More Scaling DevTools episodes
Published 27 Feb 2026
Duration: 2712
Startups should prioritize product-market fit and lean operations, rather than large funding rounds, to achieve efficient growth and avoid inefficient resource use.
Ahmad Sadeddin is the founder and CEO of Corgea. Corgea provides the security tools to find, triage, and fix insecure code.Ahmad shares:Why you don't...
The podcast emphasizes that achieving product-market fit (PMF) is the top priority for seed-stage startups, with fundraising considered a secondary concern and often a necessary cost of operations. Large seed rounds are viewed skeptically, as they can lead to misallocation of resources and over-hiring, which may hinder a startup's ability to effectively reach PMF. Founders are encouraged to keep teams lean and focus on building a strong go-to-market strategy, supported by examples such as Stripe, Airbnb, and Uber, which achieved success with minimal initial funding. The discussion also warns against premature scaling, over-hiring, and lack of internal discipline, which can result in poor business outcomes and exits.
The podcast highlights the importance of customer feedback, iterative development, and being willing to pivot based on real market signals. In the context of application security (AppSec), it addresses shortcomings in existing tools and the potential of AI to enhance security solutions. Founders are advised to focus on solving real customer problems through lean and agile development, targeting early adopters who can provide valuable insights. The narrative concludes with a call for founders to embrace rejection, maintain humility, and prioritize execution and mindset over rigid processes, reinforcing the idea that adaptability and customer focus are key to long-term success.
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1 May 2026 Charity Majors on AI, Observability, and the Future of Software
Evolving software development challenges highlight the shift from code generation costs to observability as a critical bottleneck, advocating for product coherence over syntax, durable code over disposable iterations, and strategic AI integration amid persistent gaps in leadership and observability adoption.
23 Apr 2026 Jakub Czakon - founder of Developer Markepear and former CMO of Neptune.ai (acquired by OpenAI)
Strategies for aligning product development with growing markets involve targeting scalable problems, balancing long-term vision with immediate user needs, leveraging pain points and clear communication in marketing, prioritizing SEO and targeted content, and differentiating through unique value propositions while refining messaging via iterative feedback.
14 Apr 2026 Lawrence Jones from Incident.io @ AIE Europe: building an AI SRE
Advancements in AI-driven SRE include automated root cause analysis tools for managing production system complexity, challenges in scaling AI due to logging and data variability, the need for human expertise in contextual reasoning, handling vast log telemetry, and examples of AI uncovering undocumented system behaviors while emphasizing centralized incident management, ambient analysis tools, and the upcoming AI Incident System (AIS).
29 Mar 2026 Finding your first 10 customers, with Andy Lee from DeepTrace
Recommended: Outreach strategies using LinkedIn because building is easy, finding customers is hard.
Technical founders can secure early customers through targeted, high-volume outreach using personalized LinkedIn messaging, cold emails, and mentorship-driven engagement, leveraging their product expertise to overcome engineers' skepticism, with examples like DeepTrace showcasing engineering-focused solutions and response rate benchmarks.