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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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...
Why Do Developers (Actually) Hate Marketing?
So...How Do You Market a Product to a Developer? “Developers hate marketing” is a statement that’s become a truism – if not a...
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...
What Success Looks Like for Modern Open-Source Software Startups
How Open-Source Startups Succeed Estimates suggest that modern developers have built about 70%-90% of all modern software on top...

Security and Liability in Open Source
On top of solidifying complex OSS commercial licensing agreements early, one challenge for founders scaling an OSS company is...
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...
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,...
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...

Open Source Go-To-Market and Enterprise Readiness
One of the advantages of a bottom-up open source go-to-market is that when done well, it’s the most efficient flywheel for...
The Kubelist Podcast Ep. #36, The Docker Story with Solomon Hykes
In episode 36 of The Kubelist Podcast, Benjie and Marc speak with Solomon Hykes, founder of both Docker and Dagger. This...
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...

The Past, Present, and Future of Observability
Metrist co-founder and CEO Jeff Martens discusses how your team can implement monitoring and detection best practices now, how to...