Writing on developer tools, entrepreneurship, and building products

Articles about building developer tools, growing a podcast, and lessons learned from interviewing 100+ dev tool founders.

How do Open Source companies make money?

An exploration of different business models for open source companies, from SaaS and licensing to consulting and sponsorship.

How to be a (good) podcast guest

Tips and insights on how to get invited to podcasts and be an excellent guest, based on experience hosting 70+ podcast episodes.

Who Dares Wins

A personal reflection on taking risks in business, from starting a podcast to selling before building, featuring examples from Supabase, PostHog, and GitLab.

Reflecting on 20 podcast episodes

A detailed breakdown of starting and running a developer tools podcast, including costs, process, and lessons learned.

I Interviewed 100 DevTools Founders

Key insights and patterns from interviewing 100+ developer tool founders and creators.

How to Publish a React Native SDK

A step-by-step guide to building and publishing your own React Native UI components as an NPM package, using react-native-builder-bob.

A/B split your users with Supabase

A tutorial on implementing A/B testing using Supabase Edge Functions and PostgreSQL, including user segmentation and experiment tracking.

Code as Marketing: an OpenAI experiment

A case study of using Python and OpenAI GPT-3 to generate an Awesome list of iOS developer tools, resulting in 60+ GitHub stars and significant social media engagement.