The author of the article is Thorsten Bux, a full stack software engineer with experience in augmented reality and IoT development. He uses Bitrise to build, package, deploy, and ship his library artoolkitX for various platforms including iOS, macOS, Linux, Android, Unity3D, and JavaScript. The platform supports multiple platforms, has flexible builds, and allows for automation of build workflows. Thorsten enjoys using Bitrise as their continuous delivery backend and appreciates its ease of use and flexibility. Despite some limitations, such as the lack of Windows support, he finds it to be a valuable tool in his daily work.