S6 E25: Tom Hacohen, Svix

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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For Tom Hacohen, coding started when he was 9 years old. He took after school robotics classes which required coding... and once he stepped into the programming aspect, he realized he didn't really care about robots anymore. Outside of tech, he surfs, cycles, and longboards - when the conditions are right. When asked where he likes to longboard, he prefers the roads on a sunny day for long distance long boarding in Tel Aviv. When a friend asked Tom a question about webhooks, he dug deeper into the problem and realized that for her solution, she just wanted an easy way to send hooks from her service. After she agreed to pay him to build it, along with several others, he found the validation to step into building a platform. This is the creation story of Svix. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	And then I realized that all she wanted was an easy way to send webhooks from her service.
0:06.3	And I'm like, well, you know, my current company, we've been asked to send webhooks all the time.
0:10.6	And every time we said no, for the same reasons, like, oh my God, you know, upfront cost is going to be terrible.
0:16.3	Maintenance is going to be terrible.
0:18.1	And then we have this, like, beautiful product and beautiful API,
0:21.2	and then we're going to have to offer, like, a terrible webbook experience
0:23.6	because we don't have time to focus on that.
0:25.3	Because, like, it's a whole product on its own.
0:28.2	So I'm like, okay, that makes sense.
0:30.0	And I just told her, like, hey, if I build it for you, will you pay me?
0:33.4	And she's like, yeah. And then it was like in a group chat. And someone else said, like, yeah, I'll pay you as well.
0:39.8	I'm Tom, founder and CEO of Svix.
0:47.9	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.4	I'm your host, Noel Apphart.
1:04.0	And today how Tom Hakoen built the open source and enterprise ready.
1:10.0	Webhugs as a service.
1:13.5	All this and more on Code Story.
1:20.7	For Tom Huckoan, coding started when he was nine years old.
1:24.5	He took after school robotics classes, which required coding. But once he stepped
1:28.8	into the programming aspect, he realized he didn't really care about robots anymore. Outside of
1:33.8	tech, he surfs, cycles, and longboards, when the conditions are right. When asked where he
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