Best Mtf Podcasts (2025)

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E175: How Dragonfly Is Taking on Redis With a New Data Store 39:42

9d ago39:42

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Roman Gershman is Co-Founder & CTO of Dragonfly, the drop-in Redis replacement for heavy data workloads that has significant performance, cost, and scale benefits. Their open source dragonflydb has 28K stars on GitHub. Dragonfly has raised $21M from investors including Quiet Capital and Redpoint. In this episode, we dig into: The challenges with Re…

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Delivering Aesthetics with Dr Oli Curwen 58:11

21d ago58:11

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Injectable treatments are a quick and easy alternative to more invasive surgery to adjust your facial aesthetics to better match your gender. But, as you’ll learn in this episode of The Joy Tuck Club, there are aspects to injectables that also make them first-class participants in any gender-affirming care plan. They can, in some cases, replace FFS…

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E174: The SDF / DBT Acquisition (1 + 1 = 3) 39:43

26d ago39:43

39:43

Lukas Schulte is Co-Founder & CEO of SDF Labs, the developer platform that scales SQL understanding across organizations, which was recently acquired by data transformation unicorn dbt Labs. In this episode, he's joined by Anders Swanson, Senior Developer Experience Advocate at dbt, to discuss the acquisition and future of data engineering. In this…

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FTM Top Surgery with Dr Ioannis Ntanos 53:20

1M ago53:20

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Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers Some walls are fortresses. Each week, new rules, new restrictions, new barriers that make them higher and harder to climb. Some walls need a hero—someone to shatter their faulty logic and malign rigidity. In this episode of The Joy Tuck Club we have a chat with exactly that kind of person. Dr. Ioannis Ntanos is a…

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E173: Feature Flagging with OpenFeature 35:03

1M ago35:03

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Andrew Norris is Co-Founder & CEO of DevCycle, the leading feature flagging platform based on the OpenFeature project. OpenFeature provides a standard for feature flagging unifying tools behind a common interface and avoiding vendor lock-in at the code level. DevCycle is a product created by Taplytics, the platform for marketing and product teams t…

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Transpiration Special: Dani St James 53:57

2M ago53:57

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In this episode of The Joy Tuck Club we are joined by the delightfully dynamic Dani St James. This isn’t for the faint-hearted though. If you clutch your pearls at the occasional f-bomb, best get them ready. Calling in from her colourful studio in the seaside town of Margate, Dani shares a transition journey that traces a path from Wales (where tra…

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E172: How MetalBear Makes Cloud Development 100x Faster 35:22

2M ago35:22

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Aviram Hassan is Co-Founder & CEO of MetalBear, the cloud development platform that lets developers run local code as if it were part of their remote environment. Their project, mirrord, has 4K stars on GitHub and is loved by users at companies like SentinelOne, Flexport, and Run.ai. In this episode, we dig into: How traditional staging environment…

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E171: How Companies Like Block Build Viral Open Source Projects 40:08

2M ago40:08

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Manik Surtani is Head of Open Source and Bradley Axen is Principal Engineer at Block. Manik was key to launching Block's Open Source Programs Office and Bradley is a major open source contributor - including the project Goose which is Block's extensible AI agent project. It currently has over 11K stars on GitHub and has been used for a number of in…

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Top Surgery with Dr Giuseppe Di Taranto 58:44

2M ago58:44

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Not so long ago (narrator: it was just late last year), we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Giuseppe Di Taranto—a lively, passionate Italian surgeon now based in London. His fascination with microsurgery led him across continents to Asia, where he discovered a deep interest in the intricate challenges of gender-affirming care. Dr Di Taranto now …

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E170: From Idea to Working Web App Using Only Python with Reflex 39:19

2M ago39:19

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Nikhil Rao is Co-Founder of Reflex, the open source framework to build and deploy web apps in python. Their project, also called reflex, has over 22K stars on GitHub and is a library to build full-stack web apps. Reflex has raised $5M from investors including Lux Capital. In this episode, we dig into: The power of deploying apps using only Python B…

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Episode 122- Republicans Hate You 1:17:06

2M ago1:17:06

1:17:06

Bill: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R... The person that filed this bill: https://x.com/brentmoney/status/18963... Capitol Address: Room E2.414 P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0880 https://x.com/brentmoneytx https://www.brentmoney.com/ Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-p... Related: https://www.fox4news.com/news/bill-fi... …

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E169: Building New Standards for Observability - Lightstep & OpenTelemetry 38:31

2M ago38:31

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Ben Sigelman is the Co-Founder & CEO of observability platform Lightstep as well as Co-Creator of open source observability frameworks OpenTracing and OpenTelemetry. Lightstep was acquired by ServiceNow in 2021 and OpenTelemetry was released in 2019 and has since become the standard observability framework. In this episode, we dig into: The foundin…

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E168: One (Multi-Model) Database to Rule Them All - SurrealDB 39:36

3M ago39:36

39:36

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock is the Co-Founder & CEO of SurrealDB, the next generation serverless cloud database for modern applications. Their open source database, also called surrealdb, has 30K stars on GitHub. SurrealDB has raised $26M from investors including FirstMark and Georgian. In this episode, we dig into: Taking a broad vs. niche approach to …

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Episode 121 The Curious Case Of The BBC Bankruptcy 47:52

3M ago47:52

47:52

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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E167: Taking on Network Security with a Zero Trust Approach with NetBird 34:50

3M ago34:50

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Misha Bragin is the Founder & CEO of NetBird, the open source zero trust networking platform that allows companies and individuals to create secure private networks without the hassle of corporate networks. Their open source, also called netbird, has over 12K stars on GitHub and connects devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network. NetBir…

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Transpiration Special: Freda, Warrior Princess 1:26:48

3M ago1:26:48

1:26:48

Few combine humor with heartfelt political discourse better than the unbreakable Freda Wallace. Her insights and commentary make for a riveting blend of levity and gravity on the JoyTuck Club. Honestly, it’s a rollercoaster, but one whose twists and turns, ups downs, mirror the reality in which we live. Recorded in 2023, this interview portends a 2…

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E166: Making Open Source Reliable & Secure with Fossa 40:06

3M ago40:06

40:06

Kevin Wang is Founder & CEO of Fossa, the product security platform that automates compliance & security across open source third party code, suppliers, and tools. In this episode, we discuss: Where Kevin's interest in open source started Learning to work with big enterprises The shift from scanning to fixing Repositioning from an engineering to se…

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Episode 120- I’m The Main Character 1:06:58

4M ago1:06:58

1:06:58

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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E165: Can DevTools Get to $1B ARR? 42:52

4M ago42:52

42:52

Max Stoiber is Co-Founder & CEO of Stellate, the GraphQL edge platformrecently acquired by Shopify. In this episode, we discuss: The Stellate journey from idea to initial traction to acquisition The market size (and limitations) for GraphQL, APIs, and DevTools How he ran a top-notch acquisition process for Stellate Why startups fail…

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Facialteam and FFS with Dr Daniel Simon 42:46

4M ago42:46

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Any surgery involving your bones has, historically at least, always seemed rather brutal, evoking images of saws, hammers and brightly glinting chisels. But any status quo also represents an opportunity for innovation, for disruption, and sometimes all that takes is to step back and look at things a little bit differently. And that’s exactly what h…

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IMTRC 2025 with Ruth Werner & Adrienne Asta [Research Perch] 40:06

4M ago40:06

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Listen in to Research Perch as MTF President Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT, speaks with author and educator Ruth Werner, BCTMB, about the upcoming 2025 International Massage Therapy Research Conference (IMTRC) in Alexandria, VA. Learn how attending can benefit you and your clients, explore speakers and topics, and find out how IMTRC impacts research in…

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E164: Taking on Auth0 with Open Source Zitadel 34:02

4M ago34:02

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Florian Forster is Co-Founder & CEO of Zitadel, the cloud security platform aiming to build the future of identity and access management. Their open source project, also called zitadel, provides identity infrastructure and has 10K stars on GitHub. In this episode, we dig into: The benefits of having an open source auth vendor Authentication vs. aut…

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E163: Using Feedback Loops to Optimize LLM-Based Applications 38:12

4M ago38:12

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Viraj Mehta is the Co-Founder & CTO of TensorZero which is an open-source infrastructure platform that creates a feedback loop for optimizing LLM applications. Their open source project helps users turn production data into smarter, faster, and cheaper models. In this episode, we dig into: The benefits of feedback loops for LLMs Helping their users…

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Scar Treatment and Surgery Prep with Lisa Lefever 47:35

4M ago47:35

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The big day is almost here! Your bag is packed, you’ve got comfy clothes for the hospital, and you’ve even pre-ordered the scar gel. You’re all set, right? Maybe not. Have you also made sure you had a soft laser pre-treatment performed on the area that is expected to scar? By priming your body’s natural healing response, your skin will have a suppl…

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Transition Transmission Transgender Podcast Ep 095 - Long Time No See 7:49

4M ago7:49

7:49

Hello, Everyone. It's been a long time...By Amber Neko

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Episode 119 (I'm 41!) 56:10

4M ago56:10

56:10

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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Facialteam and FFS with Dr Luis Capitán 56:20

5M ago56:20

56:20

Happy New Year, everyone! Gender affirming facial surgery (facial feminisation surgery, better known simply as FFS) is one of the most fundamental and important aspects of many an FtM transition. Our face is likely the first thing people notice, and the last thing they remember. It is our signature, our calling card, and unless puberty blockers wer…

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E162: The AI Code Editor War with Zed 30:04

5M ago30:04

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Nathan Sobo is the Founder of Zed, the next-gen code editor that enables high-performance collaboration - powered by AI. Open source zed has 53K Stars on GitHub and is used by engineers at Vercel, Apple, Anthropic, and GitLab. Prior to founding Zed, Nathan created the editor Atom at GitHub which reached 1M+ active users. Zed has raised from investo…

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Gender Affirming Voice Therapy with Christella Antoni 1:01:10

5M ago1:01:10

1:01:10

Merry Christmas to all you wonderful Tuckers! We wish you an abundance of peace, happiness, and safety. Christmas gifts take many forms, so we’re going to try to get away with making this episode ours to you. We’re not doing this just to wish you a Merry Christmas, although why not?, it’s that you may discover that tackling one of the most challeng…

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E161: Reimagining Python Notebooks with Marimo 34:14

5M ago34:14

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Akshay Agrawal is the Founder & CEO of Marimo, the next generation Python notebook. Their open source reactive notebook for Python, also called marimo, has almost 9K stars on GitHub. Marimo has raised $5M from investors including AIX Ventures. In this episode, we dig into Akshay's love of building developer tools for data teams, his journey from Ph…

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E160: Open Source Secrets Management with Infisical 39:33

6M ago39:33

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Vlad Matsiiako is CEO & Co-Founder of Infisical, the open source secrets management platform. Their open source project, also called infisical, has 16K stars on GitHub and helps users sync secrets across their teams and infrastructure. Infisical has raised $3M from investors including Gradient and YC. In this episode, we dig into their path from cl…

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Gender Affirming Voice Surgery with Dr Chadwan Al Yaghchi 53:44

6M ago53:44

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“When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colours. These take the shape of a long round arch..." If you ever have gender affirming vocal surgery, you'll probably become more than a little familiar with this quotation. It's the start of the …

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The Syn Thetic Podcast Episode 118 (kkk Kamala, And My Tits Are A 7 Out Of Ten) 2:13:53

6M ago2:13:53

2:13:53

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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E159: Innovating on Distributed SQL Databases with Yugabyte 41:41

6M ago41:41

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Karthik Ranganathan is Founder & CTO of Yugabyte, the PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud native applications. Their open source database, also called yugabyte, has almost 10K stars on GitHub. Yugabyte has raised almost $300M and sits at a $1.3B valuation. They've raised from investors including Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed, and 8…

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Episode 117 Bu$!hole Prep For 2025 1:26:19

6M ago1:26:19

1:26:19

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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Episode 116 (Work, Guns, Politics, And Life) 55:16

6M ago55:16

55:16

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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E158: Open Source Diagramming and Charting with Mermaid Chart 40:47

6M ago40:47

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Andrew Firestone is CEO and Knut Sveidqvist is CTO of Mermaid Chart, the open source text-based diagraming software platform. The mermaid project has over 70K stars on GitHub and is an open source diagramming and charting tool. Mermaid Chart has raised $7.5M from investors including Open Core Ventures. In this episode, we dig into the mermaid proje…

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Transgender School’s Analysis of Trump’s Win 49:27

6M ago49:27

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Although the impact of the 2024 elections on American marginalized groups remains uncertain, it doesn't look very promising. The latest setback in the ballots arguably forces Liberals to reinvent themselves if they want to prevent a one-party rule, which is what the demographic trends of this election suggest will happen. In this episode, Jackie of…

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E157: Build Your Own Production-Grade AI CoPilots With Copilotkit 36:08

6M ago36:08

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Atai Barkai is Co-Founder & CEO of Copilotkit, the platform to build production-grade AI Copilots 10x faster. Their open source project, also called copilotkit, has almost 13K stars on GitHub and provides React UI + elegant infrastructure for AI Copilots, in-app AI agents, AI chatbots, and AI-powered Textareas. In this episode, we dig into Copilotk…

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E156: Code-First Product Integrations with Ampersand 25:53

6M ago25:53

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Lauren Long is Co-Founder & CTO of Ampersand, the developer platform for native product integrations. Ampersand has raised $5M from investors including Matrix, Base Case Capital, Flex Capital, and 2.12 Angels. In this episode, we dig into their differentiation as a "code-first" product, why they focused on the GTM vertical to start (Salesforce was …

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IJTMB Call for Papers on Mental Health & Manual Therapies [Research Perch] 32:01

7M ago32:01

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Listen in to Research Perch as MTF President Adrienne F. Asta speaks with Cynthia Price, PhD, MA, LMT, and Sarah Fogarty, PhD, LMT, about the Call for Abstracts relating to Massage and Mental Health for an upcoming special issue of the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB). Learn more about the scope of content for this …

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E155: Taking on Elasticsearch - the ParadeDB Story 33:17

7M ago33:17

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Philippe Noël is Co-Founder & CEO of ParadeDB, the modern Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres. They're purpose-built for heavy, real-time workloads and their open source project, also called paradedb, has over 6K stars on GitHub. ParadeDB has raised $2M from investors including General Catalyst & YC. In this episode, we dig into the benefit…

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Episode 115 (Highs And Lows) With My Buddy John 2:55:17

7M ago2:55:17

2:55:17

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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Sophia's Life Story and Being Transgender in the Navy 1:04:30

7M ago1:04:30

1:04:30

Gender-affirming care saves lives. It'll be hard to think about anything else once you've listened to today's episode. Fear, isolation, self-harm, self-hatred, and frustration are some of the feelings many trans people feel all the time, and it only gets better when they can come out. In our last episode, Sophia Alexander shared her thoughts on the…

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E154: Bringing OpenTelemetry to Mobile Observability 41:40

7M ago41:40

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Eric Futoran is Co-Founder & CEO of Embrace, the mobile observability platform built on OpenTelemetry. Embrace has raised almost $80M from investors including NEA, Greycroft & Eniac. In this episode, we dig into the creation of mobile observability as a category and how Embrace helped evangelize it, what makes mobile observability unique, why they …

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E153: Dead Simple Dev Environments with Daytona 39:28

7M ago39:28

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Ivan Burazin is Co-Founder & CEO of Daytona, the open source developer environment management platform. Their open source manager, also called daytona, has 9K stars on GitHub. Daytona has raised $5M from investors including Upfront Ventures. In this episode, we dig into Daytona's plan to be the fastest growing cloud development environment, how con…

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Plans, Trans, and Automobiles 1:05:33

7M ago1:05:33

1:05:33

What happens when two trans podcasters decide to trade in negative headlines for personal stories of joy and adventure? Rachel and Phoebe, affectionately known as Red and Freckles, invite you to find out as they kick off season two of the Joy Tuck Club podcast after a long hiatus. We've had a whirlwind of a year, from Phoebe's globe-trotting escapa…

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Episode 114 Me And My Buddy John (Broken Edit) 1:52:23

8M ago1:52:23

1:52:23

I had an amazing time with my pal John who I met at bus-ees. Me being a moron, I messed up the save soooo, I lost the middle of the conversation as we took breaks. The length of the pod was over 3 and a half hours but now it's a bit shorter than that. so enjoy. https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support …

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Episode 113- Stories From The Shop 50:57

8M ago50:57

50:57

https://linktr.ee/SynThetic1369 Email: [email protected] Send us a text Support the showBy Syn Thetic

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E152: Taking on Bitly with Dub.co - an Open Source Alternative for Link Management 31:59

8M ago31:59

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Steven Tey is Founder & CEO of Dub.co, the open source link management infrastructure platform for modern marketing teams. Their open source project, also called dub, has almost 18K stars on GitHub and is used by teams at companies like Vercel, Raycast, and Perplexity. In this episode, we dig into starting Dub.co as a side project and how it ultima…

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