Visual Studio now has over 50 million users, and GitHub has 150 million users, with GitHub Copilot being used by more than 15 million developers.

Open source is now powering almost every business, and it's become the norm to release software on platforms like GitHub. I spend the first hour and a half of my day managing pull requests for the open-source Laravel framework, and I'm still the only person doing that at the company.

Founders are leveraging advanced coding assistants, indicating a shift in how software development is approached, with tools like Cursor gaining popularity over GitHub Copilot.

Before my startups, I built technology inside larger companies, including developing asynchronous input/output software that outperformed major database companies.

Consistently posting quality content on platforms like GitHub can lead to career advancements, as recruiters actively seek out candidates based on their online contributions.

I started programming at maybe 15.

As we evolved, we expanded our mission to focus on making developers' lives better every day, emphasizing collaboration and effective software creation.

Developers are experiencing a different reality with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, which significantly boosts their productivity.

When I started my company, I wanted to begin with open source foundations, focusing on real-time web applications and making things fast.