James Ritchie

About

I'm co-founder and design engineer of Trigger.dev, a developer tool for creating background jobs in code. Previously I was a product lead at a number of VC backed startups. I also built JSON Hero, another popular OSS developer tool.

Maker History

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  Trigger.devBuild and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows
  Chat Agent by Trigger.devAug 2026
  Trigger.dev v4Oct 2025
  Trigger.dev Realtime AI [LW24]Dec 2024
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  JSON Hero Chrome extensionA beautiful JSON explorer full of features, now in Chrome

  Jun 2022
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  CrumblesCrumbles are like reaction GIFs with a way bigger vocabulary

  Aug 2015
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Joined Product HuntAugust 19th, 2015