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title: "The Insomnia Story: Bootstrapping an API Client"
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# The Insomnia Story: Bootstrapping an API Client

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S4 Bonus: The Insomnia Story: Bootstrapping an Open-Source API Client to a Major Exit with Greg Schier Press Play to Listen While You Browse S4 Bonus: The Insomnia Story: Bootstrapping an Open-Source API Client to a Major Exit with Greg Schier Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 27:16 1× Greg Schier grew up in a small town, without a lot of opportunity. He rode BMX bikes and skate boards, and spent a lot of time building ramps and jumps for them both. At that time... he had no idea what programming entailed. He went to university and it was at that point that he learned about programming, after spending some time in mechanical engineering and then moving over to coding. He recently moved outside of Montreal, into a house with chickens... and he now finds himself getting into homesteading, gardening, and wood working - creating many improvements around his place to increase the quality of life. The way he describes it, he is midway to a life change towards analog hobbies away from the digital world and the city. While he was working for a company making a transactional email API, he realized that they didn't have a good way to interact with said API. There needed to be an easy way to interact with the solution as a customer, as a developer, etc. His tool, which ended up taking off, was born out of trying to solve this problem. This is the creation story of Insomnia. Sponsors Wildbit Links Website: https://insomnia.rest/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregorySchier https://schier.co/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: This podcast is hosted on RedCircle , a FREE platform for podcasts and brands to scale their message. Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE If you want an amazing publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By