Industry
Developer Tooling & Infrastructure Software
Products built for developers — CLI tools, SDKs, APIs, and developer platforms.
Market
The Developer Tools opportunity
Developer tools are one of the highest-growth segments in software — the rise of AI coding assistants has accelerated demand for better IDE integrations, API products, and developer experience platforms. The best devtools products today are built by developers who use them.
Challenges
What Developer Tools founders run into
- API design that's obvious to integrate without reading the docs
- SDK ergonomics that feel native in TypeScript, Python, and Go simultaneously
- Documentation that's generated from the code, not written separately and diverging
- Developer portal and sandbox environment that lets developers get to their first API call in under 5 minutes
Projects
What I build for Developer Tools
01
API products with developer portals, sandbox environments, and usage dashboards
02
CLI tools with interactive prompts, configuration management, and plugin systems
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SDKs for multiple languages with consistent behavior and error messages
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Developer documentation platforms with live code examples
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Infrastructure monitoring and observability dashboards
Deliverables
What you receive
- OpenAPI spec with interactive documentation
- TypeScript and Python SDK packages
- Developer portal with sandbox environment and API key management
- CLI tool with help system and configuration management
FAQ
Common questions
How do you approach SDK design?+
OpenAPI spec first, then generate the SDK skeleton, then hand-write the ergonomic layer on top. The generated layer handles the HTTP; the hand-written layer makes the SDK feel native to each language.
Next step
Building a Developer Tools product?
Tell me what you're working on. I understand the specific challenges in the Developer Tools space and I'll give you a direct answer on how I can help.