The Heavybit Library
The Heavybit Library is an extensive catalog of educational content featuring hundreds of hours of expert presentations, insightful podcasts, and articles focused on helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
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Open Source Ready Ep. #16, Building Tools That Spark Joy with Mitchell Hashimoto
On episode 16 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John sit down with Mitchell Hashimoto, founder of HashiCorp, to discuss his journey...
Platform Builders Ep. #6, Making Accounting SaaS Sexy Again with Brad Rigby
In episode 6 of Platform Builders, Christine Spang and Isaac Nassimi chat with Brad Rigby about Canopy’s strategic shift from a...
Data Council 2025: The Databases Track with Sai Krishna Srirampur and Craig Kerstiens
Heavybit is thrilled to be sponsoring Data Council 2025, and we invite you to join us in Oakland from Apr 22-24 to experience 3...
How Local-First Development Is Changing How We Make Software
What Local First Is, and Why It Matters Local-first development is a development ethos that keeps data and code on your device...
LLM Fine-Tuning: A Guide for Engineering Teams in 2025
General-purpose large language models (LLMs) are built for broad artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The most popular...
The Role of Synthetic Data in AI/ML Programs in Software
Why Synthetic Data Matters for Software Running AI in production requires a great deal of data to feed to models. Reddit is now...
Open Source Ready Ep. #10, The Whirlwind Pace of AI with Taylor Dolezal
In episode 10 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John chat with Taylor Dolezal, former CNCF Head of Ecosystem and current Chief of...
2024: DevTool Industry Year in Review
New year, new...hype cycle? The last 12 months have been marked by coding assistants becoming more relevant, record-breaking...
Open Source Ready Ep. #14, The Workbrew Story with Mike McQuaid and John Britton
In episode 14 of Open Source Ready, special guests Mike McQuaid and John Britton join Brian and John to share the story of...
How to Create Data Pipelines
How to Create Data Pipelines Introduction to Data Pipelines In today’s data-driven world developers and product managers rely...
How Startup Founders Should Think About Local-First Dev
What Local-First Dev Means for Startup Founders If you’re a startup founder, you’re always looking for some kind of edge–a way...
How to Start an Open-Source Project
How to Start an Open-Source Project Why is Heavybit posting a first-principles guide on how to create an open-source project?...