How I AI · Monday, June 29, 2026
Eddie Kim, CTO of Gusto, revealed that their new 'co-founder' product line was developed with a lean methodology, eschewing traditional project management tools. The team operated without meetings, tech specs, or a Jira board for tracking work, emphasizing a minimalist approach to development.
“We had no meetings. We had no tech specs. We had no Figma. We had no Jira board where we track stories or tracked work. We had nothing.”
“We used Cloudflare worker for the actual agent loop. And Vercel AI SDK. That's it.”