Great software doesn’t build itself. Behind every breakthrough product is a team making the right calls—on architecture, hiring, and the trade-offs that shape what gets pushed to prod.
The Commit & Push podcast is where technology meets the human side of software development. I’m your host Damien Filiatrault, Founder and CEO of Scalable Path, and in this podcast we’ll go beneath the surface to explore the strategies, decisions, and hard-earned lessons that drive successful digital products. From hiring top developers to embracing emerging tech without losing the human touch, we cut through the noise and focus on what works.
Whether you’re a CTO, engineering leader, or hands-on developer, you’ll get real-world insights from industry veterans, deep dives into emerging technologies, and a no-BS look at what it takes to build and scale great software.
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Great software doesn’t build itself. Behind every breakthrough product is a team making the right calls—on architecture, hiring, and the trade-offs that shape what gets pushed to prod.
The Commit & Push podcast is where technology meets the human side of software development. I’m your host Damien Filiatrault, Founder and CEO of Scalable Path, and in this podcast we’ll go beneath the surface to explore the strategies, decisions, and hard-earned lessons that drive successful digital products. From hiring top developers to embracing emerging tech without losing the human touch, we cut through the noise and focus on what works.
Whether you’re a CTO, engineering leader, or hands-on developer, you’ll get real-world insights from industry veterans, deep dives into emerging technologies, and a no-BS look at what it takes to build and scale great software.
Unicorn Lessons from RapidAPI’s Founder: A Conversation with Iddo Gino
Commit & Push
37 minutes
4 weeks ago
Unicorn Lessons from RapidAPI’s Founder: A Conversation with Iddo Gino
Founder Iddo Gino tells host Damien Filiatrault how a GitHub repo called “Awesome APIs” became RapidAPI, a global marketplace later acquired by Nokia, and what sky-high valuations actually change credibility and hiring more than outcomes. He argues that instead of chasing new standards like MCP, teams should fix the REST/GraphQL APIs they already have with accurate specs and living docs. Gino then explains Datawizz, his new platform that routes requests to tiny, task-specific models and falls back to large LLMs only when needed, often cutting costs by 85–95% while improving latency and reliability. He details an OpenAI-compatible router, when volume justifies specialization, and how edge/on-device options, Cloudflare AI Workers, iOS’s built-in models with adapters, and Chrome’s Gemini Nano, unlock faster, cheaper, and more private inference.
Commit & Push
Great software doesn’t build itself. Behind every breakthrough product is a team making the right calls—on architecture, hiring, and the trade-offs that shape what gets pushed to prod.
The Commit & Push podcast is where technology meets the human side of software development. I’m your host Damien Filiatrault, Founder and CEO of Scalable Path, and in this podcast we’ll go beneath the surface to explore the strategies, decisions, and hard-earned lessons that drive successful digital products. From hiring top developers to embracing emerging tech without losing the human touch, we cut through the noise and focus on what works.
Whether you’re a CTO, engineering leader, or hands-on developer, you’ll get real-world insights from industry veterans, deep dives into emerging technologies, and a no-BS look at what it takes to build and scale great software.
