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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O11ycast Ep. #65, Simplifying Tracing with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub
In episode 65 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub. This talk explores observability at GitHub,...

Using Brain Chemistry to Build 0-to-1 Developer Communities
How Developer Communities Benefit from Brain Chemicals I’ve worked as a developer advocate for many years, but in some ways, I...
Digging Deeper into Building on LLMs, AI Coding Assistants, and Observability
Are Prompting and ChatGPT Programming the Future? If you follow the headlines, AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and...
Understanding Legal Issues for Open Source Software Start-ups
Viewing Open Source Startups Through a Licensing and IP Lens Open source software (OSS) is a vibrant and rapidly-growing space,...
How to Launch an AI Startup: Lessons from GitHub Copilot
Getting 1.2M Devs to Adopt Your AI Product GitHub Copilot is one of the most talked-about AI coding assistants on the market. As...
Jamstack Radio Ep. #133, React Server Components with Tom Preston-Werner of RedwoodJS
In episode 133 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Tom Preston-Werner, founder of GitHub and creator of RedwoodJS. This talk...
How to Design a Better Billing System for Your Startup
How to Design a Billing System for Your Startup With the growing demand for product-led growth strategies, the hidden technical...
How to Successfully Invest in Open-Source Startups
Investing in Open-Source Startups: What to Look for Open-source software (OSS) leverages the power of community to create a...
Incident Response and DevOps in the Age of Generative AI
How Does Generative AI Work With Incident Response? Software continues to eat the world, as more dev teams depend on third-party...
Who Are the Developers Working on Generative AI Projects?
Developers Working With AI: Who, What, Where Generative AI has exploded into the public consciousness with the advent of...
How to Build an Effective Pitch Deck
How to Build an Effective Fundraising Deck for Devtool Startups Technical founders often ask us what to include in their...
Open Source vs. Proprietary: Development, Licensing, Business Models, and More
Open Source vs. Proprietary: Development, Licensing, Business Models, Security, and More Open-source software (OSS) is free to...