Design and code at Shopify, previously Clerk, and an angel investor on the side. Co-hosts Shape.fm, which means half this bench has been on his podcast.

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  Meng To@MengTo
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  Founded Design+Code, which has spent a decade teaching designers to code and developers to design.

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  Kyle Zantos@kylezantos
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  Designer, builder and self-described agentic engineer out of Seattle, shipping under the banner of software as a gift.

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  Charlie Deets@charliedeets
  Product Designer

  Designs Dia at The Browser Company, having come through Apple, WhatsApp and Facebook first.

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