# Mike Turitzin Mike Turitzin is an American software developer and entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Workflowy]] along with [[Jesse Patel]]. They launched Workflowy in 2010 after meeting at a Y Combinator startup. Turitzin handles much of the technical development, building the minimalist [[Outliner]] that became influential in the productivity and [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]] space. Workflowy's radical simplicity—one infinite nested list with zoom functionality—attracted a devoted user base. Before Workflowy, Turitzin worked in software development and game programming. He studied at MIT and has written about programming, productivity, and software design on his personal blog. The Workflowy team remained small and bootstrapped for years, gradually adding features like tags, mirrors (transclusion), and backlinks while maintaining the app's minimalist philosophy. Turitzin represents the approach of building focused, opinionated tools rather than feature-bloated products. ## Key Contributions | Contribution | Description | |--------------|-------------| | **[[Workflowy]]** | Co-founded minimalist outliner (2010) | | **Zoom interaction** | Pioneered bullet-focus paradigm | | **Infinite nesting** | One document, unlimited depth | ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Mike Turitzin]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Mike Turitzin]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## References - https://miketuritzin.com/ - https://workflowy.com/ ## Related - [[Workflowy]] - [[Jesse Patel]] - [[Outliner]] - [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]]