Software at Scale 9 - Beyang Liu: CTO, Sourcegraph
Beyang Liu is the CTO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, a code search and intelligence tool for developers. He used to be a software engineer at Palantir, and a research assistant at Stanford University.Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google PodcastsHighlights1:00 - The story behind Sourcegraph6:12 - How is Sourcegraph different from a tool like grep (or ripgrep)?14:25 - Social code search via links are a bigger deal than one might imagine17:00 - Engineering challenges in building Sourcegraph. 29:30 - The product feedback loop38:30 - The role of a CTO in an early stage company, and how that’s evolved over time. Maintaining quality as the engineering team gets bigger56:00 - Learnings behind starting a developer tools business. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.softwareatscale.dev