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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. The arrival of cloud computing, IaaS, PaaS etc. Google, Microsoft, Apple).

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In the Vault: Turning Developers Into Clients With Marco Argenti From Goldman Sachs

Andreessen Horowitz

I started just with regular software development, doing software of different kinds. And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” And then I started selling.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this.

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11 proven, DevOps best-practices for continuous improvement

Audacix

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. There is no wrong answer to this riddle.

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Employee Spotlight: Bill Wilson, Senior Director of Product and Kite Designer

FastSpring

My first job in tech was in 1998 as a software developer. In about 2002, I got into more of a leadership position for satellite offices of larger companies. But I do enjoy running an awful lot. How long have you been working in the SaaS/Tech industry? I’m going to date myself. I started with Java 0.9

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Twilio: The First $100m+ ARR with Jeff Lawson, CEO/Co Founder (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’ve done a ton of terrific sessions with the Twilio leadership over the years, including 4 different deep dives with Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder. Twilio is a cloud communications platform that allows software developers to embed communications into the apps that they’re building. Jeff : Yeah, I saw one.

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SaaStr Podcast #385 with Balsa Founder & CEO Paul Rosania

SaaStr

I think that storytelling is a bit of a lost art in software development and we’re starting to rediscover it. And my leadership style as a product leader, and now as a CEO has generally been to nurture teams toward independence and to really do everything I can to infuse the thing that I think we need to do.

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