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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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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. The cloud software industry has changed. Many of these are names that you know, and this is actually the largest we’ve seen in history.

Cloud 100
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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. Fail often, fail fast.

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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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SaaStr Podcast #385 with Balsa Founder & CEO Paul Rosania

SaaStr

Most people don’t want to customize their software. And especially when there’s a polarizing change, everybody shows up to work wanting to do right by the people who are using your software all day. I think that storytelling is a bit of a lost art in software development and we’re starting to rediscover it.

CTO Coach 179
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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.

Scale 292