# Addy Osmani Addy Osmani (born March 1986) is an Irish software engineer, author, and speaker who works as an Engineering Manager at Google, leading Chrome's Developer Experience organization. With over 25 years of development experience and 13+ years at Google, he focuses on reducing friction for developers to build great user experiences. His teams contribute to Chrome DevTools, Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, and the Aurora JavaScript frameworks project. Osmani is a prolific author of influential books including "Learning JavaScript Design Patterns" and "Image Optimization," and has created popular open-source projects like Yeoman, TodoMVC, and Quicklink. He has given over 175 talks worldwide and received the O'Reilly Web Platform Award in 2014. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Addy Osmani]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Addy Osmani]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Breaks are a problem solving tool. Many ideas come when you step away from your desk & get a totally fresh perspective]] - [[There's no right time, just time, and what you choose to do with it. Don't wait for the perfect moment, make it count]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Addy Osmani]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->