$100,000,000 from streaming APIs | LaunchDarkly co-founder interview

Sagar Batchu CEO of Speakeasy chats with John Kodumal, co-founder and former CTO of LaunchDarkly, the feature flag platform that grew to a $100M+ ARR business. John shares the revolutionary insight that transformed software development: decoupling deployment from release. Learn how LaunchDarkly pioneered the use of server-sent events (SSE) for their streaming APIs years before they became mainstream with AI and LLMs. John also discusses LaunchDarkly's remarkable growth journey to 5,000+ customers and shares insights on building developer-focused products that truly understand the software development lifecycle. The first episode of the Request // Response podcast. Subscribe to our podcast to be the first to know when new episodes are released: https://www.speakeasy.com/post/request-response-john-kodumal #LaunchDarkly #FeatureFlags #API #DevTools #SSE #SoftwareDevelopment #devx #speakeasy #programming #coding #ai #machinelearning #llm