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Kent C. Dodds vs Matt Pocock

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Kent C. Dodds

JavaScript educator behind Epic React, Epic Web and Testing JavaScript

@kentcdodds United States

Matt Pocock

TypeScript and AI engineering educator behind Total TypeScript and AI Hero

@mattpocockuk United Kingdom

Kent C. Dodds vs Matt Pocock at a glance

Kent C. Dodds and Matt Pocock are both indie makers listed on IndieMakerList. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators and Open Source Makers. Kent is based in United States, Matt in Oxford, United Kingdom. Kent C. Dodds has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Matt Pocock's 6. They share 1 tool in their stacks: TypeScript. On X, Kent has about 330K followers and Matt about 368K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Kent C. Dodds: United States; Matt Pocock: Oxford, United Kingdom
Started: Kent C. Dodds: —; Matt Pocock: 2022 (4 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Kent C. Dodds: Not public; Matt Pocock: Not public
Products listed: Kent C. Dodds: 5; Matt Pocock: 6
Product status: Kent C. Dodds: 5 active; Matt Pocock: 6 active
X followers: Kent C. Dodds: 330K; Matt Pocock: 368K
Categories: Kent C. Dodds: Educators & Course Creators Open Source Makers Creators & Writers; Matt Pocock: Educators & Course Creators AI Builders Developer Tools Open Source Makers
Style: Kent C. Dodds: bootstrapped; Matt Pocock: —
Courses & resources: Kent C. Dodds: 6; Matt Pocock: 7

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

1 shared tool, marked with ★: TypeScript. See the indie maker tech stack.

Kent C. Dodds

ReactRemix TypeScriptNode.js

Matt Pocock

TypeScriptXStateVitest

How they build

Kent C. Dodds

The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they give you.
Learn by doing: exercises over passive watching.
Teach in public and give away lots of free material.

Matt Pocock

Let learners struggle with a concrete problem before showing the solution.
Faster code generation makes good software design more valuable, not less.
Build in thin vertical slices with tight feedback loops like types, tests and reviews.
Prefer deep modules with simple interfaces so both humans and agents can reason about the code.
Give away high-quality free material and sell the deeper training.

Learn from Kent and Matt

Kent C. Dodds

[course] Epic React · Paid
[course] Epic Web · Paid
[course] Testing JavaScript · Paid
[course] Epic AI · Paid
[course] Epic Product Engineer · Paid
[youtube] Kent C. Dodds on YouTube · Free

Matt Pocock

[course] Total TypeScript
[book] Total TypeScript: Essentials · Free
[book] Total TypeScript (No Starch Press print edition) · $59.99
[course] AI Coding for Real Engineers
[newsletter] AI Hero free email course · Free
[template] AI Hero agent skills · Free
+1 more on Matt's profile

Kent C. Dodds vs Matt Pocock FAQ

Who makes more money, Kent C. Dodds or Matt Pocock?

Neither Kent C. Dodds nor Matt Pocock has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.

Who has built more products, Kent C. Dodds or Matt Pocock?

Kent C. Dodds has 5 products listed (including Epic React, Epic Web and Testing JavaScript); Matt Pocock has 6 products listed (including AI Hero, Total TypeScript and ts-reset).