Episode 196: Developer Experience and Tools with Brian Holt

Recording date: 7/14/2022John Papa @John_PapaWard Bell @WardBellDan Wahlin @DanWahlinCraig Shoemaker @craigshoemakerBrian Holt @HoltbtBrought to you byAG GridIdeaBladeResources:Stripe API DocumentationPayment GatewayStripe ShellBrian Holt classes on Front End MastersFigmaRust programming languageGo programming languageStripe Multi-Language Documentation/ExamplesPayment Methods APIWhat does a software Product Manager Do?Azure App ServiceSarah DrasnerAzure Developer CLIBrian Holt’s AZ EZFrontend MastersTimejumps00:59 Guest introduction02:11 What is it about developer tools that you enjoy?05:19 What problems are you seeing day to day at Stripe?08:24 Sponsor: Ag Grid09:31 How much of developer tooling do you connect with?12:44 Convention over configuration?14:35 What's the hardest part to get right?18:40 How do you know what users really want?22:35 Sponsor: IdeaBlade23:28 What's been your journey to PM role?32:03 In what ways did being an engineer help you as a PM?37:31 Final thoughtsPodcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.