by byearthithatius on 4/9/25, 4:46 PM with 1 comments
by byearthithatius on 4/9/25, 4:46 PM
How we got our non-technical founders shipping production code at HYBRD during YC and beyond
- Our CTO Matthew Ruiters set us up (iOS simulator, test envs, etc.).
- He then gave us a “Git 101” & “Linux 101” to familiarize us with the basics (version control, terminal commands).
- He assigned us exclusively frontend tasks at first since there’s a faster feedback loop (you can see the impact of your code).
- He broke down tickets into bite-sized steps (“File 1 does X, File 2 does Y...”) so that we knew how to approach tasks.
- Every PR goes through his review before merge (Greptile is the first line of defense, but Ruiters puts eyes on everything before merge).
- Feedback from Ruiters is simplified & copy-paste ready for the non-devs to drop into AI tools like Cursor.
The result of these systems? Our non-devs are now helping to build features our users love.
More velocity. More output. More ownership.