Encore, Spotify, and Automation with André Eriksson

Ardan Labs Podcast

Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 25 min

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Episode description

André Eriksson is the CEO and Founder of Encore. Encore is a startup building the next generation platform for rapid backend development in Go. In this episode, André takes us through his journey from creating interface mods for World of Warcraft to becoming a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify and finally running his own company.

00:00 Introduction

03:15 What is André Doing Today?

12:50 First Memory with a Computer

24:27 Interests / Projects in Highschool

26:40 Studying Computer Science in University

37:26 Deciding to Join The Workforce

47:00 Discovering Go at Spotify

58:45 First Go Project with Utility

1:01:50 Leaving Spotify for Encore

1:05:40 The Next Steps for Encore

1:13:20 Revenue Model with Open Source

1:16:05 Thoughts on Languge Models and A.I