• Ep. #13, Standing On The Shoulders Of A License
    Jan 31 2017

    In this episode, Steve and David are joined by Ilan Rabinovitch, Director of Technical Services and Evangelism at Datadog. They talk about the different ways companies are being built on open source software.

    Ilan shares his thoughts on how open source helps achieve business objectives. He also cautions that some open source projects may not be particularly useful without a service back end to them.

    Are you using or considering an open source model? Listen in for suggestions on putting in the right controls to avoid creating a combative relationship with your community.

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    40 Min.
  • Ep. #12, Security Ergonomics
    Aug 31 2016

    In this episode of Don’t Make Me Code, David and Steve are joined by Guy Podjarny, CEO of Snyk. The group discusses the current state of developer experience within security tools, the importance of non-engineers on your developer tool team, and the challenges of selling security to developers without resorting to FUD.

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    40 Min.
  • Ep. #11, Dogfooding
    Aug 11 2016

    In this episode of Don’t Make Me Code, David and Steve have Liz Bennett in the studio. Liz is a Senior Software Engineer at Loggly, a SaaS based logging company. The three discuss the many benefits of dogfooding as well as some unique-to-developer-tools pitfalls of using your own product to build itself.

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    41 Min.
  • Ep. #10, Environment Protection
    Jul 19 2016

    In this episode of Don’t Make Me Code, Steve and David are joined by Sean Li, Lead Product Designer at Docker. Sean, Steve & David discuss Docker’s acquisition of Kitematic, the friction of attempting to replace a developer’s existing tool, and the increasingly prominent role of Design in Developer Tools.

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    33 Min.
  • Ep. #9, Getting Users To Give A Damn
    Jun 21 2016

    In this episode, David and Steve are joined by Mikeal Rogers, Community Manager at the Node.js Foundation. The three discuss how best to grow communities around open source software.

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    48 Min.
  • Ep. #8, I Only Work On Ugly Products
    Jun 1 2016

    In this episode, Steve and David are joined by Dom Nguyen, Product Designer at Meteor. The group discuss why developer companies should hire designers, and why designers should want to work for developer companies.

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    44 Min.
  • Ep. #7, You’re The Developer Of Your Developer Experience
    May 18 2016

    In this episode, David and Steve are joined by Matt Harris, Co-founder of Sendwithus. The three discuss the challenges of providing the same great developer experience across multiple different languages, how important DX is to building developer traction, and finally they cover what to look for in potential hires when building your developer experience team.

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    44 Min.
  • Ep. #6, How To Train Your Developer
    Apr 12 2016

    In this episode David and Steve are joined by Gonçalo Borrêga of Outsystems. The group discusses different tips and techniques for training developers in your product, as well as making it easy for your users to show their own value to their superiors.

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    41 Min.