Building products developers love

I'm the Founder & CEO of Built for Devs, a software platform that bridges the gap between product teams and developers. We unlock candid developer feedback on products, helping founders and product leaders understand what developers truly want and need.

As Part-Time CTO at StatIQ Analytics, I also lead technical strategy for a real-time sports analytics platform.

I'm a Keynote Speaker, Technical Leader, and ENTJ-A personality type who thrives on solving hard problems and building products that matter.

• Founder & CEO | Built for Devs — Connecting product teams with authentic developer feedback
• Part-Time CTO | StatIQ Analytics — Leading technical strategy and architecture for real-time sports analytics
• Head of Developer Relations (Former) | Snapchat, Twitter, General Mills — Deep expertise in understanding developer needs and building community
• Keynote Speaker | Product-Developer Fit, Founder Insights, Developer Experience
• Technical Leader | Full-stack experience with passion for building products developers actually use

• Next.js — Modern React framework with App Router
• TypeScript — Strongly-typed JavaScript for scalable applications
• React — UI component development
• shadcn/ui — High-quality, accessible component library
• Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS framework
• PostCSS — CSS transformation and optimization

• Laravel — Elegant PHP framework for backend APIs
• Supabase — PostgreSQL-powered backend-as-a-service
• PostgreSQL — Robust relational database management
• Node.js — JavaScript runtime for server-side development

• Vitest — Fast unit testing framework with 35+ test coverage
• ESLint — Code linting and quality assurance

• Laravel Cloud — Modern Laravel application platform
• Vercel — Optimized deployment platform (112+ deployments)
• Git — Version control
• GitHub Actions — CI/CD automation
• Claude Integration — AI-assisted development & product enrichment

• Founding & Scaling — Building products from zero to market fit
• Product Strategy — Understanding market needs, developer feedback, and product-market fit
• Technical Leadership — Leading engineering vision, architecture, and team culture
• Full-Stack Development — End-to-end application development with modern tech
• API Design & Development — RESTful & modern API architecture
• Database Architecture — Schema design, optimization, and PostgreSQL expertise
• Developer Experience & Insights — Deep understanding of what developers need from products
• Growth Strategy — Building control planes and growth mechanisms for platforms
• AI-Powered Features — Claude integration for intelligent data enrichment
• Executive Coaching & Mentorship — Helping founders and technical leaders scale
• Technical Communication — Translating insights to drive product decisions

A software platform that connects product teams with developers for candid product feedback. We help founders understand the real gaps between what they're building and what developers actually need. Our platform enables companies to gather authentic developer insights that drive smarter product decisions.

Key Features:

• LinkedIn profile scraping and enrichment with Claude AI
• Developer feedback collection and analytics
• Location-based developer discovery
• Admin dashboards for product teams
• Comprehensive test coverage (35+ tests)
• Production-ready architecture with 112+ deployments

Tech Stack: Next.js • TypeScript • Supabase • PostgreSQL • shadcn/ui • Vitest • Vercel

Impact: Helping product leaders and founders bridge the gap between their vision and developer reality

An experimental control plane for managing growth strategies, agent skills, and developer messaging. This project explores advanced growth mechanisms and automation frameworks to scale built-for-devs capabilities.

Features:

• VBF (Valuable Feedback) messaging system
• Agent and skills management framework
• Growth automation and experimentation
• Developer messaging optimization

Tech Stack: Next.js • TypeScript • Agent Architecture • Growth Strategy

Leading technical strategy and architecture for a real-time sports analytics platform serving Texas high school football. Overseeing the Laravel backend API, database architecture, and technology decisions while mentoring the engineering team.

Tech Stack: Laravel • PostgreSQL • RESTful APIs • Real-time Data Processing

• Building built-for-devs into the go-to platform for developers to provide product feedback
• Experimenting with growth mechanisms through control-plane-growth to scale our impact
• Helping founders and product leaders understand developers — the real gaps in their products
• Technical strategy and execution at StatIQ Analytics
• Speaking and writing about product-developer fit, founder insights, and building products developers love
• Mentoring founders and technical leaders on scaling teams and products
• Community building — fostering spaces where developers feel heard and valued

• 74 Followers | 10 Following
• 150+ Contributions in the last year
• 6 Active Repositories across personal and organizational accounts
• 139 Commits in February 2026
• 112+ Deployments to Production
• 35+ Unit Tests (Vitest)

• Built for Devs: builtfor.dev
• Website: tessak22.com
• Email: me@tessak22.com
• Location: MN → Texas
• Social: @tessak22 | LinkedIn