Zack Shapiro

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I’m Zack, I’m an engineer, entrepreneur, and lover of creating and building things.

I’m the Editor of Better Programming, the best-performing Medium publication to launch in 2019. I'm also an iOS contractor and I'm exploring something new.

I live in Brooklyn with my wife and our dog. I grew up in Baltimore and went to school in Boulder.

The best way to reach me is on Twitter or to email me at zack@zackshapiro.com.

Better Programming

Editor and Co-Founder (May 2019 – Present)

Better Programming is one of Medium's fastest-growing publications. We publish technical tutorials and advice on how to advance your career in startups and tech. Our how to articles cover various topics related to React, Python, Swift, Docker, JavaScript, and more.

We launched in May 2019 and became the fastest publication to reach 5 million pageviews a month, which we did in November 2019, just 6 months after launching.

Better Programming is followed by over 110,000 people and we work with over 1,300 authors from all around the world, receiving, copy editing, and publishing their articles to our global audience.