Olga Rusakova

“Trailblazing, lightning-fast, innovation for everyone”. Do you have any dev tool copy you find particularly tired? Let us know and share it! Then, check out our new post in this thread where we’re helping to raise awareness of common copy missteps. ⤵️

🤔 Wondering how small Rails teams can build world-class UIs and win markets in 2025? Us too. We spent 2 years finding the perfect frontend toolkit for startup productivity. Here's the story, hot off the presses. evilmartians.com/chronicles/kee…

I’ve heard many times from OSS authors that the hardest thing is getting more users—nobody wants to be one of those pushy people hyping their work for their projects. Well, there are still some ways to promote your OSS while avoiding tactics like that! opensource.net/promotion-intr…

Friends, Vova @palkan_tula and I are both speaking (keynoting and workshopping!) at #RailsConf this year, and with one more Martian (@evilmartians) we'll all be available during the Hack Day (Day 2) to help with your own projects, to do some hands-on consulting. Please come and…

Talking about #Marketing when the target group are #developers, I think the advice in this article from @evilmartians could be applied also on some posts that we share on social media: evilmartians.com/chronicles/hey…

In this post, some thoughts from us based on our experience with products like @imgproxy_net, @any_cable, and @PostCSS: opensource.net/open-source-te…

Let’s stop overusing cliches like “from developers to developers”, “next-gen”, “future-proof”, “blazing-fast”, “innovative” and others. Plus, some other common content mistakes that can be easily found on developer tool websites — and how to avoid them. evilmartians.com/chronicles/hey…

Build your in-house solution or pause your “not invented here” syndrome and opt for an open source one? Some thoughts about this tough call in my new article for @OpenSourceOrg, inspired by the @imgproxy_net team. opensource.net/open-source-te…

Congrats to our own @HolymayTwit, for making it on @OpenSourceOrg’s top articles in 2024! (The second article in the list below.) Read her work here: opensource.net/promotion-intr…

PostCSS creator @sitnikcode has 20+ years of open source experience with multiple success stories. In this new post, he shares practical steps on how to make your open source popular—and why to make open source at all. evilmartians.com/chronicles/how…

bolt.new is taking the world by storm. In this article I dive deep into how @stackblitz made their code gen product grow from 0 to $4M ARR in a month, and how that’s affecting @supabase and everyone one of us, frankly evilmartians.com/chronicles/bol… @ericsimons40

We've worked with dozens of early-stage startups and seen how rushed product development can blur founder focus, blow up budgets, and lead to frustration. In this post, we lay out common stumbles and share lessons from those in our orbit. evilmartians.com/chronicles/fou…

Sound insane to promote your new release for 7 days in a row? In fact, launch weeks are a proven promotional strategy—and possibly the best fit for small teams, since they can be done even with limited resources. evilmartians.com/chronicles/how…

Launch weeks are a tested promotional strategy for early stage startups (and especially for developer tools with small teams!) In this new post, we untangle launch weeks and share tips for organizing your own. evilmartians.com/chronicles/how…

This was my personal pain: for many years, we tried motivating engineers to create content with swag, gadgets and pizza. Nothing worked. At @evilmartians, we discovered some motivational perks, and surprise, they have nothing to do with financial bonuses! evilmartians.com/chronicles/cre…

We know from our work in the developer tools world that promoting your product can be a real challenge, especially for startups. Read our guide and face it head on! evilmartians.com/chronicles/cre…

Hiring! On our distributed team, you’ll go beyond managing projects, timelines, & tasks, and be involved in pre-sales & building long-term relationships. Wide range of benefits! We're open to a diverse range of talent; check the link to learn and apply! wellfound.com/l/2AzDMC

Content generation is a pain point in the dev tools world (for us, too!) @HolymayTwit accumulated all the experience she got while working with OSS and COSS products (including imgproxy, for sure!) and shared slides from @05F5Summit with some insights on how to build a content…

When I delivered this talk at the @05F5Summit (@EmilyOmier and Remy Bertot, thanks!), I didn’t expect that content generation would be such a strong pain for dev tool startups. An extended version of my slides with some insights and recommendations: evilmartians.com/events/content…

Well-structured, detailed docs matter for all open source projects, but for Open Core solutions with paying users—it’s absolutely critical. See how we helped @goteleport redesign their docs and gain a super user acquisition channel in the process! evilmartians.com/chronicles/nex…