S5 E1: Abhinav Asthana, Postman

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Abhinav Asthana grew up in several small towns in the northern part of India. A couple of those towns were Basti, 150 miles from the capital. He's been a computer geek since 5th grade, when his Dad bought a pretty sophisticated pentium for the time. The small towns he lived in were not the most connected parts of the world, and as such, he experienced the impact of computers and the internet improving lives from an early age. He enjoys reading books, and as a kid he was into fiction - reading Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, novels, Agatha Christie, etc... whatever was relevant at the at the time. Slowly, he started to drift towards popular science, design books, and non-fiction, more towards the tech sphere of the world. In 2012, the projects Abhinav was involved in has the same point - how to work with the API's that connected the front and backends of the application. And the tools he had to use never helped him develop efficiently. He thought - what would make the better? This is the creation story of Postman. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You know, Postman grew, I started, you know, looking at every data point that was coming in, you know, people recommending it on Twitter, people posting reviews, people posting feature requests on GitHub.
0:15.6	I think, first of all, it was just a lot of fun to explore.
0:18.3	And, you know, I think that feeling of joy that you get,
0:22.1	that somebody independently of you telling them,
0:25.8	hey, go and use my product, somebody discovering it,
0:28.1	using it was just like a pretty magical feeling.
0:30.6	And I think what we tried to have as co-founders
0:34.0	in the team was really tried to picture the world
0:37.0	that that person was in.
0:39.2	I'm Abina Vastana, I'm the CEO and co-founder of Postman.
0:47.7	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries
0:53.1	who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry
0:57.3	and build and lead a team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Laparte,
1:04.2	and today how Abinab Astana built the Chrome extension turned platform
1:09.2	making the way for API collaboration.
1:13.6	All this and more on Code Story.
1:19.6	Abinath Astana grew up in several small towns in the northern part of India.
1:24.6	One of those towns was Basti, 150 miles from the capital.
1:28.7	He's been a computer geek since fifth grade,
1:31.2	when his dad bought a pretty sophisticated penium for the time.
1:35.0	The small towns he lived in were not the most connected parts of the world,
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