Zach Leatherman is a web builder at Font Awesome, creator of Eleventy (11ty), and an award-winning open source developer. He speaks internationally and contributes to IndieWeb projects.
10 articles from this blog
An interview with Eleventy creator Zach Leatherman on the realities of funding, sustainability, and growth for open-source developer tools.
A review of the Eleventy static site generator's major achievements, release stats, and growth metrics for the year 2025.
Zach Leatherman announces his upcoming talk at the State of the Browser 2026 conference, a web development event.
A guide to securing npm package publishing workflows by eliminating tokens and implementing robust security practices in response to recent incidents.
A satirical guide to simulating AI text generation using Web Components and CSS animations, without actual AI.
Zach Leatherman details how the 11ty project uses GitHub Issues for project management and discusses upcoming changes to their workflow.
A technical guide on implementing a copy-to-clipboard button using Web Awesome and Eleventy, covering bundling and progressive enhancement.
Eleventy updates its Open Collective supporter facepile rules to give permanent credit to individual contributors, including one-time donors.
Explains a Markdown parsing bug when wrapping <pre> code blocks in HTML elements and provides workarounds for Eleventy projects.
Exploring the inability to intercept boolean coercion for custom objects in JavaScript and a plea for a solution.
