Joe Thom

A product-focused software engineer with 10+ years of experience and a passion for tools, technology, design and engaging user experiences. Initially starting out as a designer to create visually appealing products, transitioning to web development to make interactively engaging products and finally full-stack development to build better products faster. Currently based in London.

Writing

2 articles

Dec 10, 2025

By Joe Thom

5m read

Cover artwork for the article “Building Production-ready Apps with Automated Database Migrations on Replit”.

Building Production-ready Apps with Automated Database Migrations on Replit

Learn how Replit automated database migrations between dev and production environments, enabling safe AI agent development with minimal user intervention.

Engineering

Apr 5, 2024

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By Barron Webster, Connor Brewster, Joe Thom, and Szymon Kaliski

11m read

Cover artwork for the article “Advanced port configuration”.

Advanced port configuration

We recently spent a few months making ports easier to work with on Replit, so you can develop more complex apps predictably.

Product Engineering