John Gruber

Tech journalist and writer

San Francisco, USA

About John

John Gruber is an American tech journalist and writer. He is best known for his work as the editor of The Verge and has written for various other publications. He is also a strong advocate for transparency and accountability in the tech industry.

Associated Podcasts

Raffaele Gaito, il podcast.

Guest

Podcast Answer Man

Guest

CNBC's "Fast Money"

Host

The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods

Host

Connect

Recent Appearances

# The epic story of Markdown

The Vergecast•Jun 15, 2026•34:52•host

MacBreak Weekly 1016: An Orca, a Trombone, and a Treasure Chest

All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio)•Mar 18, 2026•2:35:59•guest

John Gruber

About John

Associated Podcasts

Raffaele Gaito, il podcast.

Podcast Answer Man

CNBC's "Fast Money"

The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods

Connect

Recent Appearances

# The **epic** story of Markdown

MacBreak Weekly 1016: An Orca, a Trombone, and a Treasure Chest

The Edsurge Podcast

Church Life Today

The Vergecast

Theology Central

Decoder with Nilay Patel

The Internet of Things Podcast

Wenbin Fang's Podcast Playlist

Magazeum

Declarando Variables

Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon

All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio)

Easter Season | Confident.Faith

Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin

MacCast - For Mac Geeks, by Mac Geeks

Key Topics

Why Kubernetes Outages Are Usually Human Failures, Not Platform Bugs

800 Million Users and One Big Problem for the Church

Swift Concurrency—Part 1: Tasks, Executors, and Priority Escalation

Spotify Study Maps How Information Spreads Through Code Reviews

Why did Apple ice out the most famous Apple blogger?

🍏 Altra grande DELUSIONE da Apple [Riflessioni WWDC 2025]

Did Apple get too big for its own good?

Master_Apple_Podcasts_Creator_Dashboard__iOS_17_Updates,_Paid_Subscriptions,_Episode_Artwork

Forgiving the Unforgivable - S16E7

John Huey (Editor: Time Inc., Fortune, more)

HN721: Goodbye Network Cowboys, Hello Total Network Operations

Intelligent DevOps: 8 Lessons Learned from Nature

Maccast 2023.10.15

Daily Devotion for 21 April 2023 (Easter 2, Friday)

Daily Devotion for 20 April 2023 (Easter 2, Thursday)

Day Two Cloud 183: How Did We Get To WebAssembly And What Is It For?

Maccast 2023.02.05

Maccast 2023.01.12

# The epic story of Markdown