Scaling DevTools

Jan 30 2025 122 ep. 32 mins 15
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We investigate what it takes to grow a developer tool. Topics include developer marketing, DevRel, developer advocacy and developer experience.

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Taylor Otwell - founder of Laravel

Jan 30 2025 38 mins  
Taylor Otwell is the creator of the Laravel framework. Taylor has created numerous paid products that have generated millions, such as:Laravel Forge (server provisioning/management)Laravel Vapor (serverless Laravel hosting with AWS)Laravel Envoyer (zero downtime PHP deployments)Laravel Nova (Laravel admin panel)In this interview, Taylor shares why he is now building Laravel Cloud -

Four tips for early stage DevTools

Jan 23 2025 19 mins  
In this episode, I pull out some of the key DevTools lessons I've learned in the last 120 interviews. Including:The importance of deeply understanding the problem you're solving by talking to developers directly, as emphasized by Adam Frankl.Ant Wilson's advice on experimenting with different go-to-market strategies and channels rather than relying on conventional wisdom. Zeno Roch

Søren Bramer Schmidt - founder & CEO of Prisma

Jan 16 2025 45 mins  
Søren Bramer Schmidt, co-founder and CEO of Prisma, joins us to discuss the journey of building one of the largest developer communities in DevTools. Søren shares how Prisma's deliberate strategies have shaped its growth, feature prioritization, and the launch of new products like Prisma Postgres. We also explore the challenges of managing a vast user base and how Prisma is adapt

The future of DevRel, with "Danger" Keith Casey

Jan 09 2025 54 mins  
Keith Casey aka Danger Casey is a Senior Product Manager at Pangea - a Security Platform as a Service.Before Pangea, Keith was Director of Product Marketing at ngrok and worked at Okta and Twilio in a variety of roles - including DevRel. Keith also curates API Developer Weekly.In this episode we discuss Keith's writings on the future of DevRel.This episode is brought to you by Work

Louis Knight-Webb from Bloop.ai - the YC startup turning COBOL into Java

Jan 02 2025 46 mins  
Louis Knight-Webb is the CEO and co-founder of Bloop.Bloop helps with modernizing legacy software, particularly focusing on COBOL and mainframes. This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. Takeaways:- Mainframes and COBOL are still foundational in

Guy Podjarny, Snyk and Tessl founder - The future of programming

Dec 23 2024 44 mins  
Guy Podjarny is the founder of Tessl - a startup that is rethinking how we build software.Guy previously founded Snyk - a dependency scanning tool worth billions of dollars. Before Snyk, Guy founded Blaze, which he sold to Akamai.This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Singl

Tessa Kriesel - the DevTools sprint

Dec 19 2024 38 mins  
Tessa Kriesel is the founder of builtfor.dev, where she helps DevTools founders with GTM.In this episode we talk about how she helps founders improve their go to market strategy in a short sprint.Links:Built for DevsTessa Kriesel This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Singl

Sid Maestre from APIMatic: APIs build vs buy

Dec 16 2024 47 mins  
We dig into the the build vs. buy dilemma for APIs, and the role of OpenAPI in effective documentation. This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.We explore how AI is transforming the landscape of APIs and developer tools, and discuss the future o

Jake Cooper from Railway | Remote work/team culture, minority report sales and building data centers

Dec 12 2024 51 mins  
Jake Cooper is the founder of Railway - an infrastructure platform that let's you build powerful infrastructure in a simple way. This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. In this episode we discuss:- Building a remote team with a flat structure-

Daksh Gupta from Greptile - do marketing differently

Dec 05 2024 38 mins  
In this conversation, Daksh Gupta, the CEO of Greptile - an AI code understanding API - shares:Why it’s important to do unique types of marketing, like making an energy drinkWhy most people misunderstand salesHow companies are buying AI tools and why it will probably change soonThis episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, Wor