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Vibe coding and modern dev tools are reshaping early-stage startup hiring

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. Lloyd, who founded Warp to reinvent the terminal with AI-driven developer experiences, adds the perspective of a founder building for builders at the bleeding edge of coding workflows. 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 (go-to-market) and product life cycle is adapting to this new dev world.

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