Co-creator of GraphQL and Founder of Dagster Labs - Nick Schrock

Nick Schrock is the founder of Dagster Labs, a data platform that helps you build, schedule, and monitor reliable data pipelines. They"ve raised $49M in funding from investors such as Sequoia, Index, Amplify, Slow, and 8VC. He is also the cocreator of the popular query language GraphQL.  Nick"s favorite books: The Great CEO Within (Author: Matt Mochary) (00:01) Introduction and Welcome (00:39) The Origins of GraphQL at Facebook (05:24) Explaining Data Orchestration in Plain English (09:03) What Dagster Is and Why It Matters (12:37) Assets vs. Tasks: A New Philosophy (16:51) Balancing Open Source and Commercial Features (22:18) Growing the Early Open Source Community (25:26) Signals of Community Health (27:59) Landing the First 10 Customers (32:25) Culture Shift: From Engineering-Heavy to Go-to-Market (37:49) Mistakes DevTool Founders Often Make (41:21) Selective Micromanagement and Leadership Style (44:36) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Nick Schrock:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrockn/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi