179 | From Idea to Product: Postman Labs’ Experimentation Process
Description
In this episode, James and Amy are live from Post Con 24 with Sterling Chin from Postman's Labs team. Sterling shares insights on how Postman leverages AI to build tools that enhance developer productivity. He delves into the experimental nature of Postman Labs, the importance of rapid iteration, and how they determine which features make it into production. Sterling also discusses Postbot, an AI assistant designed to streamline the API development process.
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
01:01 What is Postman Labs?
01:51 Criteria for successful experiments
03:31 Understanding customer workflows
04:29 Tips and tricks for rapid iteration
06:16 Internal feedback and dogfooding
08:02 Working in Postman Labs
10:00 Postman's Commitment to R&D
12:02 AI Adoption at Postman
16:47 Overview of Postbot
18:11 Technical details of Postbot
20:16 Postman Flows
21:10 AI tools and agnosticism
22:07 Postbot’s availability and pricing
23:09 Scaling and Team Size
26:07 Customer Feedback and Features
29:03 Closing
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