Optimizing Frontend Development and Introducing WorkOS for B2B SaaS

5min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Discussion on the advantages of a higher-level tool for frontend development, specifically focusing on tables, and the introduction of WorkOS, a modern identity platform for B2B SaaS companies. The chapter also addresses the reliance on Excel for internal tools in companies, despite the availability of alternative technologies like React, and the associated risks of using Excel for critical business functions.

Retool is a platform to help engineers quickly build internal frontends. It does this by abstracting away repetitive aspects of frontend development. The platform was started in 2017 and has received funding from Sequoia, Stripe Co-Founders, and Nat Friedman.

David Hsu is the founder and CEO of Retool. He joins the show to talk about why he started coding, studying philosophy and computer science, Retool’s tech stack, and more.

Paweł is the founder at flat.social the world’s first ‘flatverse’ start-up and glot.space, an AI-powered language learning app. Pawel’s background is as a full-stack software engineer with a lean and experimental approach towards product development. With a strong grounding in computing science, he spent the last decade getting early-stage products off the ground – both in startup and corporate settings. Follow Paweł on Twitter, LinkedIn and his personal website – pawel.io.