developer tools

4 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 21, 2024 by Dennis Pilarinos · across every show →

Everything said about developer tools, oldest first

Mar 21, 2024
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Pilarinos: Dev tools fail the moment developers feel they are being sold to
“Developers don't like being sold to. They have a BS detector that's very sensitive. And so I think as you think about the products, it really can't be buzzwordy. It actually has to have some utility or provide some, something that's meaningful, that helps thei…”
Dennis Pilarinos Mar 21, 2024 ▶ 5:29 Essential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Buddybuild)
Mar 21, 2024
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Pilarinos: DevTools Have a Tiny Window to Recoup Trust After Mistakes
“Especially for a developer audience who is very, very opinionated, if you make a mistake, if there's a small window in which you can apologize and try to recoup that trust or respect, you really have to take advantage of it.”
Dennis Pilarinos Mar 21, 2024 ▶ 35:10 Essential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Buddybuild)
Mar 21, 2024
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Pilarinos: Dev tools must impress immediately because developers rarely give second chances
“You have a very small window by which you can make a very good impression. And if you don't deliver that, that bit is effectively flipped. It's really, really hard to come back from, hey, give this another shot. It's gotten better or what have you. So develope…”
Dennis Pilarinos Mar 21, 2024 ▶ 5:09 Essential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Buddybuild)
Nov 19, 2025
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Developers will build homegrown tools rather than adopt inferior bundled software
“I feel like in developer tool space, you want to build good products for each of those. Otherwise people won't use them. People will just build their homegrown things and all that.”
Jyoti Bansal Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 56:19 How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal (Co-founder and CEO)
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