Discussions on scaling modern software teams through better tooling and processes.

High Leverage

Welcome to High Leverage, a podcast featuring discussions around scaling modern software teams through better tooling and processes. High Leverage is hosted by Joe Ruscio, Founder of Librato and General Partner at Heavybit.

In the first episode of High Leverage, Joe is joined by Monitoring Weekly's Mike Julian for a discussion on observability tools, trends, and changing landscapes.

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High Leverage - Ep. #1, Monitoring Observability with Monitoring Weekly's Mike Julian

In episode 2 of High Leverage, Joe meets with Corey Quinn, cloud economist and founder of the Quinn Advisory group, to discuss the realities of using cloud providers at scale.

High Leverage - Ep. #2, Cloud Services with Corey Quinn

In episode 3 of High Leverage, Joe speaks with Grant Miller, Replicated founder and creator of EnterpriseReady, on how companies are taking a new approach to running third-party applications.

High Leverage - Ep. #3, Modern On-Prem with Replicated's Grant Miller

In episode 4 of High Leverage, Joe is joined by Paul Biggar, CTO and Co-Founder of Dark, to discuss the challenges of backend development, and how Dark aims to simplify them with a new programming language.

High Leverage - Ep. #4, Backend Development with Paul Biggar of Dark

In episode 5 of High Leverage, host Joe Ruscio and special guest Eliran Mesika of GitLab pull back the curtain on company acquisitions, build vs buy considerations, and the inner workings of merger agreements.

High Leverage - Ep. #5, Mergers and Acquisitions with Eliran Mesika of GitLab

Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, we've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond. We go hands-on from day 0, backing founders as they turn code into companies and build the future of software from the bottom up to the top down.