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aliases: ["Raj Patel"]
Is A: Person
Tier: "3rd 🥉"
Tags: ["Podcast Guest"]
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# Raj Patel

Founder and CEO of DevToolsCo, a developer tools company building IDE extensions and workflow automation for engineering teams. Based in London, Raj appeared on the podcast to discuss the art and business of building developer tools, covering topics from developer experience design to go-to-market strategies for tools that sell to engineers. His background as a former staff engineer at a large tech company gives him both the technical credibility and the product instincts needed to build in this competitive space.

## Notes

- Deeply passionate about developer experience; can articulate exactly why certain tools feel magical while others feel frustrating
- Shared a practical framework for measuring developer tool adoption that went beyond simple usage metrics
- Honest about the difficulty of building a business selling to developers, who are notoriously resistant to paying for tools
- The episode resonated particularly well with the developer tools founders in the audience

## Collaborations

- [[24q3-podcast-season-2]] — recorded episode on building developer tools
- [[topic-saas-business]] — discussed developer tools as a business category
- [[procedure-podcast-guest-outreach]] — connected through the London developer tools community
