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Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • Jun 23, 2025
Changing Observability in the Age of AI: How Smart Tools Are Transforming Infrastructure Monitoring
Explore how AI is revolutionizing observability with intelligent automation, cost-efficient data ownership, and actionable insights that eliminate alert fatigue.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • Jun 20, 2025
How Adaptive Used Rappo to Validate Its US Expansion, Product, and Ideal Customer—With Engineering Champions Who've Built It All Before
Discover how Adaptive leveraged Rappo to validate their US market expansion, refine their ideal customer profile, and build product features that matter—through conversations with engineering champions.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • Jun 18, 2025
Why People Are Still Using Datadog in 2025: Real Conversations and Hard Truths from Engineering Teams
Discover why Datadog remains the dominant monitoring choice for engineering teams in 2025, despite its costs and limitations, through honest conversations with seasoned engineers.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • Jun 10, 2025
How Kombai Used Rappo to get product feedback for its AI Frontend Assistant with Engineering Champions
Learn how Kombai validated their AI frontend assistant by connecting with seasoned engineering champions through Rappo for honest feedback and strategic insights.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • May 29, 2025
Script Capital Backs Rappo to Tackle 0→1 GTM for Technical Founders
Rappo announces funding from Script Capital and shares its mission to connect technical founders with engineering champions.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • May 22, 2025
The Good, The Bad, and The "Drunk Junior Engineer": Real Feedback on Cursor from Engineering Leaders
Real feedback from engineering leaders on Cursor AI, from enthusiastic adoption to the memorable 'drunk junior engineer' comparison.
Rappo • Vignesh Ravichandran • May 19, 2025
How Sequin Used Rappo to Accelerate their Strategic Pivot to Postgres CDC
Learn how Rappo helped Sequin validate their strategic pivot to Postgres CDC through expert connections and technical feedback.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Dec 17, 2024
Introducing Startups Catalog: Simplify Startups Discovery
We're excited to unveil the Startups Catalog — a powerful new feature designed to help you discover and connect with cutting-edge startups that are shaping the future of their industries.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Dec 10, 2024
Boost Your Workflow: List of Internal Developer Platform Tools Every Developer Needs
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) simplify and unify infrastructure management, boosting productivity and streamlining the software development lifecycle.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Dec 03, 2024
Rappo Explained: Key to Exploring Tools, Products, and Partnerships
Connecting founders with enterprise champions to foster insights, guidance, and lasting business relationships.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 26, 2024
Breaking Barriers: Open Data Formats and Interoperability
Exploring how open data formats and interoperability revolutionize data sharing and collaboration across systems and platforms.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 19, 2024
AI Startups to Watch In 2024: Innovators Reshaping the Future
In the ever-evolving tech landscape, a new wave of startups is pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining what's possible.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 19, 2024
Modern Data Architecture: Key Advancements in Data Warehouses and Data Lakes
The data management landscape has undergone a transformation in recent years.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 12, 2024
Exploring the Components of REST APIs
REST APIs (Representational State Transfer) have become the backbone of modern web applications.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 12, 2024
Understanding APIs: The Building Blocks of Software
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have become the foundation of modern software development.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Nov 05, 2024
Data Warehouse VS Data Lake: Understanding the Key Differences
These two terms are often used interchangeably, but they are distinct concepts.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Oct 31, 2024
Cloud Development Environments: List of Tools and Startups
Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) have emerged as a game-changer and transformed how developers work, offering powerful, consistent, and instantly accessible from any device.
Rappo • Akshaya Sriram • Oct 24, 2024
Unlocking the Secrets: Efficient Secret Management in Kubernetes
Discover how to securely manage secrets in Kubernetes with ease. Learn about Kubernetes external secrets, creating and mapping secrets, secrets management best practices, and more.
Rappo • Vanessa Feng • Aug 23, 2024
Why Product Validation is Critical for Startup Success
Product validation is essential for startup success.
Rappo • Vanessa Feng • Aug 20, 2024
Rappo: Empowering Startup Success
We make it easy for early-stage founders to connect with champions.
Rappo • Vanessa Feng • Jun 16, 2024
Double Opt-In
Double Opt-In at Rappo ensures that both founders and champions mutually agree to connect, fostering high-quality, respectful, and tailored interactions that lead to more effective and lasting relationships.
Rappo • Vanessa Feng • Jun 16, 2024
How Rappo Connects Founders with Champions
We make it easy for early-stage founders to connect with champions.
