James Hawkins is the cofounder and CEO of PostHog. PostHog is a platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features. This is the second time James has been on and the episode is mostly about how they run PostHog. It's a pretty unconventional approach - probably because James thinks very deeply about how organizations should operate. What we discuss: How PostHog hireHis approach to one-on-one meetingsThe role of engineers in product developmentThe impact of open source projects on PostHog's successA surprising secret to success (fun)Importance of listening to developers Links: James's Twitter https://x.com/james406PostHog https://posthog.com/The Mental Workload of Hoovering https://jefhawkins.com/blog/mental-workload-of-hooveringRay Dalio's Principles https://www.principles.com/  James's first interview https://podcast.scalingdevtools.com/episodes/working-with-enterprise-clients-with-james-hawkins This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. If you're thinking about selling to enterprise customers, WorkOS can help you add enterprise features like Single Sign On and audit logs.