Dave Berner

Co-founder @Kinde
  • Work

    I'm Dave, co-founder and VP of Engineering at Kinde, a developer platform that takes care of the boring but essential stuff like auth, billing, and feature flags so founders can move faster. I’m a frontend-leaning generalist with a deep love of clean systems, intuitive UX, and building tools developers actually enjoy using. I’ve been in startups for over a decade, and got into tech through the DIY world of band websites. I now split my time between leading product direction at Kinde, raising three kids in Byron Bay, and writing about the overlap of engineering, creativity, and sustainability in modern work.

  • Writing

    I ramble about frontend, start-ups and architecture over on the Kinde blog. My last post was: Why we built an all-in-one dev platform.

  • Speaking

    I speak about building developer platforms, startup infrastructure, and product development.

    • 08th June 2023 - Code, Melbourne
    • 02nd Dec 2022 - Web Directions, Sydney
    • 30th Aug 2022 - Engineering Sydney, Sydney
    • 05th Apr 2018 - SydCSS, Sydney
    • 01st Jun 2016 - Scotland CSS, Edinburgh
    • 11th May 2016 - CSS Conf, Budapest
    • 04th Feb 2016 - SydCSS, Sydney
    • 16th Jan 2016 - BreadTalks, Sydney
    Slide Decks:
    • Shedding Light on the Shadow Dom
  • Side hustles

    My main passion project is Stake Social - an app for playing football prediction games against friends.

  • Contact

    I don't have any social stuff really. You can find me on LinkedIn and X @dave_or_dead as a necessary evil. Or you can email me at [email protected]

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