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Discover how developer tools are shifting fast with Lauri Moore and David Cramer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Vibe coding and modern dev tools are reshaping early-stage startup hiring
The once-standard idea of landing a “10x engineer” as your first critical hire is getting a serious reality check at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West. Cramer, who launched Sentry as an open-source side project in 2012 and scaled it into a platform used by over 4 million developers, offers firsthand insights into how the right tools — and hires — can accelerate product velocity without overbuilding. We’ll dig into what today’s founders actually need from their first engineering hires, what AI-enabled tooling can and can’t replace, and how the entire GTM and product lifecycle is adapting to this new dev world.
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