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Podcast: Software People Stories
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Passion for developer experience with Greg Foster - part 1

Category: Education
Duration: 00:29:09
Publish Date: 2024-11-16 03:26:31
Description:

In this episode Shiv is in conversation with Greg Foster, Cofounder and CTO of graphite.dev.

This is the first part, Greg talks about


His Journey into Software:

  • Early Days: Started coding in high school, selling iPhone apps.
  • College and Early Career: Studied CS, worked at Airbnb, learned infrastructure and on-call duties.
  • Founding Graphite: Co-founded Graphite with friends to build developer tools.
  • Passion for Developer Experience: Enjoys building tools that improve software development workflows.

Key Points:

  • On-Call Experiences: Loved the challenge and responsibility of on-call work, but also experienced the frustrations of dealing with user issues and developer mistakes.
  • Building a Startup: Balancing technical work with business operations, hiring, and team culture.
  • Graphite's Mission: Improving developer productivity by focusing on code review and collaboration tools, inspired by best practices from large tech companies.

AI Integration: Exploring AI-powered tools to enhance code review and analysis.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmfoster/

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