@tonioab

Infra/Enterprise/Platform at Notion. Engineering operator (previously Box, Google Spanner, Stripe), YC founder (Okay W20, exit to Stripe). Angel investor.

 San Francisco
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Joined September 2009
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Okay@OkayHQ31 May 2023
We have been acquired by Stripe! techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/ok…

Okay, which analyzes engineers’ productivity, sells to Stripe | TechCrunch

Founded in 2019, Y Combinator alum Okay has raised a total of $6.6 million in funding from investors such as Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins.

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🚀 We just released our plugin for #backstageio , the most popular developer portal platform! You can now embed your Okay charts in your team/service pages, including DORA Metrics, Incident Dashboards, CI/CD Performance charts, and many more. #devops #cicd
Backstage Plugin

ALT Backstage Plugin

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What causes developer survey fatigue? Lack of follow-up by the leadership. Surveys are not data gathering tools, they are communication channels - from developers to managers. If managers don't "answer" with actions, surveys get ignored. TCP >> UDP 😉
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Managing Time & Interruptions is arguably the most important input to create high performing software teams. Read more at okayhq.com/handbook/time/ove… #engineeringleadership #engops #productivity
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ29 Mar 2022
Read and contribute to our new open-source handbook about #EngineeringEffectiveness! okayhq.com/handbook/ (Github: github.com/OkayHQ/ee-handboo…)
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ16 Feb 2022
We raised $4.4M from @kleinerperkins to amplify our momentum and provide engineering effectiveness and visibility to every software company! techcrunch.com/2022/02/16/st…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ12 Jan 2022
Incredibly excited to be partnering with @mParticle ! Okay enables mParticle engineers to find their flow: okayhq.com/customers/mpartic…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ6 Oct 2021
Teaching people — directly and through cultural norms — that they are powerful, not powerless, to change and fix broken processes is key okayhq.com/blog/learned-help…
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"Most engineers care deeply about optimization and suboptimal processes can drive them crazy." review.firstround.com/hiring… Library

Hiring a VP of Eng? Use This Framework from Shopify’s VPE to Get it Right

After more than 20 years in tech, eight companies, and thousands of hires, Shopify's Farhan Thawar shares his go-to-framework for snagging a VP of Engineering. From the skills that are most important...

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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Tomas Barreto
@tomasrb13 May 2021
We just went live on Product Hunt 🚀🚀🚀 @OkayHQ producthunt.com/posts/okay-3
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ26 Apr 2021
12 common mistakes about Engineering Productivity #engineeringproductivity #engineeringleadership okayhq.com/blog/the-most-com…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ11 Mar 2021
What Remote Really Does To Your Engineering Productivity okayhq.com/blog/what-remote-…
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🎙️ @tomasrb on Engineering Effectiveness !
Software Engineering Daily
@software_daily22 Feb 2021
Okay Engineering with Tomas Barreto @tomasrb @okayhq softwareengineeringdaily.com…

Okay Engineering with Tomas Barreto - Software Engineering Daily

Studies show that people in “maker” professions such as developers and writers are most productive when they can carve out dedicated time for focused work, without the frequent context-switching that...

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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ17 Feb 2021
Learn about the 5 stages of Engineering Effectiveness okayhq.com/blog/the-5-stages…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ26 Jan 2021
Our take on Engineering Productivity More at: okayhq.com/blog/engineering-…
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Not all retrospectives involve sprint points. This is gonna be a good weekend @roxietheater roxie.com/world-of-wong-kar-…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Y Combinator
@ycombinator2 Dec 2020
YC W20's @OkayHQ, which builds dashboards to help engineering leaders run high-performing teams, announces seed round and open beta! techcrunch.com/2020/12/02/ok…

Okay nabs funding from Sequoia to build performance dashboards for engineering managers | TechCrunch

Amid the pandemic, workplace cultures have been turned on their heads. Meanwhile investment and growth haven't slowed for many tech companies, requiring

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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Okay@OkayHQ24 Nov 2020
Introducing Okay Runbooks 📘: create no meetings blocks to free your eng team from too many meetings and increase focus 😀 okayhq.com/runbooks/create-n…
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Antoine Boulanger retweeted
Michael Seibel
@mwseibel17 Nov 2020
Companies slow down when well intentioned people follow best practices without properly considering the cost benefit analysis for all. I think we could all use better tools to understand company wide impact of small decisions.
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