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Mike Hostetler is a software builder, engineering leader, and the creator of Jido, an open-source agent framework for Elixir. Across three decades, his work has covered open source, startups, large-scale technology platforms, blockchain, and reliable systems for people and AI agents.
Mike Hostetler is a software builder and engineering leader with more than three decades of experience across open source, startups, and large-scale technology platforms. He is the creator of Jido, an open-source framework for reliable agent systems on Elixir and the BEAM, and ReqLLM, a unified Elixir library for language models. Mike was an early member of the jQuery team, co-founded appendTo, and later led enterprise technology work at Cars.com. He speaks about agent orchestration, Elixir, open-source ecosystems, AI-first engineering teams, and People First leadership.
Mike Hostetler has spent more than three decades building software, companies, open-source communities, and engineering teams. He began programming in QBasic, became an early contributor to jQuery and its infrastructure, co-authored O'Reilly's jQuery Cookbook, and co-founded appendTo, a JavaScript consulting and training company. He later led large-scale enterprise technology work at Cars.com and served as COO of Versatus. Today, Mike is the creator of Jido, an open-source framework for reliable agent systems on Elixir and the BEAM, and ReqLLM, a unified library for language-model integration. His work focuses on the hard parts of agent systems: coordination, supervision, durable execution, observability, and the relationship between people and AI. He also writes and speaks about engineering leadership, decentralized command, Extreme Ownership, and the lessons that carry across major technology shifts.
Mike Hostetler is a software builder, engineering leader, and the creator of Jido. He has spent more than three decades working across open source, startups, and enterprise platforms. Today he focuses on reliable systems for people and AI agents.
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