The Startup Within A Startup Playbook

How To Prepare For The Next AWS Outage

In this episode of 1 IDEA, Suresh Mathew sits down with Preeti Somal (SVP of Engineering @ Temporal) to unpack how her team prepared for a failure they knew was coming and how other engineering leaders can do the same.

The 23-Minute Playbook for On-Prem Products

Gil Feig (CTO @ Merge) took on what everyone warned him not to: on-premises deployment. 18 weeks to first customer, and a support model that could sink the company.

How 4 Engineers Shipped AWS's Fastest Product Launch

Ashish Jha (now Director of Engineering @ Drata) built AWS Audit Manager — one of AWS's fastest-growing services ever — launching in 15 months with 1,000 customers turning it on in the first 24 hours.

How To Ship Features 83% Faster

What happens when AI starts modifying production code faster than your design process can keep up?

The Runtime Trick Behind Salesforce's UI Overhaul | Kevin Hill

Kevin Hill, VP of Engineering @ Salesforce, shares how backing his team’s “impossible” ideas led to the one idea that unlocked Salesforce’s UI overhaul.

The 5 AI Guardrails that Actually Worked | Rachit Lohani

Rachit Lohani (fmr. CTO @ Paylocity) breaks down why AI productivity metrics fail — and the guardrails that make AI actually useful.

The Bottleneck Test | Vinay Pereti

Vinay Perneti (VP of Eng at Augment) shares the Bottleneck Test: a framework for leaders to empower their teams when they become the blocker.

Minimum Lovable Product | Mohit Aron

Mohit Aron built 2 companies to $10B+ (Nutanix & Cohesity) by rejecting Silicon Valley's MVP obsession. He reveals why a "Minimum Lovable Product" beats an MVP every time.