Tech Founder Decisions and Challenges with Malcolm Matalka

Beyond Coding

Connect with Malcolm Matalka:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-matalka-a6527382

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/htpxkxyCX9I

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:25 - Where to dock your boat?

00:02:49 - Patrick's friends bought a boat

00:03:31 - Malcolm sold his house and bought a boat

00:05:52 - Relaxing on a boat

00:07:47 - Living small and minimalistic

00:09:22 - Taking the plunge twice

00:10:32 - Terrateam is a TACoS

00:11:47 - What is OpenTofu?

00:14:33 - Why people work on OpenTofu

00:16:05 - Terrateam and github actions

00:17:40 - Total cost of ownership

00:19:03 - The idea to start Terrateam

00:22:53 - Starting a business with a close friend

00:24:41 - Offering high quality support

00:25:44 - Full responsibility to choose the technology

00:28:13 - Choosing OCaml as backend language

00:31:16 - Ocaml solution directions

00:35:01 - Escape hatches

00:36:34 - Computers are really fast

00:38:10 - AI for developer productivity

00:41:55 - Generating the code doesn't reduce the bottleneck

00:44:25 - Productivity in a 2-man team

00:47:06 - Should engineers talk to customers?

00:49:39 - Offering flexibility and accommodating

00:52:59 - Rounding off