What I'm Doing Now
The Boy Who
Never Stopped Building
Born in the UK, I started programming computers when I was eight. By sixteen, I had written a million-line operating system, video codec, and web browser, all before Windows 95 came out.
At fifteen, I wrote my first neural network. At twenty-one, I started my first company and have never worked for anyone since.
1M+
Lines of code written by 16
3M+
Lines of code written by 2025
Three Slightly
Unreasonable Moonshots
As founder-CEO of Silktide, I lead a company obsessively focused on transforming the web for the better.
With a physical presence in five countries and customers ranging from governments to global enterprises, Silktide is the platform the world's biggest brands use to make their websites work.
"One of the most followed writers on Quora"
— Forbes
Writing for
Tens of Millions
My writing found a global audience through Forbes, Time, and Huffington Post. Millions of people who apparently wanted someone to explain hard things simply.
From productivity hacks to deep dives into the human brain, my articles blend insight, humor, and drawings I insisted on making myself.
"If you're not pissing someone off, you probably aren't doing anything important."
— Oliver's most shared quoteThe Age of AI
In 2023, I moved from the UK to Austin, Texas: the heart of the new tech frontier. I now host one of Austin's leading AI communities, where I speak regularly and teach people how to 'vibe code'.
I love England, but I'm America's biggest fan and I'm never going back. When I'm not building, I'm writing about why AI is mostly a good thing (85% confidence).
Teaching Vibe Coding, 2025
Quotes by Oliver Emberton
“If you're not pissing someone off, you probably aren't doing anything important.”
“If you think success will make you happy, you have it backwards.”
“Hard work is not inherently a good thing. Hard work is a disgusting waste of your life when it's thrown at the wrong things.”
“Conforming to other people's anger is caving to the most stupid part of their nature.”
“Ignore. It's rude, unprofessional and often utterly necessary.”
“Ideas are cheap, fleeting things; by itself an idea is worth less than a half-eaten sandwich.”
“You can do anything, if you stop trying to do everything.”
“One of the most dastardly lies ever told is that 'winners never quit'. Total bunk and claptrap. Winners quit the right things.”
“If your reasons are complicated, they're almost certainly excuses.”
“Most people spend their money to get the most utility – fun, food, whatever. Entrepreneurs spend their money to make the most money.”
“Like parenting, the only people who think leadership is easy are the people who haven't tried it.”
“The problem with looking at the successful for inspiration is what they do now isn't what got them there. You're liable to copy the wrong things.”
“The truth of something has little to do with it being accepted as fact. Most universally held 'truths' have an altogether different standard: people find them palatable.”
“There's always tomorrow, until there's not.”
“We surrender much of our life to the most vapid crap imaginable, simply because someone else asks us to.”
“What unsung compliment could someone give you now, that would make your mind explode with delight? How much would you appreciate the person who said it? Now do that to someone else.”
“You are in competition with every other distraction on the Internet. Your beautifully written sonnet must joust for attention against Miley Cyrus with a kitten.”