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Code Story is a podcast featuring founders, tech leaders, CTO's, CEO's, and software architects, reflecting on their human story in creating world changing, disruptive digital products.

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The Insomnia Story: Bootstrapping an API Client

Code Story podcast features Greg Schier discussing how he bootstrapped Insomnia, an open-source API client, from a side project solving his own developer tooling needs to a major exit. The episode covers his journey from a small-town upbringing through university, building the tool while working on a transactional email API, and his eventual shift toward analog hobbies outside Montreal.

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Summary

Code Story podcast features Greg Schier discussing how he bootstrapped Insomnia, an open-source API client, from a side project solving his own developer tooling needs to a major exit. The episode covers his journey from a small-town upbringing through university, building the tool while working on a transactional email API, and his eventual shift toward analog hobbies outside Montreal.

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open-source · bootstrapping · api-client · startup · podcast · insomnia · technical-founder

Key entities

Greg Schier (person, 0.99) · Noah Labhart (person, 0.95) · Insomnia (technology, 0.99) · Code Story (organization, 0.95) · bootstrapping (concept, 0.9) · open-source (concept, 0.9) · Montreal (location, 0.85) · Wildbit (organization, 0.7) · RedCircle (technology, 0.7) · Squadcast (technology, 0.65)

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transcript · language en · status final

Provenance

claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 13 Aug 2026