Rob Zolkos
Rob Zolkos is "That opens up useful possibilities that HEY itself does not offer today. That malleability is the point. The CLI gives you the pieces; what you do with them is. It is ranked #196 on the Dev Radar, in Terminal & editor, first seen 14 days ago and shared in 3 posts (500.9k views).
What Rob Zolkos says about itself
HEY's watch mode lets scripts and AI agents react to new mail, including filing messages with rules HEY itself cannot express.
What people said about Rob Zolkos on X
I'm proud to welcome @robzolkos to 37signals! Rob's a perfect, modern example of how to land an opportunity at a company you like. Rob never applied for a job here. We weren't, and aren't, hiring. He just applied himself and, in doing that, made himself impossible to ignore. He really caught our attention early when…
— @jasonfried, 1 days ago · 925 likes · see the post
Rob REALLY gets it. And helped build it!
— @jasonfried, 14 days ago · 69 likes · see the post
"That opens up useful possibilities that HEY itself does not offer today. That malleability is the point. The CLI gives you the pieces; what you do with them is limited mostly by your imagination." https://www.zolkos.com/2026/09/04/hey-watch-this
— @robzolkos, 14 days ago · 37 likes · see the post
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Rob Zolkos in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #196 of 1349
- Shared in 3 posts by 2 accounts: @jasonfried, @robzolkos
- 500.9k views on those posts
- First seen 14 days ago, last shared 1 days ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: not stated
- Market: Terminal & editor
FAQ
What is Rob Zolkos?
"That opens up useful possibilities that HEY itself does not offer today. That malleability is the point. The CLI gives you the pieces; what you do with them is It was first shared on X 14 days ago and is ranked #196 on the Dev Radar.
Is Rob Zolkos free?
Pricing is not stated on the page we read.
Who shared Rob Zolkos?
2 accounts on X, including @jasonfried, @robzolkos, in 3 posts totalling 500.9k views.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 12.2k posts from 4.7k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.3k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 17:33 UTC. Full method.