Dennis Pilarinos (@dennispilarinos) 's Twitter Profile
Dennis Pilarinos

@dennispilarinos

Software Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO getunblocked.com. Prev: Founder & CEO @buddybuild (Acquired by Apple). Ex-AMZN (AWS). Ex-MSFT (Azure). Aviation Enthusiast.

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This was a super fun discussion with Noah. We talked about what motivated the creation of Unblocked, how we decide what to build and some of the personal challenges post buddybuild. I hope you enjoy this Code Story.. kite.link/e10-dennis-pil…

Scaling DevTools Podcast (@scalingdevtools) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What's it like to exit a DevTool to Apple? Dennis Pilarinos shares: - The story of Buddybuild and the Apple acquisition - Why did Apple buy Buddybuild? - What he's building now the second time around podcast.scalingdevtools.com/episodes/exiti…

LambdaConf 2025 (@lambda_conf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🛡️ Join Dennis Pilarinos at #LambdaConf for: 'Building Trust in the AI Era: How We Build a Multi-tenant Developer Productivity Platform While Preserving Data Privacy and Security'. Register now ➡️ buff.ly/3wbaG7U #AISecurity #DeveloperTools

🛡️ Join <a href="/dennispilarinos/">Dennis Pilarinos</a> at #LambdaConf for:

'Building Trust in the AI Era: How We Build a Multi-tenant Developer Productivity Platform While Preserving Data Privacy and Security'. 

Register now ➡️ buff.ly/3wbaG7U 

#AISecurity #DeveloperTools
First Round (@firstround) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dennis Pilarinos first dove into DevTools as the founder/CEO of BuddyBuild (acq. by Apple). Now, he's back in the founder seat building Unblocked. He unpacks which pages of his playbook he's returned to & what he's doing differently this time around.

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A few weeks back, we published a detailed guide for first-time founders. But there’s a different flavor to startup building the second time around. Today we're sharing lessons from repeat founders Neha Narkhede, Dan Siroker, Bob Moore, Waseem Daher, Dennis Pilarinos & more.

A few weeks back, we published a detailed guide for first-time founders. But there’s a different flavor to startup building the second time around.

Today we're sharing lessons from repeat founders <a href="/nehanarkhede/">Neha Narkhede</a>, <a href="/dsiroker/">Dan Siroker</a>, <a href="/robertjmoore/">Bob Moore</a>, <a href="/waseem/">Waseem Daher</a>, <a href="/dennispilarinos/">Dennis Pilarinos</a> &amp; more.
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Colorado bound next week! Looking forward to talking about the unique security considerations of creating a high-scale, multi-tenant AI developer tool.

Dennis Pilarinos (@dennispilarinos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very pumped that Kelly Watkins has joined Unblocked as COO. She is credited with the tagline "Where work happens" (for Slack). Shortly after she joined, she created "For the hows, whys and WTFs" that we've used on our new landing page. Check it out: getunblocked.com

Dennis Pilarinos (@dennispilarinos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've been a fan of Allen Pike's writing for years... and his most recent post does a great some of deglamorizing the hype of "being the CEO". Worth the 4 minute read allenpike.com/2024/feeding-t…

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Thrilled to announce Vancouver Founders Day! We're bringing together dozens of OG founders to share their experiences with Vancouver's up-and-coming founder communities. This all-day event is *free for founders*. More details and registration link in the comments. 🚀🇨🇦🔥

Thrilled to announce Vancouver Founders Day!

We're bringing together dozens of OG founders to share their experiences with Vancouver's up-and-coming founder communities.

This all-day event is *free for founders*.

More details and registration link in the comments.

🚀🇨🇦🔥
Dennis Pilarinos (@dennispilarinos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'd forgotten this reference... worth a revisit IMO. "Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling

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getunblocked.com/blog/series-a/ Today, we’re announcing our Series A fundraise. AI is writing more code, teams are moving faster, and the gap between code authors and maintainers is only getting wider. At Unblocked, we’ve built a contextual code intelligence platform to close that