software, vc
My contrarian opinions about devtools
A popular tweetstorm about how I see investing in the developer tools space.... software
Building our own video conferencing solution with daily.co
During lockdown, I decided to not spend all of my free time playing video games,
and catch up on some programming. So a couple weeks ago, in between about 4-5
meetings, I put together a drop-in replacement for Zoom using the daily.co
[https://daily.co] API.
Presenting: Meet [https://github.com/rootvc/meet].
Pull requests and Issues welcome. I've abstracted away all the Root-specific
code, so you can now deploy your own instance of Meet to your own Netlify
account with one click from the GitHub... software, vc
Floors and ceilings
One framework I like to think about in large developer tools opportunities is what I'm trying to call lowering the floor and raising the ceiling.... software, vc
What is hard software?
In Hard tech, I talked about the overarching thesis at Root Ventures. But I mentioned that my area is hard software. What do I mean by that? I'm tempted to say, "you know it when you see it," but here's a few heuristics I think about.... software
Developer tools are enterprise software
Last week I wrote about how developer tools are consumer software, but there are also obvious ways in which they are enterprise software. Since this is more or less the traditional way to think about (and value) developer tools companies, I won’t belabor it, but there are a few interesting points... software
Developer tools are consumer software
I’m surprised how many firms put a partner from their enterprise software team on their developer tools thesis area. Don’t get me wrong, many of these investors are truly fantastic...
