“Breaking Changes” Season 3: The Leadership Edition

Though it’s been years since I’ve coded full-time, I still identify as a hands-on builder. Like many developers out there, I was…

API-first observability for the API era

It may seem like no matter how much work your team puts into monitoring, it’s not enough. New functionalities and new incidents…

Why aren’t there more programming languages startups?

This piece first appeared on the Akita blog in July 2021. At the time, I was founder and CEO of Akita Software,…

Introducing Postman Live Insights: faster, better API debugging

Today, we’re excited to launch the Postman Live Insights alpha to help developers quickly discover API endpoints and efficiently find and fix…

The case for “developer experience”

This piece first appeared in Andreessen-Horowitz’s Future publication for September 2021. At the time, I was founder and CEO of Akita Software,…

Building for the “99% Developers”

This piece first appeared in Andreessen-Horowitz’s Future publication in February 2022. At the time, I was founder and CEO of Akita Software,…