Author
Lincoln Russell (he/him) is a seasoned Web engineering & product executive armed with a liberal arts degree and a deep love of hypermedia and the open Web.
He is a martial artist living in a historic Detroit home with his husband. He swears he has no preference between ‘Linc’ or ‘Lincoln’.
He’s invested 25 years in building software, leading teams, & organizing communities. He started leadership training in 6th grade and led week-long leadership courses before graduating high school.
Online
Linc makes Nitro Porter & Agorakit, manages Icrontic, and maintains NewBuddhist. Recently, he’s gotten involved in the PHP community.
Contact
- Mastodon:
linc @ phpc.social - LinkedIn:
lincolnwebs - Codeberg:
linc - Email:
blog @ lincolnwebs.com - Signal:
lincolnwebs.22
Guides
- Advanced PHP application development on a MacOS localhost for mere mortals (since 2020)
- Evaluating software engineers (since 2023)
- “AI” vs the Web (2025)
Presentations
- Onboard like a PHP Staff Engineer (PHP Longhorn, 2026)
- Ethically Using Student Engagement Data in WordPress (WPCampus conference, 2024)
- When Open Source Community Software is Bought by Private Equity (Community Signal podcast, 2024)
- Getting Into Detroit (Ignite: Detroit conference, 2012)
- Building a Community Around Your Content (WordCamp Detroit conference, 2012)
Topics
- Business
- Community
- Governance
- Leadership
- Marital Arts
- My Story
- Process
- Product Management
- Strategy
- Technology
- Web
Colophon
Why “lincolnwebs”? Like Lincoln Logs, but he builds with the Web, get it? Or linking webs of ideas.
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