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Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Dev Tools 🔧 — with Dennis PilarinosToday's guest is Dennis Pilarinos, who is founder and CEO of Unblocked. With Dennis, we talked about his journey in tech, which is just incredible, starting from director roles at Microsoft and Amazon, then founding BuddyBuild and later selling it to Apple, and eventually to these days where he founded Unblocked. And later we talked about Unblocked itself, which is one of the few developer AI tools that is specifically not about coding.So we talked about what problem it solves and the hardest tech challenges that the team has to work with.And finally, we discussed the future of...
2025-06-1340 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Dev Tools 🔧 — with Dennis PilarinosToday's guest is Dennis Pilarinos, who is founder and CEO of Unblocked. With Dennis, we talked about his journey in tech, which is just incredible, starting from director roles at Microsoft and Amazon, then founding BuddyBuild and later selling it to Apple, and eventually to these days where he founded Unblocked. And later we talked about Unblocked itself, which is one of the few developer AI tools that is specifically not about coding.So we talked about what problem it solves and the hardest tech challenges that the team has to work with.And finally, we discussed the future...
2025-06-1340 min
In DepthEssential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Apple, Amazon, Buddybuild, Microsoft)Dennis Pilarinos is the founder and CEO at Unblocked, a developer tool that lets you talk to your codebase. In 2018, Dennis’ first company, Buddybuild, was acquired by Apple, and he was subsequently appointed Director of Development Technologies. Before that, Dennis was a Senior Director at AWS and a Director at Microsoft.—In today’s episode, we discuss:
Lessons on culture and product from Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft
Building and scaling DevTools
Finding product market fit and monetizing it
Why AI is complicating product market fit
How Dennis prioritizes mental health as a founder
The common...
2024-03-2158 min
Scaling DevToolsExiting to Apple - Dennis Pilarinos from UnblockedDennis Pilarinos is the founder of Unblocked. Unblocked allows lets you talk to your code base.Dennis previously founded Buddybuild - a CI/CD tool for mobile developers. In 2018, Buddybuild was acquired by Apple, and Dennis became a director in Development Technologies at Apple. Some topics we cover:- The story of Buddybuild and the Apple acquisition- Why did Apple buy Buddybuild?- Segmenting when building a tool for everyoneLinks:- Dennis' Twitter - https://twitter.com/dennispilarinos- Buddybuild acquisition - http://tcrn...
2024-02-2233 min
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersS9 E10: Dennis Pilarinos, UnblockedDennis Pilarinos was tinkerer at an early age. He always found himself wanting to understand how things were put together - and as such, he would take them apart and try to reassemble them. He grew up in Canada, and is currently based in Vancouver. He is professional driven by tech curiosity and attention to detail. Previously, he founded and sold BuddyBuild, which went from inception to acquisition within 3 years. Outside of tech, he has his private pilots license, which allows him to fly a lot and take his mind off startup life.Dennis is a self...
2024-02-0622 min
It Shipped That WayDoing Something Hard, with Unblocked Founder Dennis PilarinosDennis Pilarinos, founder of Buddybuild and now Unblocked (and former Director at Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple) shares what he’s learned about product leadership. We talk about why you should build a product that is hard, how providing support is key to product culture, staying deeply curious about what’s not working, cutting down recurring meetings, and how startups with distribution outcompete the giants. Dennis on Twitter Get Unblocked Have feedback for the show? Send us an email or reach out on Twitter. It Shipped That Way is brought to you by Steamclock Software.
2023-12-0644 min
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 111: Storm & StressThis week we chat about our iPhone 7 impressions and delivery experiences. We follow up on Apple Maps, Dennis Pilarinos speaking about Buddy Build and Dropbox. Jaime and Tim discuss their impressions of the Indie Devstock conference in Nashville TN. Aaron presents an argument about the future direction of the Macintosh. Picks: ProTip: viewWillLayoutSubviews bug, Twitter Dashboard, Google Allo, Google TripsEpisode 111 Show Notes: Deliveries for iOS 26 Techniques To Improve, Learn, Create, Share and Ship - Simon Allardice No One is An Island - Joe Cieplinsky Staying Indie - Curtis Herbert Indie Devstock - Remote Access Pass...
2016-09-251h 25
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 111: Storm & StressThis week we chat about our iPhone 7 impressions and delivery experiences. We follow up on Apple Maps, Dennis Pilarinos speaking about Buddy Build and Dropbox. Jaime and Tim discuss their impressions of the Indie Devstock conference in Nashville TN. Aaron presents an argument about the future direction of the Macintosh. Picks:Â ProTip: viewWillLayoutSubviews bug, Twitter Dashboard, Google Allo, Google Trips
Episode 111 Show Notes:
Deliveries for iOS
26 Techniques To Improve, Learn, Create, Share and Ship -Â Simon Allardice
No One is An Island - Joe Cieplinsky
Staying Indie - Curtis Herbert
Indie Devstock -Â Remote Access Pass...
2016-09-251h 25More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 109: Airpods and the FutureWe start in on Dropbox's odd use of Mac permissions. We discuss Apple's slow updates of Maps data. We discuss the future potential of the Air Buds and Apple's courageous choice. We discuss the ceramic Apple Watch Edition. Dennis Pilarino gave a talk on Buddy Build at our local cocoaheads meetup. We discuss our iPhone 7 purchase choices and the UIFeedbackGenerator. Picks: Reveal, Tree, Google Duo and Waze.Episode 109 Show Notes:Sponsored by: Buddy Build Dropbox tackles security fears surrounding its Mac app Microsoft One Drive Google Drive 407ETR App...
2016-09-201h 36
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 109: Airpods and the FutureWe start in on Dropbox's odd use of Mac permissions. We discuss Apple's slow updates of Maps data. We discuss the future potential of the Air Buds and Apple's courageous choice. We discuss the ceramic Apple Watch Edition. Dennis Pilarino gave a talk on Buddy Build at our local cocoaheads meetup. We discuss our iPhone 7 purchase choices and the UIFeedbackGenerator. Picks: Reveal, Tree, Google Duo and Waze.
Episode 109 Show Notes:
Sponsored by: Buddy Build
Dropbox tackles security fears surrounding its Mac app
Microsoft One Drive
Goo...
2016-09-201h 36