On this episode of The DroidDevCast, Esper Content Marketing Manager and podcast host Rin Oliver is joined by Upbound Senior Software Engineer Daniel Magnum, who works full-time on Upbound’s Kubernetes infrastructure management software, Crossplane.io. Together, the two discuss all things rapid prototyping, what makes for a usable and efficient low-fidelity prototype, explore best practices for startups hoping to scale, and how individual contributors can make an impact in open source.

On this Episode of The DroidDevCast: 1:18 - How Magnum approaches rapid prototyping

03:34 - Approaching rapid prototyping from a software architecture space

05:30 - Addressing how front-end and back-end developers approach production-ready code versus the overall quality of code

09:08 - Advice for getting code into production for startups

12:23 - Valuing the skillsets of all code contributors to a project

18:10 - Discussing Magnum’s career journey

23:44 - What Magnum would like to learn in the next year