Zach’s ugly mug (his face) Zach Leat­herman

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Zach Leatherman is a builder for the web at Font Awesome and the creator of Build Awesome (née Eleventy/11ty), an award-winning open source website generator. He measures website performance with speedlify and at one point became too fixated on web fonts. He has given 86 talks in nine different countries at events like Beyond Tellerrand, Smashing Conference, Jamstack Conf, CSSConf, and The White House.

I enjoy trying to speedrun Apple News+ puzzles, here are some of my best times:

  • Fastest Sudoku: 1m 21s (May 6, 2026) 1m 33s (April 21, 2026)
  • Fastest Crossword Mini: 10s (September 12, 2025) 12s (August 27, 2025)

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Zach is a builder for the web at Font Awesome and the creator of Build Awesome (née Eleventy/11ty), an award-winning open source website generator. He measures website performance with speedlify (speedlify.dev) and at one point became too fixated on web fonts. He has given 86 talks in nine different countries at events like Beyond Tellerrand, Smashing Conference, Jamstack Conf, CSSConf, and The White House. Formerly part of CloudCannon, Netlify, Filament Group, NEJS CONF, and NebraskaJS.

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Zach is a builder for the web at <a href="https://fontawesome.com/">Font Awesome</a> and the creator of <a href="https://build.awesome.me/">Build Awesome</a> (née <a href="https://www.11ty.dev">Eleventy/11ty</a>), an award-winning open source website generator. He measures website performance with <a href="https://www.speedlify.dev/">speedlify</a> and at one point became <em>too fixated</em> on <a href="https://www.zachleat.com/web/fonts/">web fonts</a>. He has given <a href="https://www.zachleat.com/web/speaking/">86 talks in nine different countries</a> at events like Beyond Tellerrand, Smashing Conference, Jamstack Conf, CSSConf, and <a href="https://www.zachleat.com/web/whitehouse/">The White House</a>. Formerly part of <a href="https://cloudcannon.com/">CloudCannon</a>, <a href="https://www.netlify.com/">Netlify</a>, <a href="https://www.filamentgroup.com/">Filament Group</a>, <a href="http://nejsconf.com/">NEJS CONF</a>, and <a href="http://nebraskajs.com">NebraskaJS</a>.

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Zach is a builder for the web at [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) and the creator of [Build Awesome](https://build.awesome.me/) (née [Eleventy/11ty](https://www.11ty.dev)), an award-winning open source website generator. He measures website performance with [speedlify](https://www.speedlify.dev/) and at one point became _too fixated_ [on web fonts](https://www.zachleat.com/web/fonts/). He has given [86 talks in nine different countries](https://www.zachleat.com/web/speaking/) at events like Beyond Tellerrand, Smashing Conference, Jamstack Conf, CSSConf, and [The White House](https://www.zachleat.com/web/whitehouse/). Formerly part of [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/), [Filament Group](https://www.filamentgroup.com/), [NEJS CONF](http://nejsconf.com/), and [NebraskaJS](http://nebraskajs.com).

Photos

Photo of Zach Leatherman’s bearded face.
2025 (current)
Photo of Zach Leatherman’s bearded face.
2017 Cropped for avatar use.
Photo of Zach Leatherman’s face.
2017 Taken by Andrey Davydchyk at CSS Minsk JS. Download JPEG.
A very bearded photo of Zach Leatherman’s face.
2014 Taken by Marc Thiele at SmashingConf Whistler. Download original.
An avatar with zachleat as vertical text beside it.
2009
The first logo for this blog: Web 3.0, 6 Bladed Razors, and 7 Minute Abs.
2007 The original site title: Web 3.0, 6 Bladed Razors, and 7 Minute Abs.

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