{"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":"Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale: dropping the free tier was a great decision","slug":"sam-lambert-ceo-of-planetscale-dropping-the-free-tier-was-a-great-decision","published_at":"2025-07-31T15:39:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools/sam-lambert-ceo-of-planetscale-dropping-the-free-tier-was-a-great-decision","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools","url":"https://podcast.scalingdevtools.com/episodes/sam-lambert-ceo-of-planetscale-dropping-the-free-tier-was-a-great-decision","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/598762db/dbce5f38.mp3","summary":"Sam Lambert is the CEO of PlanetScale - a cloud database provider. Sam shares: - Why dropping the free tier was one of PlanetScale's best decisions. But is not for every startup. - People solving serious problems appreciate serious content and if you can create meaningful content, that's a big advantage. - CEOs should be transparent and collaborative but assertive. Don't let your company die while enacting someone else's decision - Express hard-to-convey-benefits via your customers’ experiences This episode is brought to you by WorkOS . If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs. Links: - Sam's Twitter - Sam's LinkedIn - PlanetScale - PlanetScale Postgres - Caching blog post - Ted Nyman - Snowflake - Vitess","meta_description":"Sam Lambert is the CEO of PlanetScale - a cloud database provider. Sam shares: - Why dropping the free tier was one of PlanetScale's best decisions. But i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2582,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-devtools/episodes/sam-lambert-ceo-of-planetscale-dropping-the-free-tier-was-a-great-decision/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-devtools/sam-lambert-ceo-of-planetscale-dropping-the-free-tier-was-a-great-decision.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}