Hi 👋🏼, I'm Steve Francia

I build tools that make developers’ lives better.

I create open source projects including Hugo and Cobra that have earned over 185K+ GitHub stars.

I’ve shaped the modern developer stack: from architecting MongoDB’s user experience and scaling Go at Google, to pioneering container standards at Docker and driving AI at Two Sigma.

Here, I write about the human stack and the art of building products and teams that last.

Hi 👋🏼, I'm Steve Francia
spf13-vim 3.0 release and new website

spf13-vim 3.0 release and new website

spf13-vim is a cross platform distribution of vim plugins and resources for Vim, GVim and MacVim.

Getting started with Drupal and MongoDB

Getting started with Drupal and MongoDB

Drupal is the standard in content management systems. MongoDB enables high performance Drupal. Get started with a MongoDB backed Drupal.

MongoDB and Hadoop

MongoDB and Hadoop

Learn how to integrate MongoDB with Hadoop for large-scale distributed data processing.

MongoDB and PHP, The Book

MongoDB and PHP, The Book

I wrote a book. It is published by O’Reilly, and available now on Amazon, O’Reilly Media and a …

MongoDB for Genealogy at RootsTech 2012

MongoDB for Genealogy at RootsTech 2012

After an enjoyable time at the SORT conference in 2011 I was invited to come back to SLC to …

Backup, Replication and Disaster Recovery

Backup, Replication and Disaster Recovery

How to go about creating better backups through replication and snapshots and how to ensure that your infrastructure has a solid disaster recovery plan.

Hybrid MongoDB / SQL Applications

Hybrid MongoDB / SQL Applications

MongoDB is often used alongside a relational database such as Oracle or MySQL. It is often …

Windows Power User Tools

Windows Power User Tools

I’m a huge fan of Windows 7. It’s the first time I’ve ever run a Microsoft OS on my primary …

Building your First app with MongoDB at MongoSV 2011

Building your First app with MongoDB at MongoSV 2011

10gen had our flagship conference in Silicon Valley. I gave an introductory presentation at the …

E-commerce in LA

E-commerce in LA

This week I joined a few of my co-workers down in LA. We met with a few companies and ran the …

MongoDB, PHP and the Cloud - PHP Cloud Summit 2011

MongoDB, PHP and the Cloud - PHP Cloud Summit 2011

I had the opportunity to present at the PHP Cloud Summit 2011 among some great presenters. This …

LDS SORT Tech Conference 2011

LDS SORT Tech Conference 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the LDS Church’s SORT tech conference. Nearly 1200 …

MongoDB and PHP at ZendCon 2011

MongoDB and PHP at ZendCon 2011

Presentation given at PHP’s biggest conference, ZendCon 2011. Covers the basics of using …

MongoDB at SORT Conference 2011

MongoDB at SORT Conference 2011

This presentation was given at the LDS Tech SORT Conference 2011 in Salt Lake City. The slides …

Hybrid Cloud Computing

Hybrid Cloud Computing

Traditionally ecommerce companies have had no place in the cloud. The lack of established …

MongoDB, E-Commerce and Transactions

MongoDB, E-Commerce and Transactions

Last week I had the pleasure of attending MongoUK in London. I had a great time presenting and …

Where have all the good databases gone?

Where have all the good databases gone?

Perhaps you’ll recognize these words, “About five years ago I started to notice an odd thing. …

Easy bash scripting with shflags

Easy bash scripting with shflags

One of the most frustrating things about bash scripts is how challenging it is to create unix …