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Dax Raad

Dax Raad

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820 total appearances

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The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

I think the thing that people maybe underestimate is, like, we're a small company, we're not like a huge company at all.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

You can apply if you apply pressure in the right places, you can actually make things happen.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

We get a lot of criticism and like anger from people being like, oh, you guys are being so mean to Anthropic.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

They criticize the way we approach things.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

But these are billion dollar, you know, huge companies, you know, like us being able to apply any amount of pressure to get something to happen.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

It's very difficult.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And this is what it looks like.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

People might think that it's, you know, they're above it or whatever.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

But having more access to these things, having more people be able to use the tools they want is a good thing that you can love cloud code, be like, I'm never switching out cloud code.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

That's great.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

You should probably still be into the fact that people can use other tools that they like, right?

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

The biggest advantage in DevTools is the fact that everyone working at DevTools is a programmer and programmers are horrible at B2C products.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

They don't realize DevTools are B2C products.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

B2C as in business consumer.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Yeah, exactly.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So you treat them like the most extreme mindset to have is like you treat them as though you're launching Instagram or social media app, something like that.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Yeah, you can do a top down process.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And there's plenty of companies that do like an intense top down enterprise process.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And that works.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And that's great.