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Since Apr 2022
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We investigate what it takes to grow developer tools and AI DevTools. Topics include developer marketing, DevRel, developer advocacy and developer experience. Featuring founders and key people from the likes of Vercel, ElevenLabs and OpenAI. Scaling DevTools is sponsored by WorkOS.

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Acquiring a startup: what to do AFTER the deal closes - with Dan Moore from FusionAuth

Jun 10, 2026 41m Transcript

In this episode, Dan Moore from FusionAuth breaks down how the company integrated Permify after the acquisition. We talk about customer communication, pricing and packaging, migration planning,…

Joel Griffith from browserless: from GitHub issue to bootstrapped business

May 28, 2026 44m Transcript

In this episode, Joel Griffith, founder of browserless, shares how he built browserless from a painful browser automation problem into a profitable, bootstrapped DevTools company. We cover the first…

Cloudflare devs @ AI Engineers Europe (Sunil Pai, Matt Carey & Thomas Ankcorn)

May 27, 2026 16m Transcript

In this episode, some of Cloudflare's dev team - Sunil Pai, Matt Carey, and Thomas Ankcorn join us from AI Engineers Europe to discuss code mode, radical simplicity and Pi.Links:- Cloudflare - Sunil…

Making AI multiplayer with Maggie Appleton from GitHub Next @ AIE Europe

May 19, 2026 17m Transcript

In this episode, Maggie Appleton from GitHub Next explains why "single player" AI tools are creating a team alignment crisis. We discuss the shift from solo CLI instances to multiplayer agentic…

AI broke traditional infra - with Kyle from Depot.dev @ AIE Europe

May 18, 2026 10m Transcript

In this episode, Kyle Galbraith from Depot shares the story behind building Depot CI and why traditional infrastructure is "crumbling" under the weight of AI-generated code. We discuss the shift from…

Nick and Zack from WorkOS @ AIE: building real-world AI tools & running conference workshops

May 07, 2026 28m Transcript

In this episode, Zack Proser and Nick Nisi from WorkOS share what they’ve learned from building real-world AI tools and running high-impact workshops for AI engineers. We talk about finding…

What’s Working in DevTools Marketing Right Now? with Karl Hughes from Draft.dev

May 06, 2026 43m Transcript

In this episode, Karl Hughes from Draft.dev shares what he learned from surveying DevTools marketers about budgets, AI, content, and ROI. We talk about budgets, AI workflows, content strategy,…

Charity Majors on AI, Observability, and the Future of Software

May 01, 2026 41m Transcript

In the episode Charity Majors, founder and CTO of Honeycomb, talks about what changes when the cost of generating code drops toward zero. She explains why observability becomes the source of truth,…

Jakub Czakon - founder of Developer Markepear and former CMO of Neptune.ai (acquired by OpenAI)

Apr 23, 2026 56m Transcript

Jakub Czakon (Kuba) was until very recently the CMO of Neptune.ai, which was just acquired by OpenAI for an undisclosed amount. He also writes Developer Markepear - my favourite DevTools marketing…

Matt Aitken from Trigger.dev @ AIE

Apr 16, 2026 11m

Matt Aitken is the cofounder and CEO of Trigger.dev - an AI workflows platform. Links:- Trigger.dev- Matt Aitken - AIE Europe

Lawrence Jones from Incident.io @ AIE Europe: building an AI SRE

Apr 14, 2026 9m Transcript

Recorded at AI Engineers Europe, Lawrence Jones is an AI engineer at Incident.io and he shares his experiences building an AI SRE. Links:- Incident.io https://incident.io/- Lawrence Jones…

Finding your first 10 customers, with Andy Lee from DeepTrace

Mar 29, 2026 45m Transcript

Andy is the cofounder of DeepTrace, an AI reliability platform that helps engineering teams investigate incidents and fix problems in production. In this conversation, Andy shares how a team of…

DatoCMS: bootstrapping to €6.5M ARR

Mar 22, 2026 46m Transcript

Stefano Verna and Matteo Giaccone from DatoCMS share how their side project in a web agency turned into a €6.5M ARR company with a 13-person remote team. We talk about building sustainable,…

Ahmad Sadeddin, founder of Corgea: you don't need to raise (much) to find PMF

Feb 27, 2026 45m Transcript

Ahmad Sadeddin is the founder and CEO of Corgea. Corgea provides the security tools to find, triage, and fix insecure code. Ahmad shares:- Why you don't need to raise much to find PMF - stay lean:…

Retool founder David Hsu: AI, future of DevTools & how Retool got their first customers

Feb 20, 2026 49m Transcript

David Hsu is the founder of Retool, the low-code platform for building internal tools used by companies like Amazon, Airbnb, and the US Army. David recounts building Retool's first version in weeks…

Louis from Vibe Kanban - 20,000 GitHub stars and walking away from 6-figure deals

Feb 15, 2026 42m Transcript

Louis Knight-Webb is the co-founder of Vibe Kanban, an open-source tool for orchestrating AI coding agents. After years of building for enterprise legacy code, Louis pivoted and saw his new project…

The Roadmap to PMF (Jason Cohen's essay)

Feb 08, 2026 45m Transcript

This episode breaks down an article by Jason Cohen, founder of WP Engine and SmartBear, outlining his step-by-step roadmap from idea to product-market fit (PMF) for startups, especially DevTools. His…

Product Market Fit - the only thing that matters

Jan 31, 2026 25m Transcript

This episode breaks down Marc Andreessen's 2007 article on why market matters most in startups, plus some great wisdom from Michael Seibel on spotting real PMF through explosive growth and customer…

Christopher Burns - creator of c15t: the developer-first cookie banner

Jan 23, 2026 1h 1m Transcript

This episode is with Christopher Burns, the creator of c15t and founder of consent.io, an open-source, developer-first, ethical provider of privacy infrastructure. Chris explains why most cookie…

The Amazon Web Services origin story (part 1)

Jan 20, 2026 11m Transcript

This is the story of how Amazon Web Services - arguably the most successful developer tool of all time - got started. This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to…

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