Noah Labhart

Took it off the shelf and dusted it off and tried it again. To ride the ups and downs of the startup life. You need to really want it. It's not just about technology. All this and more on CodeStory. I'm your host, Noah Labhart. And today, Halviri Minnaz is building the next-gen work platform with intelligent insights and productivity gains. This episode is sponsored by Speakeasy.

Grow your API user adoption and improve engineering velocity with friction-free integration experiences. With Speakeasy's platform, you can now automatically generate SDKs in 10 languages and Terraform providers in minutes. Visit speakeasy.com slash codestory and generate your first SDK for free. This message is sponsored by QA Wolf.

Grow your API user adoption and improve engineering velocity with friction-free integration experiences. With Speakeasy's platform, you can now automatically generate SDKs in 10 languages and Terraform providers in minutes. Visit speakeasy.com slash codestory and generate your first SDK for free. This message is sponsored by QA Wolf.

Grow your API user adoption and improve engineering velocity with friction-free integration experiences. With Speakeasy's platform, you can now automatically generate SDKs in 10 languages and Terraform providers in minutes. Visit speakeasy.com slash codestory and generate your first SDK for free. This message is sponsored by QA Wolf.

QA Wolf gets engineering teams to 80% automated end-to-end test coverage and helps them ship five times faster by reducing QA cycles from hours to minutes. With over 100 five-star reviews on G2 and customer testimonials from SalesLoft, Rata, and Autotrader, you're in good hands. Join the Wolfpack at QAwolf.com. Miri Minaz is originally from Turkey and has four siblings in different industries.

QA Wolf gets engineering teams to 80% automated end-to-end test coverage and helps them ship five times faster by reducing QA cycles from hours to minutes. With over 100 five-star reviews on G2 and customer testimonials from SalesLoft, Rata, and Autotrader, you're in good hands. Join the Wolfpack at QAwolf.com. Miri Minaz is originally from Turkey and has four siblings in different industries.

QA Wolf gets engineering teams to 80% automated end-to-end test coverage and helps them ship five times faster by reducing QA cycles from hours to minutes. With over 100 five-star reviews on G2 and customer testimonials from SalesLoft, Rata, and Autotrader, you're in good hands. Join the Wolfpack at QAwolf.com. Miri Minaz is originally from Turkey and has four siblings in different industries.

Being good at math and problem solving, she was drawn to go study computer engineering and eventually was in the industry for a while before starting her current venture. Upon reflection, she feels it was supernatural for her to live in Turkey, be a woman, and end up in software. Eventually, she moved to Berlin and continued to be a unique case in the industry.

Being good at math and problem solving, she was drawn to go study computer engineering and eventually was in the industry for a while before starting her current venture. Upon reflection, she feels it was supernatural for her to live in Turkey, be a woman, and end up in software. Eventually, she moved to Berlin and continued to be a unique case in the industry.

Being good at math and problem solving, she was drawn to go study computer engineering and eventually was in the industry for a while before starting her current venture. Upon reflection, she feels it was supernatural for her to live in Turkey, be a woman, and end up in software. Eventually, she moved to Berlin and continued to be a unique case in the industry.

Outside of tech, she enjoys watching art movies and shows like Turin Horse or Fargo. She's learning piano, but travels so much for work she has picked up DJing because she can't bring a piano with her. In the past, Miri has experienced problems with her team as far as measuring and optimizing productivity.

Outside of tech, she enjoys watching art movies and shows like Turin Horse or Fargo. She's learning piano, but travels so much for work she has picked up DJing because she can't bring a piano with her. In the past, Miri has experienced problems with her team as far as measuring and optimizing productivity.

Outside of tech, she enjoys watching art movies and shows like Turin Horse or Fargo. She's learning piano, but travels so much for work she has picked up DJing because she can't bring a piano with her. In the past, Miri has experienced problems with her team as far as measuring and optimizing productivity.

This was related to the different number of tools used, along with the lack of a unified view for these tools. She and her co-founder clicked on this problem and decided to build a solution. This is the creation story of Beams.

This was related to the different number of tools used, along with the lack of a unified view for these tools. She and her co-founder clicked on this problem and decided to build a solution. This is the creation story of Beams.

This was related to the different number of tools used, along with the lack of a unified view for these tools. She and her co-founder clicked on this problem and decided to build a solution. This is the creation story of Beams.

So let's dive into the MVP then, that first version, right, that first piece of the product you built. How long did it take you to build and what sort of tools were you using to bring it to life?

So let's dive into the MVP then, that first version, right, that first piece of the product you built. How long did it take you to build and what sort of tools were you using to bring it to life?

So let's dive into the MVP then, that first version, right, that first piece of the product you built. How long did it take you to build and what sort of tools were you using to bring it to life?

So let's stay on that MVP for a minute. With any MVP, you got to make certain decisions and trade-offs and I can hear a big one, right? Of not building a backend or not having that update system and, you know, sort of trade-offs that you have to make in the early days.