{"podcast":{"title":"Scaling DevTools","slug":"scaling-devtools","podcast_index_feed_id":5370747,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/scaling-devtools","website_url":"http://scalingdevtools.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HkfKelaid_fFruHof3T1113FnoaMA6qHS5kMN568xTo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5MTkzLzE2NDk3/Nzk2NDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Scaling DevTools","episode_count":188,"summary":"We investigate what it takes to grow developer tools and AI DevTools. Topics include developer marketing, DevRel, developer advocacy and developer experience. Featuring founders and key people from the likes of Vercel, ElevenLabs and OpenAI. Scaling DevTools is sponsored by WorkOS.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools"},"episode":{"title":"Clerk's Hockey Stick growth, with Colin Sidoti","slug":"clerk-s-hockey-stick-growth-with-colin-sidoti","published_at":"2024-09-12T10:36:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools/clerk-s-hockey-stick-growth-with-colin-sidoti","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools","url":"https://podcast.scalingdevtools.com/episodes/colin-sidoti-clerk","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/510dc03d/c9bcd281.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we're joined by returning guest Colin Sidoti - the cofounder and CEO of Clerk. Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform. What we cover: - The origin story and South Park Commons - Clerk's dramatic growth since the first episode - what changed? What did they do right? - 7% growth per week - Tiny details that improve the developer experience - How to you know if a change is better - watching people's faces as they try it - The difficulties of bringing new joiners up to speed in a very high context environment - Obsessions of founders - Zuckerberg's obsession and South Park Commons talk - Nick Parsons appreciation: why it's hard to hire good developer marketing people - The uniqueness of marketing developer tools - Buying a van and parking it outside YC - Local marketing campaigns in San Francisco Links: - Clerk https://clerk.com/ - Colin's Twitter https://x.com/tweetsbycolin - Nick Parsons' Twitter https://x.com/nickparsons - Jakob's tweet https://x.com/jakeplusev/status/1827791946380877828 - Malte Ubl's blog https://www.industrialempathy.com/ - Zuck's talk at South Park Commons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02fBBoZa9l4","meta_description":"In this episode, we're joined by returning guest Colin Sidoti - the cofounder and CEO of Clerk. Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform. What we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2727,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-devtools/episodes/clerk-s-hockey-stick-growth-with-colin-sidoti/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools/clerk-s-hockey-stick-growth-with-colin-sidoti.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}