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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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...
How to Think About Positioning for Open Source
Positioning Open Source for Your Community (and Yourself) Why is Heavybit posting this extensive interview on thinking through...
How to Launch a Dev-First Startup: Day-to-Day Tactics
Welcome to the third article in our definitive series on how to launch a developer-first startup, featuring advice from veteran...
Emerging Legal Challenges for Open Source in the Age of AI
Defensibility and AI-Related Legal Issues for Open Source Open-source software has been called “the most positive and...
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?...
Understanding Business Models & Defensibility in Open Source
First-Principles Business Models Matter for Open Source A key concern for open-source startup founders is defensibility–how to...
Jamstack Radio Ep. #146, Help Desks for Modern Teams with Brian Levine of Yetto
In episode 146 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas speaks with Brian Levine of Yetto about customer support. Together they explore...

Going to Market as Commercial Software
In this talk, Nicholas Erdenberger will provide an overview of effective sales strategies and tactics for open-source products...
Navigating Markets in Open Source As Your Startup Matures
What to Consider About Market Forces in Open Source Why is Heavybit posting this extensive interview about how to navigate...
Enterprise AI Infrastructure: Privacy, Maturity, Resources
Enterprise AI Infrastructure: Privacy, Economics, and Best First Steps The path to perfect AI infrastructure has yet to be...
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...
Growing Together: Building Ecosystems to Grow PLG Startups
How to Build an Ecosystem to Support Product-Led Growth Any time you build a strategy for any org at a product-led growth (PLG)...