# Jeff Haynie: How Can We Make Software Development Better for Dev Teams?

EP-055 | May 18, 2020 | 52:13




Robby speaks with Jeff Haynie, Co-Founder and CEO at Pinpoint. They discuss boundaries around APIs and contracts, useful and less-useful metrics for development teams to focus on, and more. Jeff also gives an introduction to Pinpoint's tooling for software development teams and stakeholders, and shares a story about how he had to reverse-engineer a proprietary application in under 24hours to keep the trains running on time. 





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Jeff Haynie, Co-Founder and CEO at Pinpoint. They discuss boundaries around APIs and contracts, useful and less-useful metrics for development teams to focus on, and more. Jeff also gives an introduction to Pinpoint's tooling for software development teams and stakeholders, and shares a story about how he had to reverse-engineer a proprietary application in under 24hours to keep the trains running on time.

## Helpful Links

- Follow Jeff [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/@jhaynie)
- Follow Jeff [on Medium](https://medium.com/@jhaynie)
- [Pinpoint](https://pinpoint.com/)
- Connect with Jeff [on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhaynie/)
- [Pinpoint Insights](https://insights.pinpoint.com/)
- [Book] [Hard Thing About Things Building](https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205)

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