Oddur Sigurdsson
Software Engineer & Product Designer
I build tools I want to use, then share them with people who feel the same way.
I'm an Icelandic designer and engineer based in Brooklyn. I've spent the last decade shipping products—from design systems at a legendary type foundry to running design at consulting firms to building my own tools from scratch.
These days I build things like Stageburn, a keyboard-first project manager for devs who bill by the hour, and Starward, a Python astronomy library that shows its math. I like software that respects your time and doesn't hide how it works.
When I'm not coding, I'm probably writing. I published a book on the 350-year history of the Greenwich Observatory, and I write essays about technology, design, and whatever else I can't stop thinking about.
Current Projects
What I'm working on now.
Book
A technical history of the Royal Observatory.
The Measure of the World
A comprehensive technical history spanning 350 years, documenting the Royal Observatory at Greenwich and astronomy's transformation into a modern scientific discipline.
Examining how the pursuit of astronomical precision shaped our understanding of time, navigation, and the coordinates we use to map our world.
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Explore
More of my work and interests.