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Joseph Goksu
Joseph Goksu

Notes on platform engineering, indie products, and community work.

About

Hey, I’m Joseph.

I grew up ripping apart electronics, convinced I could put them back together with fewer screws than I started with. That curiosity turned into a career building platform tools for teams who want to ship fast without breaking things.

These days I split my time between TaskWing (a scrappy automation platform), Markwise (bookmarking with a memory), and Metagrab (an open-source metadata service I maintain so other indie founders don’t have to). Most of my work happens in the UK, where I also host Indie Hackers London and help run the Reactive Programming Group.

I care about making developer experience boring in the best way possible—reliable tools, calm releases, and space to craft. When I’m not tinkering with automation scripts, you’ll find me collecting coffee shop recommendations, mentoring early-stage founders, or shouting into the void on Twitter about build pipelines.

Things I’m building

  • TaskWing

    Started as an internal automation bot, now evolving into a hosted platform for provisioning environments and stitching build tooling together. It keeps me honest about developer ergonomics.

  • Markwise

    A bookmarking side project that refuses to let research get lost. I’m experimenting with sync engines, privacy-first design, and hopeful tweets to coax beta testers.

  • Metagrab

    An open-source metadata parser in Go that powers link previews across community platforms and newsletters. Maintained mostly with coffee and contributions from kind strangers.

Community & collaboration

  • • Co-organiser of Indie Hackers London—monthly gatherings for founders who like honest conversations about shipping and surviving.
  • • Host of the Reactive Programming Group, where we dig into event-driven architecture, observability, and whatever patterns we’re currently obsessed with.
  • • AWS Community Builder for four years and counting, supporting developers experimenting with serverless and platform tooling.
  • • Mentor to early-stage teams figuring out their first platform hire, usually over a whiteboard and a lot of post-its.

Say hello

The best way to reach me is via josephgoksu[@]gmail.com. I also share the occasional build update on Twitter and post longer notes on LinkedIn.