It's time to build developer tools

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2022-07-05 01:30:05

The ecosystem of companies building tools for developers is booming. If you are a developer who loves the art and craft of programming, if you like working on technical problems beyond scaling CRUD, or if you love the idea of accelerating technological progress by building tools for people like yourself, you should think about working on dev tools!

Every company that now writes code has discovered (or is discovering) that software development is really tricky. The world needs more software, but it’s not as simple as hiring more developers. Building software doesn’t scale or parallelize easily. Serial dependencies coupled with unforeseen complexity lead to gross underestimates of timeline and budget, which in turn lead to bad business outcomes and even existential crises.

To address the challenges of developing software quickly and efficiently at scale, more and more companies are building and buying developer tools. It’s no longer just the Googles, Facebooks, Microsofts, and Amazons of the world spending serious money doing so.