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    Jono Bacon

    Jono Bacon is a former community leader in open source and author of 'People Powered'. He bridges open-source, creator, startup, and enterprise communities, offering practical frameworks for scaling volunteer communities.

    #13 Community building#17 Developer Experience#18 Open source
    30CiteRank

    Last updated 13 Nov 2026 · Named in 28 answers across 4 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines describe Jono Bacon as a community and developer relations strategist who led community at Canonical, GitHub and XPRIZE and founded Stateshift. Copilot adds that he also runs Community Leadership Core and criticizes booth culture at conferences. Google AI Mode and Perplexity both credit him with The Art of Community and People Powered, and Perplexity adds the Community Leadership Summit. ChatGPT frames his idea as linking developer experience to community outcomes. The most cited pages are on jonobacon.com, which all five engines cite, including his about page and his DevRel guide.

    • ChatGPTNot named

      Says he comes from the open-source and community side of DevRel, led community at Canonical, XPRIZE and GitHub, and now works as a community strategist and consultant.

      Known for
      • linking developer experience to community
      • DevRel as organizational system
      • community and collaboration strategy
    • GeminiNot named

      Says he is the founder of Stateshift, a DevRel and community consultant and author who earlier led community at Canonical, XPRIZE and GitHub.

      Known for
      • structured DevRel team building
      • scaling developer ecosystems
      • community management foundations
    • Google AI ModeNot named

      Says he directed community strategy for Ubuntu at Canonical and community at GitHub, and wrote The Art of Community and People Powered.

      Known for
      • The Art of Community
      • People Powered
      • scaling open-source communities
    • PerplexityNot named

      Says he is a community strategist who led community at Canonical, XPRIZE and GitHub, founded Stateshift and the Community Leadership Summit, and wrote two community books.

      Known for
      • The Art of Community
      • People Powered
      • DevRel as reciprocal system
    • Bing AI ModeNot named

      No description yet.

    • CopilotNot named

      Says he led community at Canonical, GitHub and XPRIZE and runs Stateshift and Community Leadership Core, advising on developer workflow and DevRel.

      Known for
      • community building
      • developer workflow focus
      • critique of conference booth culture

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      Named in 17 answers
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      Named in 11 answers

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