Best DevTools Podcasts (2025)

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Adam Frankl: How to Launch & Scale a DevTool Startup (3x VP Marketing at Unicorns) 50:27

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Adam Frankl was the first VP Marketing at JFrog, Neo4j, and Sourcegraph, all three dev-first unicorns. He’s helped dozens of early-stage DevTool startups go from “cool idea” to credible company. And now he’s written the book on it. In this episode, Adam breaks down the biggest mistakes technical founders make when they try to grow. He shares the ex…

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Claude Code Levels Up: VS Code Extension, Checkpoints & Sonnet 4.5 41:58

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In this episode: Claude is getting into your VS Code Coding agents are now using browsers And Guillermo gives Vercel a new image on Twitter Timestamps: 00:46 - Claude Sonnet and Claude Code updates 7:55 - Chrome DevTools MCP 13:50 - Vercel Drama 19:03 - State of JS survey is open 20:21 - GitHub’s plan to make npm more secure 25:30 - Meta builds dat…

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34: Triangle Man and the Merchants of Complexity 19:11

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editors note: this was recorded a few weeks before rauchg's real drama with his Israel tweet... we might get to that (subscribe!)Hank and Gonto break down a week of developer-world drama, from DHH’s RailsWorld keynote and his “Merchants of Complexity” crusade to Vercel’s Twitter battles with Cloudflare and Levels.io. They unpack why DHH’s mix of au…

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DHH: How to Make F*ck You Money, Writing, US vs EU, Building Basecamp, 37signals & Ruby on Rails 58:36

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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) is the co-founder & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp, HEY) and the creator of Ruby on Rails. In this episode, DHH breaks down how he built real wealth without playing the Silicon Valley game, why “fuck you money” is misunderstood, and what it really takes to stay independent for 20+ years. We talk about effort, writing, gri…

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The Modern Executive’s Communications Playbook 44:19

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Ted Merz spent 32 years at Bloomberg. He started as reporter #15 and ended as Global Head of News Product. In this episode, Ted breaks down how storytelling became his next career. He shares the turning point after getting fired, the content habits he developed, and how that turned into Principals Media, a company helping executives build real audi…

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Adam Argyle on Cracking the 2025 Web Dev Interview 1:03:05

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CSS wizard, and now Staff Design Engineer at Shopify, Adam Argyle, joins us on this episode to talk about what web development interviews are like in 2025 and what folks can do to stand out today. Links: Adam’s nerdy.dev website Adam’s Argyle Ink website Adam on YouTube Adam on Bluesky Adam on GitHub Adam on X Adam on LinkedIn https://nerdy.dev/cas…

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The Founder Brand Playbook Behind Recall.ai’s $38M Series B 39:22

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Amanda Zhu is the co-founder of Recall.ai, the API that lets SaaS tools access data from Zoom, Meet, Teams, and more. In just 8 months, Amanda grew her LinkedIn following to 40,000+ and turned content into a serious GTM channel, helping Recall land customers like HubSpot, Calendly, Apollo, and Datadog, while scaling past $20M ARR. In this episode, …

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The 95–5 Marketing Playbook to Build Future Demand w/ Kandji’s CMO 38:58

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Sylvia LePoidevin is the CMO at Kandji, where she helped grow the Apple device management company from employee #4 to 300+, scaling from the zero-to-one phase to a mid eight figure business valued at $850M. In this episode, Sylvia breaks down what it really takes to market to technical buyers, why her team now invests in the 95% of prospects who ar…

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npm Under Siege: The “Shai-Hulud” Worm Attack 56:58

15d ago56:58

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The supply chain attacks on npm continue and this week, Crowdstrike’s npm packages fell victim to the “Shai-Hulud” worm. To mitigate the potential of downloading these malicious packages, consider pinning specific package versions in JS projects and using 2FA to publish new package versions to npm. Also this week, WebAssembly Specification (Wasm) r…

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npm’s Biggest Supply Chain Attack (and What We Learned) 50:13

22d ago50:13

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Just 5 months ago we covered how Storybook 9 was in beta, and already Storybook 10 is in beta. The biggest change is that Storybook is going all in on ESM and dropping CJS support, which is making for some big performance gains and smaller bundle sizes. This past week, npm suffered the largest supply chain attack in its history when a prolific OSS …

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How this VP of Comms Built ZoomInfo’s $1.2B CEO Brand on LinkedIn 56:48

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Meghan Barr helped build one of the most powerful CEO brands on LinkedIn. As VP of Brand, Content & Comms at ZoomInfo, she’s spent the last 5 years helping turn Henry Schuck (CEO of ZoomInfo, $1.2B ARR) into a storytelling machine, without losing authenticity. In this episode, we go behind the scenes of that process: - How Meghan transitioned from …

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Warp Code and the Future of Agent-Driven Dev 51:57

29d ago51:57

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The Google vs. the US anti-trust lawsuit has finally drawn to a close, and (spoiler alert) Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome (or Android, for that matter). Going forward it will have to share certain search data with its rivals, and that’s about it, so this is definitely a big win for Google any way you look at it. The popular terminal company War…

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The Man Behind Adam Robinson & Gal Aga's Top CEO Brands 53:32

1M ago53:32

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Alec Paul is the CEO and Founder of SalesBrand, and behind some of the most successful CEO brands on LinkedIn. He’s helped founders like Adam Robinson (Retention.com), Gal Aga (Aligned), and Sam Jacobs (Pavilion) generate millions of views, without sounding like everyone else. In this episode, Alec shares his full playbook for building a breakout f…

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33. Browserbase's Growth Engines 45:38

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Why ignoring best practices works, and why launches only matter if the product sticks.Paul Klein IV, CEO of Browserbase, on growing with launch videos, planes over OpenAI, no dark mode, and red CTA buttons.

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Bun v1.2: SQL, YAML & Security Scans 41:36

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Last episode, we lamented Claude’s lack of checkpoints to roll back code when it goes off the rails. Other devs feel the same, and this week Checkpoints for Claude Code debuted. It’s an MCP server that follows Claude Code, creating checkpoints when tasks are completed, allowing for easy reverts when needed. The Bun team quietly pushed some nice new…

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Lessons from Bootstrapping to $7.5M ARR with 15 People in 9 Years 42:56

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Philippe Léhoux is the co-founder of Missive, a collaborative email app bootstrapped to $7.5M ARR with no sales team, no paid marketing, and no funding. It took six years to reach $1M ARR. Today, Missive is used by thousands of teams, and still run by just 15 people. In this episode, Philippe breaks down the journey behind one of SaaS’s quietest su…

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CEO ESSENTIALS | "Ship something you're ashamed of" (Paul Klein IV, CEO @ Browserbase) 8:54

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What does a second-time founder consider ESSENTIAL for taking his product to market and running his startup, Browserbase?

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Alchemy: IaC Without Terraform 54:37

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The latest craze for MCP this week? Instead of multiple MCP servers with different tools, use an MCP server that accepts programming code as tool inputs - a single “ubertool” if you will. AI agents like Claude Code are pretty good at writing code, but letting the agent write and execute code to invoke API functions instead of using a defined MCP se…

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How to Break into Enterprise & Go Upmarket from a 2x Startup CRO turned SaaS CEO 43:34

2M ago43:34

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Tushar Makhija is the co-founder and CEO of TeamOhana, a workforce intelligence platform that unifies finance, HR, and talent data, so growing companies can plan and manage headcount in real-time. In this episode, Tushar shares how TeamOhana is breaking into enterprise deals while still winning $15K mid-market accounts, and why he believes spreadsh…

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TanStack Devtools: One Panel to Rule Them All 50:34

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You just can’t keep TanStack out of the news for more than a few weeks before a new product appears. This week, it’s TanStack Devtools, which provides a centralized devtools panel of all the Tanstack libraries for streamlined DX and custom devtools support. The State of CSS 2025 survey results are in, and highlights include: devs love the new `:has…

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When Giants Fight, Underdogs Get Noticed 20:06

2M ago20:06

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Cloudflare vs Perplexity heats up, and Browserbase gets pulled into the fight. We dig into Perplexity’s shaky defense, the counter-positioning angle they missed, and why people don’t fully trust either side. Browserbase came out looking sharp, not just inserting themselves but being directly named in Perplexity’s reply. Then we shift to the influen…

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Kevin "KD" Dorsey: How this SaaS CRO leverages LinkedIn and grew to 137K Followers 50:53

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Kevin Dorsey (KD) is one of the most respected voices in modern sales leadership, with 137K+ followers on LinkedIn and a track record that includes leading sales at PatientPop, Bench, and now as CRO at finally. In this episode, KD shares the real reason he started posting on LinkedIn (spoiler: not to sell), how he built a magnetic hiring brand with…

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TanStack DB: Reactive Apps Without Firebase 45:34

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There’s drama brewing between AI-answer engine company Perplexity and hosting platform Cloudflare, which recently declared it would actively block AI bots from crawling websites without the owners’ permission. Cloudflare received complaints, set up its own test sites, and then asked Perplexity pointed questions only - and got answers! Not a great l…

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31: Cloudflare vs Perplexity, Laracon Recap, & Old News 22:32

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This week, we break down Cloudflare’s public callout of Perplexity and why it’s a perfect PR move for their new bot-charging feature. Hank recaps Laracon, from selling more tickets than ever to turning a golf course into a sponsor-speaker free-for-all with documentary crews, Lambo stress toys, and collectible jackets & patches. We wrap with the biz…

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Hootsuite CEO’s Linkedin Approach (3.5M Views/Mo) while Running a 1,500+ People Company 54:53

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Irina Novoselsky is the CEO of Hootsuite, where she’s proving that social content is a revenue driver. Since stepping in as CEO, Irina has built one of the most effective LinkedIn presences in tech leadership. Her content drives 11.6M impressions per quarter, helps influence 40% of Hootsuite’s pipeline, and breaks every “best practice” that doesn’t…

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Is es-toolkit the Lodash Killer? 47:54

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There’s a new utility library in town called es-toolkit, and it’s gunning for Lodash. 2-3x faster, 97% smaller, full TypeScript support, and using modern JavaScript APIs, es-toolkit’s just added a “Lodash compatibility layer” to ensure an identical API and 100% Lodash compatibility. oRPC is the newest wrinkle in the Remote Procedural Call (RPC) wor…

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How incident.io Scaled from First Users to 10M+ ARR in 4 Years (Selling to Engineers) 36:48

2M ago36:48

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Chris Evans is the co-founder of incident.io, an incident management platform built for modern reliability teams. He started the company in 2021 with two former Monzo engineers, and they’ve raised $62M, passed $10M+ ARR, and landed customers like Linear, Vercel, and Intercom. In this episode, Chris breaks down how they built trust with technical bu…

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Is Open Source Software Infrastructure? 45:42

2M ago45:42

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GitHub is advocating for a European Union Sovereign Tech Fund to help pay the open source software developers building and maintaining software relied upon by economies and societies just like any other necessary infrastructure like roads and bridges. Apple gets called out by the Open Web Advocacy group saying its technical rules and restrictions a…

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Peter Caputa: How the ex-VP Sales of Hubspot uses Linkedin to grow his 10M ARR SaaS company as CEO 54:57

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Peter Caputa is the CEO of Databox, a $10M+ ARR analytics platform that helps businesses centralize their data and make better decisions. Before joining Databox, Peter was one of the early sales leaders at HubSpotwhere he helped pioneer the agency partner program that fueled the company’s breakout growth. In this episode, Peter shares his full play…

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Windsurf’s 72-Hour Power Shuffle 51:38

3M ago51:38

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There are so many headlines about AI IDE Windsurf as of late, but we’ll try to catch you up. First, OpenAI wanted to buy Windsurf for $3B, but the deal fell through due to Microsoft. Next, Google hired Windsurf’s top execs and researchers to work on its AI products, but didn’t buy the Windsurf IDE, for $2.4B. Then, Cognition bought the remainder of…

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How to Do Cold Email for SaaS in 2025 - Playbooks from RB2B, Fyxer AI & Directive (8M Emails/Month) 41:58

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Taylor Haren is the founder of Sales Automation Systems, running high-volume outbound campaigns for companies like RB2B, Fixer AI, and Directive, sending up to 8.5 million emails per month. In this episode, Taylor breaks down what actually works in cold outreach in 2025, why most people fail with it, and how to build systems that generate PLG signu…

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Peter Walker: How to build an Insights Function & Add 130K Linkedin Followers w/ Carta’s Head of Insights 54:39

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Peter Walker is the Senior Director of Insights at Carta, the leading cap table platform with over 45,000 customers and one of the most followed B2B voices on LinkedIn. In this episode, Peter breaks down how he built Carta’s insights function from scratch and how it's become one of the most effective brand-building machines in SaaS. He shares how d…

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Vercel Acquires Nuxt and Nitro 41:28

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Tech companies continue the acquisition spree of the summer when Vercel announces it’s hired the creators of NuxtLabs, the folks who build metaframework Nuxt and server runtime Nitro. Figma returns to the newscycle with the introduction of its Dev Mode MCP server. This server allows agentic coding tools to pull in design context directly from Figma…

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Cloudflare Drops the Hammer on AI Crawlers 40:56

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The big tech company conferences continued this summer with Vercel hosting Vercel Ship 2025. As you’d expect there was lots of talk about AI and Vercel’s AI Cloud: tools, infrastructure, and platform enhancements to build AI agents and help AI agents use Vercel. On July 1, hosting platform Cloudflare declared Content Independence Day, and changed i…

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James Hawkins: PostHog CEO on How to Build a Product Developers Love, Maximize Shipping Speed & Sh*tpost on LinkedIn 56:01

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James Hawkins is the co-founder & co-CEO of PostHog, a dev-first product suite built to help teams build better software, faster. Since launching in 2020, PostHog has grown to 100+ people, 14 products, and a plan to hit $100M ARR by 2026, all while staying lean, shipping fast, and having fun. In this episode, James breaks down how they got early tr…

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Devtools are Pivoting + Cluely Hype 22:09

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We unpack the shift toward solopreneurs, prosumers, and "builder" personas, and what it means for onboarding, support, and product strategy. Then we break down Cluely, the Gen-Z startup with no clear product but a massive hype engine. Does marketing your marketing work? Should every startup build a hype team? And is Cluely the Fyre Festival of devt…

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Battle of the AI CLIs: Jack Tests Them All 45:36

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The field of AI coding agent CLIs is crowded and getting more so by the day, and our co-host Jack has tried them all so you don’t have to. The big four are: OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, Google’s Gemini Code, and Amazon Q, along with some lesser known CLIs like AmpCode, OpenCode, and (the already shut down) Anon Kode. After trying everyt…

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When Big Tech Copies You 16:22

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Raycast got Sherlocked by Apple... or did they? We break down how they flipped the narrative from panic to power move with a killer mix of transparency, humor, and speed. Then we shift gears to talk about Accel’s video content strategy, including one about letting ScaleAI's founder live in a VC's basement. VCs are getting good at content and honest…

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Santosh Sharan: 500k/Month LinkedIn Views, How B2B Buying is Changing, Lessons from RB2B & ZoomInfo 53:55

3M ago53:55

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Santosh Sharan is the founder of ZeerAI, who helped scale companies like Apollo, ZoomInfo, and RB2B. ZeerAI is building AI agents that act like your best sales rep, engaging with buyers, answering questions, and moving deals forward without needing a human. In this episode, Santosh explains why most sales and marketing channels are failing, how Lin…

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Oxlint 1.0: The Linter That Leaves ESLint in the Dust 35:29

4M ago35:29

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In this episode: Linting is getting a whole lot faster with Oxlint Your browser is becoming part of your wellness routine And Copilot is getting more agentic features Chapter Markers: 1:05 - Oxlint 7:05 - Opera Air 11:24 - GitHub Copilot coding agent 18:45 - More Remix v3 updates 23:56 - What makes us happy Links: Paige - void0's Oxlint 1.0 Jack - …

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Gal Aga: LinkedIn Playbook That Drives 3M Views/Month for This SaaS CEO 52:16

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Gal Aga is the co-founder and CEO of Aligned, a deal room platform used by teams at HubSpot, Salesforce, Intel, and more. In the last year, Gal went from a few thousand followers to 74,000+, gets up to 1M impressions per week, and attributes 65% of Aligned’s leads directly to LinkedIn. In this episode, Gal breaks down exactly how he writes high-per…

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Rolldown-Vite: Evan You Just Made Vite 16x Faster 44:01

4M ago44:01

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We first reported on Evan You’s company void0 back in October, 2024, and now Evan and co are making good on their promise to rework the entire JS toolchain from the ground up with the release of Rolldown-Vite. The new package is a drop-in replacement for the Vite bundler we all know and love, with benefits like production build time reductions of u…

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Jason Fried: AI, Hiring, FOMO, Taste, Prioritizing, Writing & Growth 1:05:46

4M ago1:05:46

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Jason Fried is the co-founder of ⁨37signals the company behind Basecamp and HEY, and a pioneer of calm company building. In this episode, Jason explains why he doesn’t chase trends like AI, how 2-person teams launch new products inside 37signals, and what it really means to build with taste, not speed. Topics we cover in this episode: - Why Basecam…

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Three Levels of Ad Landing Pages 17:26

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You spent real money. The ad worked. They clicked. Now what? In this episode, we break down how Vercel, Claude, and Statsig handled their Acquired podcast sponsorships and what happened after the click. From custom landing pages to mismatched CTAs, we dissect what worked and what didn’t. Then we shift to launch videos. Cursor mailed it in. Sentry n…

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The Browser Company Kills Arc 49:20

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OpenAI has a new API in beta called the Realtime API, which enables speech conversations with LLMs. Real-time text and audio processing means users can have conversations with voice agents and voice-enabled apps, and OpenAI makes it simple to connect via WebRTC or WebSockets. Several months ago, The Browser Company, abruptly announced they were sto…

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Clark, Cringe, & Counterpositioning: Retool vs Superblocks 22:32

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Two agent platforms launched within 24 hours (Retool Agents and Superblocks’s "Clark"), but only one nailed the launch & positioning. We break down why naming your AI sucks, what Superblocks did right with counterpositioning, and how Retool missed the messaging mark despite a solid(?) product. Plus, a rant on why launch videos are now table stakes …

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Zod v4: Prettier, Better, Faster, Smaller 53:59

4M ago53:59

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It’s been 4 years since TypeScript schema validation library Zod released v3, but the new v4 release makes it worth the wait. Expect faster parsing times across the board, built in error pretty-printing, and even a tree-shakeable API called Zod Mini for constrained environments like edge runtimes. There’s a new npm-based CLI tool for managing and s…

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PLG isn't Passive: Multi-Product Startups + AI Distribution Wars 24:07

4M ago24:07

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We explore how Clerk nailed its self-service, multi-product strategy without chasing enterprise customers. Hank breaks down why great second products should eclipse your first, while Gonto highlights Clerk’s clever integration with Stripe and strategic funding. Plus, Bolt's "Unleash the Vibes" event sets the stage for their massive hackathon, and O…

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VS Code Open Sources GitHub Copilot Chat 37:26

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This week both Google and Microsoft held conferences where they announced all the new, great AI breakthroughs, but there were a few other notable, web dev-focused pieces in between. VS Code announced it will be open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension, refactoring relevant components into its core codebase, as the next logical step “in makin…

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How to Launch a LinkedIn Employee Advocacy Program with Dreamdata’s CMO Steffen Hedebrandt 45:47

5M ago45:47

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Steffen Hedebrandt is the co-founder and CMO of Dreamdata, a B2B attribution and activation platform powering go-to-market insights for B2B companies.Dreamdata is 60 people strong, split between Copenhagen and New York, and they’ve built one of the most consistent employee advocacy motions in SaaS. It all started with a viral LinkedIn post from one…