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Here We Woe Again: Jenna Ortega, Creators Al Gough & Miles Millar 31:46

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BE WARNED! This podcast will contain spoilers for Wednesday Season 2, episodes 1-4. Join host Caitlin Reilly each week as she takes you deep into the twisted world of Wednesday with an amazing group of guests! And producer Thing will be helping out to make sure everything goes to plan - well, mostly, anyway... In this episode: Jenna Ortega peels back the layers on the new tension between Wednesday and Enid. And that terrifying vision! Plus… Series showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar reveal why they made Morticia Addams such a central character in this season, and what it means for Wednesday. Whether you’re a normie or an outcast, the Wednesday Season 2 Official Woecast will be the place for all things Nevermore! For more juicy details about Wednesday Season 2, head over to Tudum.com to get all of the latest updates. 1:15 Preparing for Season 2 3:25 Evolving Wednesday’s look for Season 2 4:12 Addams clan expands for Season 2 6:12 Joanna Lumley joining the cast 7:38 Wednesday and Enid's Friendship 9:00 Wednesday’s Vision 10:50 Jenna is a Producer 13:45 Al and Miles introduction 14:03 Wednesday takes down a Serial Killer 15:05 Intergenerational Relationships & the Addams Women 17:48 Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia in Season 2 20:48 Wednesday and Enid’s relationship 24:04 Steve Buscemi joining the cast 26:19 Wednesday’s popular! 27:45 Boy with the Clockwork Heart stop motion sequence…

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This week we are learning from Nikita Shamgunov, CEO at Neon and Partner at Khosla Ventures who previously co-founded MemSQL and scaled to ~40M ARR.

Neon is fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. They separate storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.

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This week we are learning from Nikita Shamgunov, CEO at Neon and Partner at Khosla Ventures who previously co-founded MemSQL and scaled to ~40M ARR.

Neon is fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. They separate storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.

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Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products.

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Anna Veronika Dorogush on why having high-density talent on the team is crucial for Recraft 39:38

18 days ago39:38

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Anna Veronika Dorogush, founder and CEO of Recraft , reveals how she built one of the world's leading AI image generation platforms by solving real professional design problems instead of chasing AI hype. Some key insights: "My whole back-end team is medalists and finalists of World Championship in programming." Strong people attract strong people, creating a talent density that enables a small team to compete with giants. "We are just focused on producing the best models in image generation space for designers, for professional use cases." While others built general AI image generators, Recraft targeted designers' specific needs: brand consistency, style control, and professional workflows. "That's the major differentiator between ourselves and other AI native tools is we are building our technology from scratch in-house. And that allows us to solve for professional tasks." Training proprietary models in-house allows solving for your users' exact problems (controlling styles, brand colors, fonts). "At the first stage, think investors mostly are evaluating founders and founding teams. After that, investors are evaluating product market fit and retention and later, monetization starts to be very important. We've raised three rounds so far and on every one of those rounds, different things were considered very important." Links: Recraft: https://www.recraft.ai/ Anna Veronika on X: https://x.com/avwriting Evil Martians on X: https://x.com/evilmartians Victoria Melnikova on X: https://x.com/vmelnikova_en Evil Martians is the go-to agency for early-stage developer tools startups: https://evilmartians.com/devtools…

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Michael Magán, co-founder at tambo ai, on how a friendly octopus makes AI more approachable 29:35

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Evil Martians is the go-to agency for early-stage developer tools startups: https://evilmartians.com/devtools Links: - tambo ai: https://tambo.co/ - Michael Magán on X: https://x.com/mrmagan_ - Evil Martians on X: https://x.com/evilmartians - Victoria Melnikova on X: https://x.com/vmelnikova_en

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José Valim on feeding desire to learn, healthy Elixir ecosystem and the future of AI tooling 36:54

7 weeks ago36:54

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José Valim, creator of Elixir and founder of Dashbit, shares how he built one of the most loved programming languages by following curiosity over market trends. Key insights for devtool founders: - Build for yourself first - José's "selfish" approach of creating tools he actually wants to use led to authentic adoption and marketing. When you can explain genuine technical trade-offs instead of chasing trends, developers listen. - Decentralize early - Without Google/Apple-level resources, Elixir succeeded by empowering the community to own different domains (web, ML, embedded) rather than centralizing control. - Make pivotal technical bets - Targeting the battle-tested Erlang VM and enabling the Phoenix framework were key architectural decisions that paid off long-term. - Marketing = explaining trade-offs - Skip the sales pitch. Show developers exactly what they get and what they give up. José's rule: "If all we have is opinions, I prefer mine." - Enable ecosystem growth - Dashbit's consulting reveals adoption friction points, which feed back into language improvements and new open-source projects. Current focus: José is building Tidewave, exploring higher-level AI development tools that understand web frameworks, not just code. Companies using Elixir: Discord, Remote, Supabase, Fly.io , Apple, Toyota, BBC, PepsiCo, Mozilla Evil Martians is the go-to agency for early-stage developer tools startups: https://evilmartians.com/devtools Links: - Elixir: https://elixir-lang.org/ - Tidewave: https://tidewave.ai/ - Livebook: https://livebook.dev/ - José Valim on X: https://x.com/josevalim - Evil Martians on X: https://x.com/evilmartians - Victoria Melnikova on X: https://x.com/vmelnikova_en…

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Adam Wenchel, CEO at Arthur AI, on building AI guardrails, the last mile problem, and coaching code bots 23:30

8 weeks ago23:30

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Adam Wenchel has been building AI infrastructure since before it was cool. As CEO and co-founder of Arthur AI, he's spent six years solving the "last mile problem" - getting AI from impressive demos to reliable production systems. In this conversation, we dive deep into why Adam open sources million-dollar tools, how his enterprise experience at Capital One shaped his approach to developer empathy, and his provocative prediction that we'll soon need fewer developers but better "code bot coaches." What we cover: - Why the gap between 90% demo accuracy and 99% production reliability is make-or-break for AI adoption - The strategic decision to open source Arthur Shield and Bench instead of keeping them proprietary - How working inside a 50,000-person company taught him to build better developer tools - Whether AI will eliminate junior developers (and why the answer isn't what you think) - The future of software development: from 50-person teams to 5 expert coaches - What makes the perfect developer tool (hint: simplicity + a sprinkle of cleverness) Adam's journey from acquiring a 5-person startup to Capital One to building Arthur offers rare insights into both enterprise AI deployment and the evolving landscape of developer productivity. If you're building AI tools, selling to enterprises, or wondering how to future-proof your development career, this conversation is packed with actionable wisdom. Links: - Website: https://www.arthur.ai/ - GitHub: https://github.com/arthur-ai/arthur-engine - Adam Wenchel on X: https://x.com/apwenchel - Evil Martians on X: https://x.com/evilmartians - Victoria Melnikova on X: https://x.com/vmelnikova_en…

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Sam Bhagwat on Gatsby and Mastra, YC and tapping into your inner child 27:34

13 weeks ago27:34

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In this episode of Dev Propulsion Labs, we sit down with Sam Bhagwat, the dev tools visionary who co-founded Gatsby and is now transforming AI development with Mastra - the TypeScript framework that's rapidly gaining adoption among serious AI developers. After selling Gatsby to Netlify, Sam identified a critical gap in AI tooling that was forcing developers to build complex infrastructure themselves. Now, his YC-backed framework is helping startups and enterprises build production-grade AI agents with far less overhead. You'll discover: - The pivotal moment Sam realized existing AI tools weren't solving the right problems - Strategic insights from his YC Winter 2025 experience that accelerated Mastra's growth - Why TypeScript-first is the right approach for building maintainable AI applications - The thoughtful licensing strategy that balances open-source principles with business sustainability - What current AI frameworks are missing and how Mastra addresses these limitations For founders and technical leaders building in the AI space, this conversation offers valuable perspective on navigating the rapidly evolving agent ecosystem while creating a sustainable developer tools business. Links: - Dev Propulsion Labs podcast: https://evilmartians.com/devpropulsionlabs - Try Mastra: npm create mastra@latest - Website: https://mastra.ai - GitHub: https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra - Book: "Principles of Building AI Agents" on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Building-Agents-Sam-Bhagwat/dp/B0DYH5GHDD - Sam Bhagwat Twitter: https://twitter.com/calcsam - Victoria Melnikova Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmelnikova_en Best comment on YouTube will be rewarded with a free copy of Sam's book…

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Jono Bacon, former Director of Community at GitHub & Ubuntu, author of “People Powered” 36:46

1 year ago36:46

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Your dev tool needs to harness the power of community — whether you’re building your own or connecting to larger forums. The new episode of the Dev Propulsion Labs podcast is packed with Jono Bacon ’s insights on building relationships with your audience: he has built over 300(!) open source communities, including GitHub and Ubuntu, and he still backs many of them on their continued path to sustainability as part of the Community Leadership Core accelerator. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools , and create open source products. The podcast is hosted by Irina Nazarova .…

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Alice Chen, CTO & Co-Founder at OpenContext 35:25

1 year ago35:25

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We’re blasting off the third season of our podcast with a new host, Irina Nazarova , CEO at Evil Martians, and a new guest—Alice Chen, CTO & Co-Founder at OpenContext , a platform that drives clarity of context across the organization. Prior to co-founding OpenContext in 2021, Alice rose up in the ranks of massive companies like HP and Informatica. In our conversation, we dug into her strategies to sell open source to enterprise giants—to help you accomplish your next big sell. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools , and create open source products.…

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David Heinemeier Hansson, DHH - Co-founder at Basecamp & HEY, Ruby on Rails Creator 50:32

2 years ago50:32

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David Heinemeier Hansson also known as DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails , cofounder of Basecamp & HEY , best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning racing driver, antitrust advocate, investor in Danish startups, frequent podcast guest, and family man. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools , and create open source products. The podcast is hosted by Victoria Melnikova…

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Hahnbee Lee - Co-Founder at Mintlify 30:40

2 years ago30:40

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This week's guest is Hahnbee Lee , Co-Founder at Mintlify . Prior to founding Mintlify, Hahnbee co-founded pe•ple and worked as a software engineer at Duolingo. The best developer companies (think Stripe, Twilio, MongoDB) have effective and user-centric documentation at their backbone. Mintlify helps any company achieve the documentation they need effortlessly, so that they can focus on building what they do best. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools , and create open source products. Podcast host is Victoria Melnikova…

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Miško Hevery - BuilderIO, Angular, Qwik 37:58

2 years ago37:58

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As the CTO of Builder.io , Miško Hevery directs the technological prowess behind the platform's innovative projects including Qwik, a web framework for building instant loading apps and sites. Prior to this, Miško played a pivotal role in Google, not only pioneering Angular and AngularJS but also co-creating Karma. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. Host: Victoria Melnikova…

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Shanea Leven - CodeSee 21:18

2 years ago21:18

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Shanea Leven is CEO and co-founder of CodeSee . CodeSee is a developer platform that helps developers master understanding codebases. CodeSee's mission is to build software better. Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools , and create open source products. Host: Victoria Melnikova…

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Ivar Østhus - Unleash 33:54

2 years ago33:54

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Ivar Østhus is the Co-founder and CTO at Unleash, an open-source feature management software for Enterprises. What started as a side gig in a basement in Norway, Ivar and his brother turned their SaaS into a full time business in early 2021. The tool allows teams to build features together, ship new features in small increments, and enables transparency within teams and stakeholders. Tooltips Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. https://evilmartians.com/…

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Peer Richelsen - Cal.com 33:20

2 years ago33:20

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This week we are featuring Peer Richelsen who is disrupting the scheduling space with the open-sourced Cal.com . Tooltips Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. https://evilmartians.com/

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Monica Sarbu - Xata 33:13

2 years ago33:13

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This week's guest is Monica Sarbu, Founder and CEO at Xata, a serverless database platform powered by PostgreSQL. Prior to that, she worked on an open-source monitoring solution called Packetbeat which was acquired by Elastic in 2015. She is also the co-founder of tupu.io , a non-profit initiative that offers free mentorship to women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups in the tech industry. Tooltips Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. https://evilmartians.com/…

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Nikita Shamgunov - Neon 35:19

2 years ago35:19

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This week we are learning from Nikita Shamgunov, CEO at Neon and Partner at Khosla Ventures who previously co-founded MemSQL and scaled to ~40M ARR. Neon is fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. They separate storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage. Tooltips Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. https://evilmartians.com/…

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Stefan Avram - WunderGraph 31:32

2 years ago31:32

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This week we talk to Stefan Avram, Co-Founder and Head of Growth at Wundergraph, a Backend for Frontend Framework to optimize frontend, fullstack and backend developer workflows through API Composition. Tooltips Evil Martians transform growth-stage startups into unicorns, build developer tools, and create open source products. https://evilmartians.com/…

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